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Message started by Rockman on Oct 6th, 2008 at 5:24pm

Title: Slinging photos
Post by Rockman on Oct 6th, 2008 at 5:24pm
I took a detour at the beach today for some slinging practice and got some nice photos. This place might seem like a slinging paradise, but no so much. You get infinite ammo, but there´s so many rocks, there´s nowere to stand firmly!!!
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Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by David Morningstar on Oct 6th, 2008 at 5:59pm
Do you find spending a lot of time on a pebble beach makes your knees ache? I have been getting this after slinging on Pensarn beach in Wales and its annoying  >:(

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by peacefuljeffrey on Oct 6th, 2008 at 9:46pm

Rockman wrote on Oct 6th, 2008 at 5:24pm:
I took a detour at the beach today for some slinging practice and got some nice photos. This place might seem like a slinging paradise, but no so much. You get infinite ammo, but there´s so many rocks, there´s nowere to stand firmly!!!


So take some BUCKETS to the beach, FILL them, and take them off to where you want to throw!  :D

I WISH I had a place around here that had so many rocks!  I'd be willing to carry them home on foot if need be!  In the meantime, I've had to spend money on golf balls!  :'(

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by BrianGrubbs on Oct 7th, 2008 at 8:27am
 You really should try something like the 50 second bullets from the articles section.  The amount of sling bullets you can get from one $10 bag of concrete is amazing.  If the rolling isn't your thing, then you can mould them using the inside of a tennis ball, or an easter egg, or a jello mould.  There's no call for buying golf balls just to loose them.

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by peacefuljeffrey on Oct 7th, 2008 at 8:33am
There's probably a LOT of content on this site I just haven't poked into yet, and that must be one example.  Thanks, and I will check that out.

In the meantime, I found a local source of golf balls that I will call on the telephone later today.  It's a Boys and Girls Club that is fundraising by selling old range balls, and their Craigslist listing said SEVEN CENTS PER BALL, OR BEST OFFER, and they claim to have 20,000 in stock!

The listing was put up in mid September, so hopefully they've still got them.  :)
At 7 cents per, I might buy myself about 400 or so.  I've been enjoying golf balls as ammo.  Now, there's a good chance that if concrete balls are more massive for the same size, I'll like them even more, but they'll probably tear up my sling, won't they?  (The cradle is just woven paracord.)

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by BrianGrubbs on Oct 7th, 2008 at 8:42am
I've never had a problem with mine doing that, especially if you give them a few coats of spray paint to smooth the surface out ;)

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by Dave M on Oct 7th, 2008 at 9:21am
Looks like Rockman and myself have the same problem slinging on a pebbly beach is great but the trouble is finding good footing, I have found it really strange when standing on solid ground using a sling, has any body else had this problem ???????????? mind you it is well worth it as ammo is unlimited and free

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by BrianGrubbs on Oct 7th, 2008 at 10:11am
 Yeah, I've noticed that before.  Since the ground is shifting constantly, your stabilizer muscles get quite the workout.  I'm always left with the aching knees too... not much you can do about it, other than shuffle your feet to set them into the loose stone.  Even that doesn't help that much since you usually take a step when slinging, or at least I do.

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by peacefuljeffrey on Oct 7th, 2008 at 4:55pm

BrianGrubbs wrote on Oct 7th, 2008 at 8:42am:
I've never had a problem with mine doing that, especially if you give them a few coats of spray paint to smooth the surface out ;)



Good tip -- thank you.  Perhaps next week I'll get a chance to try this out, as long as there isn't a lot of equipment required, as I don't have a lot of room nor equipment.

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by dork on Oct 8th, 2008 at 7:26pm
nice pics and your slings look pretty sweet too. they are way longer than i would use but you can tell that you have down pat.

what if you layed down a couple of planks across the stones or tried to clear an area down to the sand unless it is litterally all rocks.

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by curious_aardvark on Oct 9th, 2008 at 11:20am
never had a pebble beach to sling on :-( (aaahhhh, in't that sad)

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by David Morningstar on Oct 9th, 2008 at 1:11pm

Curious Aardvark wrote on Oct 9th, 2008 at 11:20am:
never had a pebble beach to sling on :-( (aaahhhh, in't that sad)


Serves you right for living as far from the sea as you possibly can on a small island :P

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by Yurek on Jan 17th, 2011 at 2:58pm
That beach is my dream! Just slingers' paradise :D Great pictures.

Title: Re: Slinging photos
Post by Rockman on Jan 17th, 2011 at 3:29pm
Seeing this after so much time has past put a smile on y face. I have found memories of that day.

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