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Title: Newbie
Post by NovaHammer on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 10:37am

Hello from Nova Scotia;
I joined a while ago...being newly retired, I've been busier than I expected..Ha!
Anyone have experience using multiple missiles at the same time? I'm wondering for a novel Im writing .... do the bullets all land/strike close together or spray randomly?
I understand each stone will fly according to their own shape, weight and release point technically, but can you 'fire for effect' and intimidate your target with practise?

ps. Did ancient Russians sling too?

Thanks
Kevin in NS

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by Kick on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 11:12am

Welcome from Finland!
I don't have any hard information about ancient Russians slinging (that is also a bit vague really, Russia is a big place :D) but I don't think I would be wrong in saying, slings were almost certainly in use for most of Russia's history. There are very few places slings haven't been in use. For the multiple projectiles, shotgun slings are what you're looking for. You can find some posts on the forum about them if you search around. A good start is Timpa's video:

https://youtu.be/i4kbhvI4g1k

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by Greenjay on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 11:20am

Howdy from North Texas.

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by joe_meadmaker on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 1:13pm

Welcome from Pennsylvania!

And +1 to Kick's comment. I've done a couple "shotgun" slings myself. One was very closely modeled after timpa's design. Here is one of the more recent threads if you would like to see some further discussion: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1579758764.

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by NooneOfConsequence on Dec 9^th, 2020 at 12:51am

Howdy from South Texas!

The best way to answer your questions is to try a few different methods for yourself and see what works. Search for shotslings... there was a fairly recent discussion about that.

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by Mersa on Dec 10^th, 2020 at 3:18am

Greetings from oz

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by Morphy on Dec 11^th, 2020 at 7:45am

NovaHammer wrote on Dec 8^th, 2020 at 10:37am:

Seeing as there was trade routes between Asia, Europe and the Middle East it's pretty much a sure thing it was being used. Whether we have any actual evidence of ancient Russian slingers is not something I'm familiar with but I would be very surprised indeed if that was not the case.

Welcome from Texas!

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by NooneOfConsequence on Dec 16^th, 2020 at 12:21am

Here's a quick attempt at answering your question NovaHammer:

https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1608095984

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by Tomas on Dec 18^th, 2020 at 9:54pm

Hi from Halifax!!!

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by Rat Man on Dec 19^th, 2020 at 12:49pm

Welcome from New Jersey. I vacationed in Nova Scotia about thirty years ago. Beautiful place and very friendly people. I'm sorry now that I didn't retire there.
I've made a couple of side by side two pouch slings. As long as your projectiles are similar in size, weight, and shape you'll get a reasonably tight shot pattern.

Title: Re: Newbie
Post by Curious Aardvark on Dec 23^rd, 2020 at 7:05am

multiple shots can be done a couple different ways.
jaegor actually ma d asling with three seperate pouches - can't remember how well it worked - but it looked good :-)

A handful of pebbbles in a large pouch do pretty much work like shotgun pellets, so you get a semi-predictable scatter - would be good for huntin water fowl as you'd hit them as they started to take off.

For antipersonnel - probably not so good. But with the right ammo, could work.