Got a digital camera for the wife this Christmas... I've been using it more than she does. Anyways, I figured I'd take a few pictures of my sling.

The whole thing is constructed of black materials which made it a little difficult to capture the details in the photos.


A while back people were asking how I grip my sling. Well... here's how:




Also, here is a .jpg of the template I use for cutting my sling pouches. As long as your printer resolution is set to 75dpi it will print the image to the correct dimensions.



And finaly, using the excellent illustrations Johnny made from my slinging video, here is an animated Gif of the way I sling:



BTW, if these images could be moved to slinging.org it would be great. I'm using a free hosting so I have no idea how long the images will stay up.

Glad to see your sling and grip.

The template is great, nice and slim, minimal wind resistance.

Your introduction to Figure 8 style is great--finally clicks, though mine still needs a lot of work...

I would love to see what you can do with a steel gland to penetrate steel sheets.  I have my eye on some 16 gauge sheets, 1.03 mm thick.  You would be just the guy to take sling penetrating trials to new levels!

Best regards, keep that sling whipping and camera clicking.

AjlouniBoy

nice work - thanks for posting that gif - iv'e been using part of the same style. the exception is, i start at the 4th position and hold the stone on the left, which then drops down and over. in other words, the first bit of the throw where it goes down past the right side is omitted. it seems to be getiinig a 150-175  yard throw.
is there any additional distance by using the first part of the throw? i need a lot of work as i can't co-ordinate this opening sequence of moves.
also, the sling is very well-made. is that artificial sinew binding the knots at the pouch? and does the extra weight at the end of the release cord make any difference? my cords tend to be thicker at the pouch and have no release knot (as i mostly use a balaeric braided sling) 
cheers and have a good new year (i have been slinging for almost a year now!)

sv

Great sling and pics!
So that's how you do the fig-8. I was trying it like an overhead with 1 complete loop, but I missed that you have to bring it back behind you on the second windup.

NW that is awesome..! Love it..!
Did you do the animation on your digital camera?
WOW..!
Johnny

Nice!

That .gif is of the original and now famous nwmanitou  figure 8 overhand.  Illustration even looks like nwmanitou, ...chunky.   The animation is dynamite.  I say for sure save it someplace permanent for posterity with credit to nwmanitou.

This delivery combined with the (also original) knollslinger 2-knot close grip is now my "standard".   

I really like a wide grip for pitching football-shaped ammo point first, but to get that shape you have to "roll your own" ammo, which is too much work.

Happy New Year to all.  Just a few days til something other than snowballs to pitch here in Wisc.

Nwanitou,

Your style of holding the sling is slightly different from what I've been using.  I've been using a conventional grip with the loop on my middle finger, or using the grip Forsyth described where the loop goes on my pinky.  I just tried your grip, with the Forsyth/Apache style, casting at a stump about 10 yards away.  Hit it five times in a row.  I'm a lot better than a year ago, but I haven't hit that stump that many times in a row, ever.  Don't know if it's the grip or I was just relaxed, but it sure felt nice!