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Reply #15 - Nov 13th, 2016 at 11:39am
 
Bill Skinner wrote on Nov 13th, 2016 at 11:35am:
One of the best back stops is a large piece of old carpet hung over a rope.


i agree. but not only carpet, any cloth or net (small enough to hold the projectile)
i found out when i used slingshot indoors.
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Reply #16 - Nov 14th, 2016 at 11:35am
 
I have never used a net but I did use a tarp, briefly.  With a sling about 1/2-2/3 meter, I was able to punch marbles through both side with a good throw.

I had only been throwing about three or four months or so when I did that.
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Reply #17 - Nov 14th, 2016 at 1:37pm
 
*nets like those used for paintball fields or similar....
i dont know what the tarp was made off but there are all kind of things in the market :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez984TPczOU
a simple cotton sheet is enough to stop most bbs thrown with slingshot
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Reply #18 - Sep 20th, 2019 at 1:44pm
 
Thought I'd bring back this post to show off my new target that my friend made for me. He's been living and working at my girlfriend's family's summer cottage for the whole summer (not jealous... not at all...) and he put this together for me Cheesy I forgot to post about it earlier but yeah even though I was crap (see the post I made about being terrible with slinging stones now) I did manage to hit the tea pot a few times Cheesy
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Reply #19 - Sep 20th, 2019 at 2:25pm
 
I like it!  So can you hang different targets in there to sling at?
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Reply #20 - Sep 20th, 2019 at 3:06pm
 
Yeah there are different hooks. The log on the ground has a bent nail and some string so that can be hung up too. The metal plate was used for closing the chimney of a stove but was dumped under the sauna building for who knows how many years. Makes for a good target too but needs a method for hanging. There's plans to attach a bed sheet to the back to act as a catch box.
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Reply #21 - Sep 20th, 2019 at 8:26pm
 
Nice! You’ll be well prepared when all the cast iron cookware becomes self-aware and joins in an uprising against humanity!
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Reply #22 - Sep 21st, 2019 at 12:47am
 
NooneOfConsequence wrote on Sep 20th, 2019 at 8:26pm:
Nice! You’ll be well prepared when all the cast iron cookware becomes self-aware and joins in an uprising against humanity!


Exactly! I have been thinking if trading the giant pan I have as a target to hang that up but it's so big...
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