walter wrote on Apr 20
th, 2020 at 9:56pm:
ammo should be very close to the same weight. Same shape also helps
Kick wrote on Apr 21
st, 2020 at 4:33am:
Sticking with one style and one sling and practicing it consistently is the best way.
Cool, thank you all! I'll keep those in mind. I'm not usually able to recover my projectiles (I just chuck them into the woods, never to be found again
) but I currently have a stash of relatively similar-sized and -shaped clay disc projectiles, which should last me a
little while longer (I hope!) I don't know if they're the best shape for slinging either lol.
As for style, I've been going with somewhat of a straight overhand, going from behind me over my head - I'm getting better at it, but I haven't been able to get too much range however. I have a suspicion that it has to do my sling - The cord is rather thick compared to photos of slings I've seen on the forum (Mine is around 1/2" thick at the split braid pouch.) Can the extra contact area in this case create more friction, and affect the projectile's flight? I've read stuff on the forum that seemed to indicate that this sort of thing can happen.
Thanks again for your help!
Captain_Twine