Ah, Petra

Primo Slingspot.

What's a guy to do with all these rose red sandstone lumps?

Sling'em in a Petroid meteor shower of course!

Soft sandstone gives great comet shaped hits.

Glad you got to put the whomp to the ol plastic chair before leaving Iraq.

Glad you are back with family, Slingin Stateside.

[quote]Do not trade your own sling if it is working well for you, unless you have a second and third that work as well or better.
(Sorry C_A, but when I see a mistake coming I have to interfere.)
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Lol - too late !
It's apparently in the post :-)

go see the - Just to make you jealous - topic :-)

I just love the little bag as well. It's just a neat little slinging kit.

[quote author=curious_aardvark link=1196059232/0#11 date=1196528519]Bomb disposal eh ? well that explains it - you're mad enough to join the forum that's for sure :-)

So when dismantling some of these rigged up antipersonnel devices - surely some of them have claymore type ball bearings ?
Nobody would miss a few dozen going in your pocket :-)



For accuracy I really don't believe you can beat a good fig 8 (not a fig8 variation - otherwise known on the forum as 'any style at all I can't immediately categorise' [i][I'm not getting worked up about it - honest ;-)][/i].

The advantage of a fig 8 is that the pouch builds up a good head of speed so the power is good (kind of like a rollercoaster) and you face the target all the time. The final release is almost exactly like throwing a ball and should be as accurate. Also if your elbow starts to hurt you can do it with a straight arm. Or like me get a support bandage and just do it till you can't move your arm anyway :-)

Like all good projectile techniques you keep your eye on the target all the time.

And the best way to learn is to watch that .gif. practice the hand movement [u]without a sling  [/u].
(got it on webspace - I'll stick it here as well :-)
[img]http://members.aol.com/curiousaardvark/fig8.gif[/img]

Once you get the hand movement without a sling it's surprisingly easy how smooth you can then do it with one.

So on another topic entirely - what do you fancy trading for a netted sling (given up trying to get one out of matthias) ?
Sure I could make one (probably) but then it wouldn't have any back story. And as all my other slings have come from various parts of the globe, I do like my slings to have a bit of 'travel' :-)
The alligator pouch has so far: travelled as skin from florida to california then from california to derbyshire, then from there to germany and wyoming (and back again) not sure if it's cumulatively circumnavigated the world yet - but it's probably close :-)  (hmm topic idea there lol)[/quote]

Well I for one don't really like figure of eight, your frame by frame animation can do it better than i can...... :-/

I use an overhand/ underhand for acuracy.