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jvanleir Tiro Offline People who live in glass houses need insurance.... Posts: 45 Jersey..The pollution state... Gender:	Different Slings Jul 30^th, 2005 at 7:01pm I think it would be cool to see pics of all the different slings people use. It helps beginners get some inspiration and shows an artistic side to what non-practioners consider a 'barbaric" sport. Everyone submit some pics of their favorite sling or what they use. I will edit this later so that my pics are up here as well..
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Re: Different Slings
Reply #1 - Jul 30^th, 2005 at 8:56pm

The lower knit one is my "standard" everyday sling. I like almost everything about this one.

The nicest of my net designs - end of the evolutionary trail.

The gold one is my ultra distance engineered ammo (golf balls, lead or smooth rocks) sling. I can't currently get the most out of the extra length - need some more practice. I really liked the blue one too, but he got misplaced Sad

I have new design in my head that I think will probably replace the knit one and should appeal to a larger cross section of the group here. Maybe monday (can't wait for monday - how often you hear that?) will be new sling day!

Matthias

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Kold Ex Member	Re: Different Slings Reply #2 - Jul 30^th, 2005 at 10:30pm Matthias, those are a work of art.
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me Senior Member Offline I sling therefore I am. Posts: 373 Rowlett, TX, USA Gender:	Re: Different Slings Reply #3 - Jul 30^th, 2005 at 11:38pm Gorgeous Matthias, I really like the green knitted ones. I just finished a revised apache type sling, if I ever figure out how to post photos I'll post it.
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Reply #4 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 1:48am

Ok here are my 3 favorite slings. Nothing fancy just simple cow and cord.

This ones my favorite, it has the cords sewed onto the bottom piece of leather, then a top piece of leather was glued on with contact cement with extra long pieces to cover the whippings on the sides of the pouch. The top piece is then sanded down so the sling pouch is as thin as possible The top piece is added to keep the sewing thread from getting scuffed and frayed from use. All in all a very durable sling with little that can wear out. The end of the release cord is reverse-twisted hemp cordage, attached to the nylon for easier gripping, as i dont like the release knots. Anyways enough yappin...heres my other two slings, a 30 incher and 36 incher regular apache style.

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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: Different Slings Reply #5 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 1:55am You can see mine here: http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11011010... They are also at the gallery section of the site. Nice slings, me and Mathias! edit (Matthias) : You think you can get away with being lazy here's a selection of some of Tint's more unusual slings:
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Zorrro Funditor Offline Yeah, i guess most of us love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 530 Granada (Spain) Gender:	Re: Different Slings Reply #6 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 4:40am This is the sling i'm currently using, it's made of 5mm nylon cord with medical cloth tape asymetric pouch... been using it intensively for 1 month and still ok with some minor mainteinance. it's my favourite model i also carry 2 balear braided with split pouch also made with 5mm nylon cord. they are a bit tricky to use.
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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Different Slings Reply #7 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 4:59am The sling I use most often. Not often used but certainly worth showing. Fast to make and a joy to play with. Willeke
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jvanleir Tiro Offline People who live in glass houses need insurance.... Posts: 45 Jersey..The pollution state... Gender:	Re: Different Slings Reply #8 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 11:29am Some very nice slings here. I have come to find that my camera died on me. It was pretty old so I don't blame it..It will take me awhile to get my photos up, but keep them comin'. Fantastic slings everyone
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sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	Re: Different Slings Reply #9 - Jul 31^st, 2005 at 11:39am here's my balaeric sling which i use every day sv
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Africa_Slinger Senior Member Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 259 Johannesburg, South Africa Gender:	Re: Different Slings Reply #10 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 6:08am This is my current design and the type that I give away to people. I realy like this design and are now using a simmilar one of 42in long This was one of my first slings and very dear to my hart, I don't use it any more but still carry it around. (Braided, 12 strand, split pouch with leather)
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Zorrro Funditor Offline Yeah, i guess most of us love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 530 Granada (Spain) Gender:	Re: Different Slings Reply #11 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 7:04am Another two slings made with medical tape. This is symetric pouch 86 cms. This one is a minimalist sling also made of medical tape, i made it specially for the 27 g lead ammo, it also have slung rocks up to 50 grs. quite well.
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Jareth Tiro Offline Frood Posts: 27	Re: Different Slings Reply #12 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 3:04pm Man, you people posted alot when I was on vacation... This the sling that has a pocket made by two prusik hitches. I couldn't find the topic for it so its going here. The one on the left is the better of the two. I only made the one on the right because I lost the one on the left but now I found it so it is just a backup.
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sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	Re: Different Slings Reply #13 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 7:15pm
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