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Bola type expanding sling projectile. (Read 10434 times)
Africa_Slinger
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Bola type expanding sling projectile.
Feb 26
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, 2007 at 3:52am
Hi all.
Thought about the Bola this weekend even though it has never facinated me. I then decided to make a sling projectile that would hopefully perform like a Bola.
1) The projectile had to be small enough to fit easily in my slings pouch.
2) The projectile had to be hard wearing and easy to find.
3) It had to expand on leaving the pouch.
I came up with the following.
The top one's weight is 97.5gr, 2nd = 73,5gr, 3rd = 70gr
I only slinged one once and almost send it into the next door property. Luckily it cliped the corner of my roof and changed direction immediately and went hurling down towards the ground. So far it seems to open nicely even when I just toss it up into the air.
Let me know what you think.
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Feb 26
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, 2007 at 3:59am
Here is the regular sling loaded with the Bola ammo.
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Feb 26
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What is the size of it when it has opened?
It looks like it would be quite lethal against small animals.
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Feb 26
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, 2007 at 5:27am
The 2 small one's are about 15cm from point to point.
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Thank you. And did you glue washers together or how did you make the weights?
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Looks like it works on the same principal as canon fired chain-shot. Good invention!
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Feb 26
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Thanks.
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Posted by: Dravonk Posted on: Today at 5:36am
Thank you. And did you glue washers together or how did you make the weights?
It is washers but they are not glued. I thought there might be some cutting properties to them if I left them loose from each other.
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Looks like it works on the same principal as canon fired chain-shot. Good invention!
I never thought of that, good connection though
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Feb 26
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, 2007 at 3:29pm
nice work. I like the washer idea. I made some similar ammo a few years back using one ounce lead fishing weights. but I like the idea of using steel also I am thinking maybe a combination of lad and steel maybe
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Love the idea
gotta try it
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So what's it for? Less chance of missing your target?
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yep. it's not big enough to entangle stuff, but it spreads, and is recoverable. i think it's designed for hunting squirels and birds.
(but i didn ot design it, so my interpretation might be utterly wrong)
great idea, btw.
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http://www.aeragon.com/o/am/a-03.html
look at ammo section looks like we could play with some of these lol
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Feb 27
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, 2007 at 1:19am
Thanks for all the comments.
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Posted by: CanDo Posted on: Yesterday at 6:22pm
So what's it for? Less chance of missing your target?
Indeed, just like Mordechaj said. It is small enough to fit in the pouch but will expand to give a bigger area for a hit.
I did design it for small game but will not use it for that purpose, since I have not killed any animal up till now. One day I might need it.
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Posted by: lobohunter Posted on: Yesterday at 3:29pm
nice work. I like the washer idea. I made some similar ammo a few years back using one ounce lead fishing weights. but I like the idea of using steel also I am thinking maybe a combination of lad and steel maybe
I was actually thinking of your big game hunting ammo with the arrow heads. Imagine this ammo with one of your big game hunting ammo glandes on each point
I think something like that should be very lethal.
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Feb 27
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, 2007 at 1:43am
Africa_Slinger wrote
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th
, 2007 at 1:24am:
I was actually thinking of your big game hunting ammo with the arrow heads. Imagine this ammo with one of your big game hunting ammo glandes on each point
I think something like that should be very lethal.
Would the arrow heads still point in the right direction when they are bound together?
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