This is the official call for sling ranges!  This information will be compiled onto a single page and be a new section on the main site. 

Please post your range, sling length, projectile type, weight, date (approx.), and anything else you think would be useful to add. 

Chris

Ya gotta find it, to measure it! Find a large field or parking lot--with no cars--or a large construction site where you can see the mark where it lands in the dirt. For you guys in the snow, that may be impossible at this time

all right some one had to dive into the water first and since I already compiled most of this info:
this was done on sunday feb 6th with a leather 43 inch sling with a wide grip
Here is my week end report of distances for various ammo's and weight's
heres what I took with me to the abandoned air field
6 foos balls weight about 1.5 ounces or 42.5 grams
6 egg shaped stones all selected for their weight of
3 ounces or 85 grams
6 clay glands 3 ounces or 85 grams
6 weighted golf balls 4 ounces each or 162.50 grams
6 lead egg sinkers 6 ounces or 170 grams
I was totally surprised by what gave me the most distance
these were all cast under hand. my over hand style produce much less distance
the following distances were gained by casting all ammo  
out in one group, say the foo's balls then pace out to them and then back averaging the two pace counts then converting the pace count to yards. then averaging all 6 for each group
foo's balls 96.42 yards or 88.17 meters
stones 193.9 yards or 177.30 meters
clay 162.5 yd. or 148.59 meters
weighted golf balls 214.5 yards or 196 meters
egg sinkers 216 yards or 198.15 meters
I did not suspect that the six ounce egg sinkers would go the furthest
next time I am going to try small egg sinkers and see if i can get that distance up.
one more note most of my shot's landed in a ten foot radius per group. that kinda impressed me.
these were just some different ammo i had laying around except four the weighted golf ball they were weighted heavier  I altered the weight before heading out
oh one last thing  my pace count is converted by paces multiplied length of pace (39 inches)
sum divided by standard (36 inches) to get yards  

well thats very interesting guess I need to get my hyper exelration technique working with under hand
the clay glands are slighty oval 5mm x 4.5mm.
so you are saying that getting into the mid 50t's would increase range. By how much.
This is very interesting, but I admit my main interst is under fifty yards. Infact this is the first time in over six month's I have thrown for range.

i was going to go to a field to try and find out my ranges and where going down the high way(i was not driving) at about 55 mph and all of a sudden the car starts shaking and it stalls and all sorts of nastyness. Haha i never did get to go measure my slinging distance.

im only a algebra 1 student but dont you have to have the time it took to travel the distance and distance to get speed?

time X distance = speed something like that.

or is there some kind of formula i dont know of?

Why can't I get over 150 feet, even with a 51" sling and smooth, easter-egg sized and shaped rocks??? I'm 6'3" and pretty strong I would think I can also throw pretty hard!

Anyhow, there's an idea of my throws with some whining thrown in

Could be he needs some SNAP! If that is the case, I'd recommend cutting a sling waaay down to maybe 24" and practicing a bit. The shorter sling is so "fast" that it almost forces ood form on you. Once you have it figured out (150yds is perfectly reasonable with a 2 foot sling) you can go to longer cords and slow things down a bit.

Matthias

My vote for starter sling length is fingertip to shoulder.  There seems to be something about sling-length equal to arm length that "feels right".   mgreenfield