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Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana
Aug 28^th, 2011 at 11:45pm

Hi, everyone. I found this site through StumbleUpon. I made a paracord sling a few days ago and I've greatly enjoyed the little time I've had to use it. For ammo, I'm using a few tennis cricket balls I have. If you're not familiar with them, they are basically just heavy tennis balls. I'm getting 100+ yards out of them. One of my parkour buddies thought it was silly at first, but after he gave it a try he stopped laughing. I've been lurking on the forum since I found it and I want to thank y'all for all the great info y'all have here.

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Morphy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Checkmate Posts: 2447	Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana Reply #1 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 1:07am Welcome Phantom! That's quite a good looking sling you have there. I look forward to reading your posts.
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Bill Skinner Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1416	Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana Reply #2 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 10:22pm Hello and welcome. I made the same style sling for throwing tennis balls for the dogs. They work great. Bill
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PhantomPineapple Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 16 Lake Charles, LA Gender:	Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana Reply #3 - Aug 30^th, 2011 at 12:19pm Thanks, guys. I made a new sling yesterday out of a web belt. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, though.
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Masiakasaurus Slinging.org Moderator Offline mah-SEE-a-kah-SOR-us Posts: 5023 Gender:	Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana Reply #4 - Aug 30^th, 2011 at 3:18pm You might want to keep the pouch from unraveling by either singeing the ends with a lighter if it's nylon or dabbing it with super glue if the webbing is made from a natural material.
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Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana
Reply #5 - Aug 30^th, 2011 at 3:51pm

Masiakasaurus wrote on Aug 30^th, 2011 at 3:18pm:

You might want to keep the pouch from unraveling by either singeing the ends with a lighter if it's nylon or dabbing it with super glue if the webbing is made from a natural material.

Yeah, I just used a needle and thread. It works well, but it looks a bit messy. If I make another one I'm going to run the ends through a sewing machine then use some glue before putting them together. I actually made two sets of cords at different lengths for this sling. It can go from 22in to 42in with little difficulty.

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TS308 Tiro Offline Whip it, whip it good!! Posts: 48 Allegheny Mountains Gender:	Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana Reply #6 - Aug 31^st, 2011 at 12:55am Hey there Phantom. Good work with the slings. I'd like to hear which one you like the best. I sling with a paracord sling.
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana Reply #7 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 11:18am Hey Phantom, I am another newbie myself. Haven't even made my first sling yet, only a staff sling, though I have plans to make a braided one ASAP. Very nice slings you have there.
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Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana
Reply #8 - Sep 1^st, 2011 at 11:31pm

Thanks, guys.

TS, I'm liking my paracord sling slightly better, but I'm using cricket tennis balls for ammo right now and they sometimes leave the sling too early. It only seems to happen while I'm warming up, though, so it must be because I just don't have the technique quite down yet. I'm still playing around trying to figure out what works the best for me. The belt one holds the balls more securely. I'm really not sure why I prefer the paracord one. I guess it just has a better feel when I use it.

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Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana
Reply #9 - Sep 2^nd, 2011 at 1:51pm

When I first started throwing with shepherd slings made from paracord, I had the same challenge too. I made and thrown slings for 4 years now, and I just started making and throwing with slings made from paracord a couple of months ago. I was so used to the jute sling that I had to adjust my release point because of the difference in the material. Paracord releases faster than jute.

Overall, I prefer to throw with slings made from natural rope fibers. I get the most power and distance from the split pouch sling that I make. Although I really like the sound of the paracord slings I throw with.

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Matt Borel Descens Offline I can almost hit almost anything. Posts: 120 Portland, Oregon Gender:	Re: Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana Reply #10 - Sep 21^st, 2011 at 3:45am The interchangeable bands of differing lengths sounds like a good idea. Transformer.
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