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xX360NoSlingXx Novicius Offline Haven't hit anyone yet! Posts: 4 Marion, IA Gender:	The latest recruit from Iowa Feb 22^nd, 2017 at 6:44pm Hello, my name is Joseph Jurgensmeier. I am from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I just recently got in to slinging thanks to Lindybeige's videos on the topic. Luckily, my newfound interest coincided with a very unseasonably warm February. So far I have hit a stack of boxes twice and a tree once. Woot!
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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #1 - Feb 22^nd, 2017 at 9:06pm All Right! Good job! BTW, were you actually trying to hit those boxes? Hello and welcome from Alabama. If you have the ability and feel like it, post pictures of your slinging adventures.
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xX360NoSlingXx Novicius Offline Haven't hit anyone yet! Posts: 4 Marion, IA Gender:	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #2 - Feb 22^nd, 2017 at 10:09pm Haha, yes I was trying to hit the boxes. Although I probably slung (slinged? whats acceptable?) around 20 rocks that were nowhere near the boxes.
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #3 - Feb 23^rd, 2017 at 2:01am Be prepared to miss a lot. About 2, almost 3 years of slinging for me and every hit is still a surprise.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #4 - Feb 23^rd, 2017 at 11:38am Jumping right into target slinging. Way to go. Welcome to the forum.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #5 - Feb 23^rd, 2017 at 2:01pm The great thing about slinging near a wood is that you hit a lot of trees. And if anyone is watching, you can just claim it was the tree you were actually aiming at Anyone know if lindy beige is one of ours ? name doesn't ring a bell with me.
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xX360NoSlingXx Novicius Offline Haven't hit anyone yet! Posts: 4 Marion, IA Gender:	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #6 - Feb 23^rd, 2017 at 2:04pm Lindybeige is his youtube channel name. I think his real name is Nicholas Lloyd. I don't know if he's on the forums.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #7 - Feb 23^rd, 2017 at 2:11pm oh yeah, he used to be. That's alright then He has a couple of hilarious old videos on the server, I'll have to dig out
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Re: The latest recruit from Iowa
Reply #8 - Feb 23^rd, 2017 at 3:27pm

These are the slings I've made so far. I decided to jump straight to a braided sling because I thought the idea was so cool. The first one is made out of hemp, and it's pretty much the only sling I have used so far. I thought it turned out I love it a lot! It also makes a pretty legit belt.

The second sling I made out of paracord. I kinda messed up on it and the release cord half of it is shorter than the retention cord part, but it looks cool. I also wanted it to be much longer than the first one, but I didn't cut anywhere near enough material so it is almost exactly the same length Angry

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Re: The latest recruit from Iowa
Reply #9 - Feb 23^rd, 2017 at 4:01pm

Welcome! They look like pretty nice slings.

If you are braiding with paracord you can gut (remove the central white threads) which makes it a much thinner profile and easier to braid.

Also, for braiding wise I find cords cut to 5.5-6m safely make a 30-35 inches split pouch sling (if you wanted to make a longer one).

I'm also a fan of lindybeige videos, very interesting history well presented.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13680 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: The latest recruit from Iowa Reply #10 - Apr 6^th, 2017 at 5:18am Hello, Joseph. Welcome aboard. Like most of us you'll probably find accuracy the last aspect of slinging that you master.
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