Archaic Arms
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Testing and inventing "Archaic" weapons.
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Over the past year I have noticed the slings I have been making have become progressively shorter, starting around 37" then gradually going to 34", 30", 28", 25", 22", 18", and now 16". Finally settling on a Balearic/helicopter-type technique several months ago, may be partly responsible, but I found it interesting nonetheless. I also think it may also be because shorter slings are less forgiving and require better form to get power out of them (+ without causing injury). I don't feel at all under-powered with 16" (thumb to mid-bicep), throwing ~250g stones out to a 100y target with relative ease. Unless I'm throwing beyond 50y, I don't feel any desire to use a longer sling (+ I love how handy they are). Anyone else found anything similar? Perhaps you found the opposite and your slings are instead getting longer?
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