Hey Nasse,
Apache is one of the throws that I'm working on now. I'm a huge fan of no wind up casts.
My experience witht he apache style is that it works really well with short sling. If you are comfortable with the length of your current sling Use it the extra couple of cm won't make that much of a diffrence.
I don't have it with me but my first sling measured from the center of my chest to my fingertips when my arm is fully extended. this is the length that I am most comfortable with. I have also used the apache style with my Tibetian yak hair sling which is about half as short as my first sling. I spent more time adjusting to the length than i did with the actual cast. I have a sling that i call "brickbat" beacause I designed it to throw really big rocks with it. It also is the length of my the chest to fingertips. Similar performance to the first one.
My last sling is really bleeping long it measures from my fingertips to my far shoulder. Apache style with this sling is problematic due to it having the tendancy to drag the ground. I have to adjust my casting style with this one and it doesn't make it too comfortable to use with this casting style. Now for the "Belini David" sidearm style it's wicked but it is just too long for the Apache style.

Now I'm still working on my accuracy right now and I definately lean towards, within the range that Mr. Forsyth talks about in his article, a shorter sling with this style is definately the way to go.

Let us know how you are doing as you gain expierence.

Marc Adkins


Jonas.N wrote on Feb 16^th, 2007 at 11:06am:

That pouch design is one of my favorites!  No, it doesn't get tangled.  But the design works best with stiffer leather.  I made one using that design, but of flexible leather (deerskin), and it did not work well at all.

I try to do my Apache-style casts, as close as I can to how Forsyth described it.  My sling is  about four inches (ten centimeters) clear of the ground when hanging from my hand.  With a tennis ball, I can now reliably hit my target at about 15 yards (or 15 meters), three times out of ten (the other seven are close, but a miss is a miss).  With a golf ball I can reach farther, but of course I am less accurate.

Thanks guys for your good replies 

OK, yet one thing: I've made up my mind about this kind of pouch, although I'm not yet sure about the type of string. Forsyth says that ligh and strong strings with minimum air resistance is the best. This creates a bit of problem about this pouch. It appears the strings has to be able to be exposed to wear. Forsyth says that leather strings are ruled out. Yeah, well, I'll have to look for good string material..

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Thanks Dale. The skin I use is 2 to 2½ mm leather from cow. I hope it's stiff enough. What kind of string is that on the picture? Paracord-something? Damn I'm getting sick of trying to find strings in Sweden, as I don't know the faq words for them.

Well, thats for now, got to go.

Jonas

yeah.. first, is that a string? Secondly, what is the main use, what is it made of etc? It seems almost impossible to find proper strings in Sweden. Or maybe it's just me.

Willeke wrote on Feb 17^th, 2007 at 6:06pm:


Polypropylen rope? I bought 30 meters of that with 2 mm diameter. It keeps getting twisted and it is fraying a lot.

I would go for the 5 mm version because it is not as easily twisted, but the 2 mm is very good for braided strings.

http://knopen.ismijnhobby.nl/tables/braid_traditional_table.html

Willeke

Okay, now I have a good clue where to find good strings.
If found that the strings used for Venetian blinds (persienna, or what it's called in english, hope you know what I'm talking about), are very strong and durable. I think they might be very good for braided slings.