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Sarosh Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1141	EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Jan 28^th, 2020 at 4:52pm https://youtu.be/03tvRSuyOXk this was a question and a request "how heavy can you sling?can you make a video about it?" leave a like if you liked
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Reply #1 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 5:08am

Nice video, I agree it would be interesting to see a longer sling. Personally I find longer slings much easier work when throwing big rocks, you can get a decent amount of momentum going just from initial rotations and the forces required to throw seem to be lower/more spread out.

Some people seem to like short slings with heavy rocks but unless you are simply going for accuracy and nothing more I feel it puts way too much strain through your arm/shoulder and you cannot perform an efficient slinging motion.

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #2 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 5:11am I've almost wrenched my arm out of my socket throwing rocks lighter than these ones so good on you Sarosh. That hit with the 880g rock is amazing!
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2598 Australia Gender:	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #3 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 5:44am Yeah props to you sarosh. My shoulders hurt just thinking about stones that size. All honesty I’d probably mace myself in the head with stones or should I say rocks like that .
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2172	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #4 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 7:44am What a hit!!!! You musta been sore the next day but totally worth it
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2913 PA, USA	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #5 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 11:15am I did something similar a while back with big ice blocks. Not anywhere near the level of investigation, just playing around. This make me curious to try it again. Nice video Sarosh! And like Tomas said, great hit!!
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #6 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 12:29pm It's inspiring me to get together all my largest ammo and smash that pan of mine to bits
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Archaic Arms Funditor Offline Testing and inventing "Archaic" weapons. Posts: 729	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #7 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 2:16pm I recently tried something quite similar, and then I tried the pirouette. I instantaneously got so much more power out of my throws and now believe that it is the most practical way to throw really heavy stones. With a medium-short sling (28") I was easily throwing fist sized stones + ~100 yards.
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Reply #8 - Jan 29^th, 2020 at 2:23pm

Thanks!

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Tomas

as I say in the video only the forearm was sore the next day, I did some normal slinging the next day .
In the video I didn't go 100%power if I did I would probably hurt myself without much different results . The hit was very gratifying took a moment to enjoy it. Cool

joe_meadmaker wrote on Jan 29^th, 2020 at 11:15am:

I did something similar a while back with big ice blocks. Not anywhere near the level of investigation, just playing around. This make me curious to try it again.

Would make an interesting video . You seem very accurate with ice

Kick wrote on Jan 29^th, 2020 at 12:29pm:

It's inspiring me to get together all my largest ammo and smash that pan of mine to bits

be careful you have a competition to attend Tongue

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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #9 - Jan 30^th, 2020 at 3:43am That is true A dislocated shoulder might affect how well I do in the competition...
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Reply #10 - Jan 30^th, 2020 at 11:03am

Kick wrote on Jan 30^th, 2020 at 3:43am:

That is true Cheesy

A dislocated shoulder might affect how well I do in the competition...

Start practicing left handed too. Wink

I remember trying that a while back. I think it was Sarosh who had done a video on slinging with both hands. I tried left handed and it very much felt like slinging for the first time again. Very weird feeling.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13680 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: EXTREME HEAVYWEIGHT SLINGING Reply #11 - Jan 30^th, 2020 at 1:39pm Interesting video. I would use a staff sling to hurl such heavy projectiles.
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Reply #12 - Jan 30^th, 2020 at 2:44pm

joe_meadmaker wrote on Jan 30^th, 2020 at 11:03am:

Kick wrote on Jan 30^th, 2020 at 3:43am:

That is true Cheesy

A dislocated shoulder might affect how well I do in the competition...

Start practicing left handed too. Wink

I remember trying that a while back. I think it was Sarosh who had done a video on slinging with both hands. I tried left handed and it very much felt like slinging for the first time again. Very weird feeling.

I'm still getting the hang of right-handed Cheesy

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"Nothing matters, but it’s perhaps more comfortable to keep calm and not interfere with other people." - H.P. Lovecraft, in a letter to Frank Belknap Long, 7 October, 1923

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Reply #13 - Feb 1^st, 2020 at 6:37pm

Archaic Arms wrote on Jan 29^th, 2020 at 2:16pm:

I recently tried something quite similar, and then I tried the pirouette. I instantaneously got so much more power out of my throws and now believe that it is the most practical way to throw really heavy stones. With a medium-short sling (28") I was easily throwing fist sized stones + ~100 yards.

Yep!

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Reply #14 - Feb 2^nd, 2020 at 11:34am

Archaic Arms wrote on Jan 29^th, 2020 at 2:16pm:

I recently tried something quite similar, and then I tried the pirouette. I instantaneously got so much more power out of my throws and now believe that it is the most practical way to throw really heavy stones. With a medium-short sling (28") I was easily throwing fist sized stones + ~100 yards.

just saw the comment
I never get the chance to practice pirouette on long range , when I get a place for longer ranges I don't have good footing or space to pirouette (or even time to try something different). Every place would produce its slingers with different quirks and styles suited for their environment.

I tried pirouetting with the sling in the video(~28") and heavy stones and didn't like it , I was out of tune. If I'm going to pirouette then I'd use a 1.2m or 47" sling.

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