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Dale

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Re: Steel bullets
Reply #30 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 10:19am

Yes, that is why I had to try several different fonts (typefaces). Courier had the "best" appearance (closest to how I am used to seeing that character).

(edit, later)... at least in Firefox. I just noticed that it appears different in Micro$oft Internet Explorer

But enough of this. End of hijack! This topic is about using steel ball bearings for sling ammo. I have found that mouse balls work well, but there are several sizes. You want mouse balls that are ⁷/₈ inch in diameter (many are smaller) with a steel core. I got a bunch of them from a local electronics junk shop, for $0.25 each and the time it took to go through a huge box of mice and remove the balls I wanted.

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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: Steel bullets Reply #32 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 3:33pm mouse balls tell us more such as weight and shell material?
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Re: Steel bullets
Reply #33 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 5:05pm

Lobo,
Actually I have two different sizes:

Diameter (inch)	Weight (ounce)
⁷/₈	1.2
1	1.8

The 1-inch ball consists of a ⁷/₈ inch steel ball bearing with a ¹/₁₆ inch soft rubber coating (I slit the cover on one and measured it). The smaller ball has about the same resiliency to pressure, so I suspect the coating is also about a sixteenth of an inch which makes the bearing ³/₄ inch in diameter.

The rubber coating does not stand up to a lot of abuse, but it's OK as long as you are slinging at soft targets. I haven't actually used them much, because it is hard to find them again. They are grey to start with, and the soft rubber coating picks up dirt like a magnet...

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kelthen Descens Offline Eyay yesu domine... whack! dona eais requiem... Posts: 185 Gender:	Re: Steel bullets Reply #34 - Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 6:51pm my thanks to the ever-helpful willeke.
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Re: Steel bullets
Reply #35 - Mar 3^rd, 2007 at 7:01am

there was a small tribal "duck sling" posted here once, it had a solid pouch made from a curved piece of a stem of bullrush or similar. it used light hand-rolled clay balls. the ball bearings are so light that a similar small sling would have to be made for them.

"Ball Bearings seem to be quite expensive in england."

what isn't?

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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: Steel bullets Reply #36 - Mar 5^th, 2007 at 8:04pm Dale thanks for the info. My nephew works in a computer recycle center Ill check this out.
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Re: Steel bullets
Reply #37 - Mar 8^th, 2007 at 2:30pm

I bought this ammo. Now I realise how small 1 cm really is. I guess it is slingable but I need to make a new sling for it. I tried a knot sling (with a very tiny pouch) but that didn't hold the ball securely. I used it as a pendulum and managed to give it monumentum. (Accidently the steel bullet went flying in my flat!) I will cut a pouch out of leather.

The darts have a nice feel. Until now I have only thrown them by hand but I will make a sling for them too.

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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: Steel bullets Reply #38 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 8:11pm you might hook them together as chain shot
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