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SilverFoxKnows Tiro Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 47 SoCal Gender:	First rocks throught the braided sling Jun 17^th, 2006 at 3:06pm I wasn't swinging hard. I didn't want to break a window or brain myself with a rock but still...out of five rocks only two landed behind me, the other three went into the bushes I was aiming at. Okay, they were big bushes from only 15 feet away but you have to walk before you can run, right? Frank
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Roy Senior Member Offline That was'nt a duck... that was a rock. Posts: 404 Foothills of the Appalachians Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #1 - Jun 17^th, 2006 at 3:37pm When you don't brain yourself its a good day Sounds like you had a good start.
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Re: First rocks throught the braided sling
Reply #2 - Jun 17^th, 2006 at 4:10pm

I think I'm getting some idea what size and shape rock it'll throw. It's pretty short with a small pocket. The 2" oblong rocks want to fall out. The 1"-1.5" round rocks at least go forward instead of falling out of the pocket. But I guess small short distance rocks are good for a city dweller. I'm going to have to find a good spot to try out the bigger sling I made the other day.

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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #3 - Jun 17^th, 2006 at 11:19pm First off, Welcome! Nice to have you on board. I would have to say that your experience is about on par with the rest of us with our beginning throws. Keep it up. It only gets better
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #4 - Jun 17^th, 2006 at 11:47pm Welcome Silverfoxknows, Happy slinging and keep us informed on your progress!
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mgreenfield Funditor Offline Posts: 509 Milwaukee Wisconsin Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #5 - Jun 19^th, 2006 at 11:20am For urban pitching, tennis balls seem to be the "whiffle balls" of slinging. Lots easier on heads, houses, cars, etc
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lobohunter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline where be a rock and a string there be a sling Posts: 1945 Cottage Grove or Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #6 - Jun 19^th, 2006 at 1:57pm I concur, even weighted ones are very pc
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Re: First rocks throught the braided sling
Reply #7 - Jun 19^th, 2006 at 5:32pm

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I think I'm getting some idea what size and shape rock it'll throw. It's pretty short with a small pocket. The 2" oblong rocks want to fall out. The 1"-1.5" round rocks at least go forward instead of falling out of the pocket. But I guess small short distance rocks are good for a city dweller. I'm going to have to find a good spot to try out the bigger sling I made the other day.

Frank

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2" fall out and 1.5" stay in?! ??? Shocked

I find that oblong rocks work much better with my split pouch sling than round ones... Just remember to put them in perpendicular!

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SilverFoxKnows Tiro Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 47 SoCal Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #8 - Jun 19^th, 2006 at 8:26pm I need to work on my form. I think the pocket is too small but I probably wasn't giving it enough oomph. I'll have to give the oblong stones another try. Frank
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Grautr Descens Offline Waes thu hael Posts: 114 Maastricht the Netherlands Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #9 - Jun 20^th, 2006 at 2:52am I dont have a problem with round or elongated stones but if they are too flat then they tend to plain off left or right of the target. I guess its the frisby effect.
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siguy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline si vis pacem para bellum Posts: 1714 connecticut Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #10 - Jun 20^th, 2006 at 10:39am when i sling long thin stones they make a loud whirrirng sound, and seem to curve off to the side, but otherwise oblong stones just stay in the pouch all the better for me.
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Re: First rocks throught the braided sling
Reply #11 - Jun 21^st, 2006 at 6:37pm

I find that sometimes rocks fall out because the sling is too long/heavy and I can't get it around fast enough to keep the rock in the pocket. Smaller rocks would then work better because they require less force to stay in the pocket where larger ones fall out under the same conditions. That's why I use a solid pouch sling. Killing myself over finding ammo of "just the right size" isn't worth it. The best thing about a sling is that supposedly you can use pretty much any rock you find on the ground. a solid pouch allows me a much wider range of ammo types, weights etc...(i.e. I can sling both oblong and round ammo with a solid pouch, but only semi-oblong with a split pouch.) My advice is get a solid pouch and alleviate all your problems.

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sv Funditor Offline Posts: 764 ireland	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #12 - Jun 21^st, 2006 at 6:52pm hi SFK - keep up the good work. i would suggest trying various slings and techniques until you find what suits you. i get far better results from a split pocket bow-line sling. it isn't that a split or solid pocket is better or worse, it's what you get to like and feel good with. sv
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cut.n.shoot Tiro Offline do or do not, there is no try Posts: 23 Gender:	Re: First rocks throught the braided sling Reply #13 - Jun 21^st, 2006 at 9:04pm ive found that ading the lether pouch to the slit pouch on a braided sling works prety efecively.
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Re: First rocks throught the braided sling
Reply #14 - Jun 22^nd, 2006 at 3:26pm

i used to use plain split pocket slings, but then made my slings into an apache style by sewing leather or suede over the pocket for a solid pocket. i notice that my range of ammos has greatly increased since then.

i kept my old split pouch slings though, as they are useful for mystifying a competitor. when the watcher can't see how the rock stays in the string held in your hand, it is a little disconcerting. also, it is easier to pass the sling off as a shoelace or some other menial bit of string. imagine this:

slinger walks up to big burly guy that is showing off his throwing range
slinger: hey burly, i bet i can throw a rock further using a string than you can with your bere hands
burly: hah! yeah right. lets see you try
slinger: whips out split pouch thin corded sling and whips a rock really far away
burly: Shocked

how did you do that ?!?!?!
slinger: magic. (walks away)

alternate ending:
slinger: i used a sling. here look. (pulls out a bunch of slings and recruits a new member for slinging.org)

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