Xenon
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Slinging Rocks!
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Thank you for the positive feedback.
I have two years of slinging experience. My accuracy definitely needs much improvement, although it is getting better, especially towards the end of practice sessions. I used a backhand technique throughout all of these experiments, it is the technique I am most experienced with. At 7 m with a 50 cm, I missed the windshield once using 25 mm ammunition, at 15 m with a 80 cm, I needed 5 shots for two hits on the TV with stones. A narrow grip and standardized ammo can produce impressive accuracy, at times.
I am close to having the full set of the "JHP" ammunition of AjlouniBoy and lobohunter (when the liquid lead solidifies, it contracts by about 2.4% and a small cavity forms on its surface).
Inner diameter of nut : height of two nuts : weight of ammo
8 mm - 12.5 mm - I feel tempted to make a slingshot - ~ 16 g
12 mm - 19.5 mm - 47 g 14 mm - 21 mm - 70 g 16 mm - 25 mm - 100 g - Little Boy 18 mm - 27.5 mm - 145 g 20 mm - 30 mm - 200 g - Big Boy 24 mm - 36.5 mm - 345 g
Interestingly, the 36.5 mm ammo is perfectly slingable for me, I tried it from 50 to 80 cm slings. Close to full power has to be used and velocity is somewhat reduced, but their accuracy is very good. Impacts on steel are louder than 30 mm hits. These really get the job done.
The picture shows a hit on a TV from a 36.5 mm round, a comparison of 36.5 mm and 30 mm hits, the back side of the first TV in the thread and a bed. I did not change the position of the bed after I found it, someone had thought this was the proper way of discarding it. I used stones from a 50 cm sling at 7 m distance and missed maybe ten times, mostly to the right when going for the last two hits in the line.
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