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Joe Novak

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Where/What to sling
Feb 21^st, 2005 at 2:41pm

I live in the Twin Cities, and my backyard is pretty small. I'm thinking of going to a nearby forest, but I don't know how safe this would be (its near a highway and some houses). I've only toyed around with a sling (I broke a side-view mirror), so I don't know how far they'll "shoot". I made a couple of rubber glandes out of rubber compound, and they are bouncy, but they break things. Any tips for practicing in a city? (I can't drive, 1 year off, dang it!)

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graf_zahl Tiro Offline Posts: 37 plauen-germany Gender:	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #1 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 2:46pm my alternative is (i begun to sling in our garden) a little pouch of plastic, filled with (if you want more weight, wet) sand.
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Jasper Novicius Offline I smashed a side-view mirror with my sling... Posts: 4 Gender:	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #2 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 2:48pm Thanks! (I'm the same guy, I just registered)
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Chris Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1284 USA Gender:	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #3 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 5:27pm Hacky sacks and koosh balls work. Really what you want is something you can sling at full power, but slows dow rapidly. Whiffle balls do this well. Chris
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Douglas_The_Black Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Hakkaa päälle! Posts: 3491 Salineville Ohio Gender:	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #4 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 5:43pm i like snow balls but they are a seasonal thing and dont have very good aim/range. ice cubes work well too. (dont listen chris but if you break something the evidence will melt)
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mgreenfield Funditor Offline Posts: 509 Milwaukee Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #5 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 6:53pm Tennis balls w holes punched in them to take out some of the bounce. Sling them into your garage door or similar at close range & be prepared to chase the rebounding balls. I think very tough to sling anything under 2oz weight, & tennis balls just make this weight. mgreenfield
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Slingman Novicius Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 1	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #6 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 6:58pm well im new here and i just shoot some old photatos with my new home made sling pretty good range
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Re: Where/What to sling
Reply #7 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 8:01pm

you could also try bractice wiffle golf balls wraped in duct tape, thats what i started of with liveing in a dencely populated city, and dont worrie i got into some deep sh** then i first started slinging so its nothing new to me, i understand where youre gomeing from, but nothing feels better whenyou get out there with some nice room and you got the perfect stone and you could just go balls out...

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TColorSling11 Tiro Offline ERIE SLINGER Posts: 31	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #8 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 8:01pm sorry i meant PRACTICE**
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TColorSling11 Tiro Offline ERIE SLINGER Posts: 31	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #9 - Feb 21^st, 2005 at 8:02pm wow ima horribal typer, you get what im sayin tho
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Re: Where/What to sling
Reply #10 - Feb 22^nd, 2005 at 10:29am

It is nice to have a lot of room to get out and hurl. Unfortunately a lot of us don't have that luxury. I suggest making a small range designed for accuracy, say 10 to fifty yards in either a back yard or basement. If outside I recommend tarps set up, like behind home plate around the target. Sure it's more fun to hurl a hundred yards plus. It is also fun to impress somebody that you can hit something with the sling most people think it can't be done. It always amazes me when people are impressed by my smashing a five gallon plastic bucket at 10 yards lol Grin

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Zorrro Funditor Offline Yeah, i guess most of us love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 530 Granada (Spain) Gender:	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #11 - Feb 22^nd, 2005 at 11:19am I use this cut on a hill near my workplace to smash some rocks at short range , it's about 20 yards height and 30 yards wide and i can shot from 0 to 35 yards surface is compacted sand/gravel, so projectiles won't rebound or ricochet, and you can reuse them The building at the left side is my workplace.
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Jasper Novicius Offline I smashed a side-view mirror with my sling... Posts: 4 Gender:	Re: Where/What to sling Reply #12 - Feb 22^nd, 2005 at 4:06pm Thanks everybody! I'll try your suggestions!
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