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Alan
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Small Areas/Indoors
Mar 17
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, 2004 at 1:19am
If I were to try to sling something inside what woud I use? I'm thinking hacksacks. I have some room outside, but i wouldn't like to hit a house
. What do u think?
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Alan,
I put a target (duct tape) on the side of my house and use old tennis balls that do not bounce as much as new ones. Start at 15'--20'
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Hackysacks work well indoors, tho the small ones are on the light side (approx 1.5oz). Advantage is that they have no rebound. Still, I wouldnt want to repeatedly slam a 1.5-2.0oz Hackysack into unprotected wallboard. Also, Hackysacks are expensive ammo.
To avoid hitting houses (other than your own), you might want to use the vertical-underhand spin. Easier to control direction, tho elevation is still a challenge.
Start gentle. The power will come later. mgreenfield
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I bought 2 hackysacks for .80 cents apiece at Wal-mart. Not expensive here!
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Gee, that's not too bad for reuseable ammo. I gotta look at Wal-Mart! Any idea what they weigh? Let us know how they hold up to the pounding. Tnx! mgreenfield
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I've used them for about a week or so and they seem to be holding up OK. Maybe a little "mushy". They are not the greatest "soft" ammo to use, a little sluggish on the hurl, but it's better than nothing! I use various rubber balls(not the hard ones) that I found in my son's toy chest. They work the best for soft ammo.
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I've used those 'stress' balls, the ones they sell at office supply stores. The soft foam ones don't bounce as much as a tennis ball, and there's not much danger of damaging anything unless you knock something over. They're more expensive, but if you're slinging indoors, you can use the same one over & over. The downside is that they're so light that they don't really give the same feeling that slinging stones does.
Somewhere in here is a post (I don't remember who wrote it -- maybe JeffH?) about making balls of yarn, like 'koosh' balls. I haven't tried those yet.
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My Sling I made is a fairly small one. i don't think it could hold a tennis ball.
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