David_T
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My observations would lead me to believe that gravel is to light for "knock down" power at a reasonable distance like 20--30 yards. The air justs eats up all the energy.
I would like to try some lead balls about half the size of a common marble. Maybe 8-10 of them.
Today I had only a few minutes to experiment.
My first: about 5 stones aprox. 3/4 inch wrapped in 4 kleenex. At 20 yards, none of them hit a man size target. The kleenex came off in pieces. Mostly in the first 3 yards.
2nd Test: 10 stones a bit smaller wrapped in blue, painters masking tape several wraps. Result: The wad stayed together until it hit the ground I was aiming at ---about 30 yards.
3rd Test: 4 stones about 1 inch in size wrapped in a Dunkin Donuts napkin, with 1inch wide masking tape around it in two directions.
Result: All the stones blew threw the napkin right away and in all directions--no control. The tape and much of the napkin was still together.
The cloth idea sounds interesting. The reuseabilty and the holding power may be a good factor. Perhaps rubber bands could be usd to hold it together? More bands for greater distance or choke effect?
But, I still think heavy lead shot is the ammo to use.
Then, once we find the right combination of cloth, rubber bands, tape, glue, we could see if shaping the wad in a football shape would make for a faster, straighter shoot?
This is a good project to follw through on. A "bird shot" for slinging would make hunting with a sling a possibility even without super accuracy.
Maybe we should put this topic in Yurek's "Inventors Nook" or whatever the name is?
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