Sorry, I did mean 150yds   

but honestly, my average range is just a little over 100yds, though it is a hilly place and hard to measure.

Yes! I'm glad it was 150 YARDS

This thread just comes right because I have a question concerning range.

I started with slinging nearly one year ago. It was only possible to sling for range for some weeks because afterwards there was too much grass everywhere. My range in m corresponded more or less to my sling length in cm: 60m with a sling of about 60cm, 100m with a sling of 100cm and about 120m with a sling of 120cm. But I reached this distances only with lighter bullets (perhaps 80-100g). I measured by counting the big steps I made when going to the impact point.

As you see, my range is rather poor compared to the ones of most of you guys. So the question is: Was it a lot of work to pass from distances which just show that you are able to sling - as in my case - to more „professional" distances or were you able to reach them soon after you were able to sling ?

(By the way: Lobohunter, what is a „foos ball" and an „egg sinker" ? I looked in different dictionaries but didn’t find.)

A foo's ball is a ball from the game foos ball or table soccer. A egg sinker is a lead sinker in the shape of a egg used in ocean fishing and cat fishing

I find that if I use a heavy stone (around 1 pound=0.5 kg) I can only get about 100 yards, but a 3-ounce lead glande will fly out to 250-300 yards.

111 yards measured with a witness, my friend Justin. Using my 37-inch "DEXA" sling and a fired clay biconical glande weighing about 1.2 ounces. This is not to say that I used my friend Justin to measure the distance like a yardstick or anything just that he was there and witnessed the throw...oh never mind. I think you all know what I mean.

Today was great by northern Ohio standards partly sunny and 61F. Gathered up my slinging gear along with boots and headed to my nearest field.

There was a mild breeze from right to left, maybe 5-10k/h. After I did a few warm-ups with softballs (312g) and they died at about 95m I almost went home.

Four hard baseballs and one cement casting from a tennis ball later I felt more encouraged.    
Only one throw was slightly over 35 deg elevation, in fact 3 or four were around 5- 15 degrees!


Sixteen hardball (148g) throws from a 129cm sling fell between 114 and 132 meters and left good impact marks.

Thomas

Hallo lepidina and welcome,

If I remeber corectly, the ancient Romans used missiles of weight about 20 g. I'm also wondering, if they would be effective enough during battles. Most probably lead missiles would be, but clay ones? One of the forum members, Hondero from Spain, collects oryginal sling projectiles. For sure, he could say much more about them.

Anyway, from my limited experience with very light (20-30g) stones, and light sling, I know, they can fly very quick and far. When they are good shaped, for sure, an experienced in range shoting slinger can send them relatively easily at ranges above 250 m, saying very carefully. Clay missiles, for sure, can fly a bit worse. At my guess, they are able to surpass ranges above 200 m, assmuming, that a light and a rather thin (more aerodynamical) sling is used. Anyway, tests are necessary, for more accurate numbers. Hope, it helps a bit

Jurek