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Re: When and where the last professional slingers?
Reply #15 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 10:20am

There are many secluded peoples that still use the sling for hunting. These people would mainly be in or around forests where there is very little modern human activity. Also, there are people in the baleric islands that are professional slingers. I watched a show on the history channel in which one of these slingers reenacted the shot that david would have had to make to kill goliath (in the baleric islands, slinging is a recognized sport. This man was the world champion at the time). He hit the target on the third try.

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Re: When and where the last professional slingers?
Reply #16 - Feb 27^th, 2011 at 11:39am

That man was Luis Pons Livermore, and he's also a member of this forum. I wouldn't call him a professional slinger, though. While slinging is still practiced in some remote places and is still a sport in the Balearic Islands no one is getting paid to sling. There are no organized professional leagues where the competitors are drawing their salary from the sport. Organized groups of paid slingers is the focus of this thread.

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Pikåru wrote on Nov 19^th, 2013 at 6:59pm:

Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all.
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thabaill Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 156	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #17 - Jul 12^th, 2011 at 5:49pm http://www.prints-online.com/hand_grenades_the_sling-method_of_throwing_them_use...
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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3410	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #18 - Jul 14^th, 2011 at 8:32pm The first is an Indian policeman slinging against demonstrators, which I posted a while back (from Washington Post, I think) The second is v. interesting: Moorish legionaries practicing slinging ? NB they're in fig.-8 starting position !
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Re: When and where the last professional slingers?
Reply #19 - Jul 15^th, 2011 at 7:21am

what's the date on those spanish grenadiers ?

I've always said the sling is the perfect delivery system for small grenades

Given the power of modern explosives you could deliver a pretty effective shrapnel grenade under a pound in weight with no problem.

Totally silent delevery, pretty accurate 100 plus yard range and the launcher fits in your pocket.

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jlasud Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Programming stones Posts: 2358 Transilvania Gender:	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #20 - Jul 17^th, 2011 at 3:01am That photo with the spanish troops is really cool! Good to see such rare photos,thanks for sharing.Agreed C_A,don't know why it was so rare...guess they've quite forgotten about the sling.
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Re: When and where the last professional slingers?
Reply #21 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 7:27am

I gues the biggest problem with sling based grenade delivery is the timing of the fuses.

But with modern electronics I reckon you could rig an internal accelerometer (like the ones if wii controllers - cheap enough) to only arm the fuse when the grenade reached a set velocity that could only be produced by sling release.

Or use the same accelerometer as an impact fuse.

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thabaill Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 156	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #22 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 9:51am Hello I am not sure, but I think that the date of the picture could be early 20th Century. Have you seen this? http://www.nodo50.org/despage/Nuestra%20Historia/guerra%20civil/bombas%20con%20h...
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Re: When and where the last professional slingers?
Reply #23 - Jul 18^th, 2011 at 1:05pm

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jul 18^th, 2011 at 7:27am:

I gues the biggest problem with sling based grenade delivery is the timing of the fuses.

But with modern electronics I reckon you could rig an internal accelerometer (like the ones if wii controllers - cheap enough) to only arm the fuse when the grenade reached a set velocity that could only be produced by sling release.

Or use the same accelerometer as an impact fuse.

If I ever win the lottery - I'm building a serious ordnance range for exotic sling ammo

Fuse timing has been a problem for a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk

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fattybones Descens Offline That's not hail! Posts: 144 Halifax NS Gender:	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #24 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 9:16pm Arkansas, 2011 AD. However, he also acts and sells slings. He clearly gets paid to sling, at least indirectly from sales he gets after demonstrating slinging. Reference: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1312927906 He seems pretty organized, but alas he is not a group.
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Arturo Delen Ex Member	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #25 - Oct 22^nd, 2011 at 2:06am What is the requirement for being a professional slinger?
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Masiakasaurus Forum Moderation Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #26 - Oct 22^nd, 2011 at 2:23am Being paid to sling?
Back to top	Pikåru wrote on Nov 19^th, 2013 at 6:59pm: Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all. ~Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily avialable, they will create their own problems.~ IP Logged

Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #27 - Oct 23^rd, 2011 at 12:06pm yep the definition of 'professional' is someone who is paid for their services.
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Wiegieboard Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 35	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #28 - Oct 23^rd, 2011 at 6:54pm Technically I guess that David on here is a current professional slinger?
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Masiakasaurus Forum Moderation Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 6069 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: When and where the last professional slingers? Reply #29 - Oct 23^rd, 2011 at 11:39pm I think he qualifies.
Back to top	Pikåru wrote on Nov 19^th, 2013 at 6:59pm: Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all. ~Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily avialable, they will create their own problems.~ IP Logged