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KB Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 30 Baxterville, Mississippi Gender:	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #45 - Aug 30^th, 2020 at 5:33pm Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #43 - Aug 26th, 2020 at 9:25pm I think the real challenge is finding another slinger within a 100 mile radius! Great point it's not like u can just throw a rock and hit another person who enjoys slinging... Sorry but it had to be said...
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4464 Finland	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #46 - Aug 31^st, 2020 at 10:52am KB wrote on Aug 30^th, 2020 at 5:33pm: Great point it's not like u can just throw a rock and hit another person who enjoys slinging... This definitely shouldn't be encouraged either. There are so few enthusiastic slingers we can't afford to lose any to sling tag with rocks
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PracticalParacord Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 10	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #47 - Sep 6^th, 2020 at 9:13am Tennis balls work really good. To keep it safe only allow slings at a certain length only slung at a certain distance.Such as a sling that is 48 inches total length will not hurt you from a distance of 50+ feet. But a longer sling will leave a nice mark on you lol.
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Reply #48 - Sep 6^th, 2020 at 1:33pm

Ha! I think you may underestimate some people’s ability to hurt themselves.

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Reply #49 - Sep 6^th, 2020 at 3:47pm

Tennis balls are alright, but they have a lot of drag and I don't think they throw very well. Double yellow dot squash balls would work, but safety glasses would be necessary... and they hurt, but it would be part of the fun eh?
I think the ideal projectile would be of durable foam with a small metal core to add weight. I think something around 100g total weight would be suitable.

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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4464 Finland	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #50 - Sep 6^th, 2020 at 4:50pm Sockball with a rubber ball inside maybe?
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KB Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 30 Baxterville, Mississippi Gender:	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #51 - Sep 6^th, 2020 at 11:49pm A couple of BB's inside a small ball of yarn stuffed into a balloon or something like that... Maybe..?
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Reply #52 - Sep 7^th, 2020 at 1:01am

Archaic Arms wrote on Sep 6^th, 2020 at 3:47pm:

... and they hurt, but it would be part of the fun eh?

As a teenager, I used to be proud of every paintball-shaped welt I had the day after a good battle.

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Reply #53 - Sep 7^th, 2020 at 9:26am

NooneOfConsequence wrote on Sep 7^th, 2020 at 1:01am:

Archaic Arms wrote on Sep 6^th, 2020 at 3:47pm:

... and they hurt, but it would be part of the fun eh?

As a teenager, I used to be proud of every paintball-shaped welt I had the day after a good battle.

Same here, and only recently retired from playing the gamr a couple years back,

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Reply #54 - Sep 7^th, 2020 at 10:22am

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/novak-djokovics-disqualification-stirs-debate-onl...

I do belive tennis balls would be the best ammo for any type of game that is relatively safe. Including FUNDABALL just change the size of the course by 1/2. Tennis balls i think would be the best as they will still hurt like paintballs. The video shows how even an underpowered throw/hit can make a tennis ball hurt. Just wear padding or jerseys that are just like paintball uniforms while playing speedball, which have padding in the jeresy or pants. If we were able to get FUNDABALL off to a start as an international sport.

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SlingingBri Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 14 Oklahoma City Area Gender:	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #55 - Sep 10^th, 2020 at 4:10am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQZmlD_DndY For those who say tennis balls can't kill......
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1915 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #56 - Sep 10^th, 2020 at 4:51pm Here are a few examples of padded paintball jerseys. Prices are not too bad especially if it for teams, and starting up a league for FUNDABALL . Plus using tennisballs, with some sort of rugby mask everyone would be safe.there wouldnt be any casualties from a slinging game. https://jerseysclinic.com/paintball/
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Reply #57 - Nov 1^st, 2020 at 9:21am

I have 4 tennis balls with orange dots on them. When deflated they're pretty soft. You'd feel them, but they can't do much damage. The kids here sling them at each other with no worries.

I looked them up and they're low compression training balls. Unlike normal balls which even deflated are hard and will split, these are soft and they haven't split one yet.

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Josephusflav Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 67	Re: Sling tag/sling dodgeball ammo Reply #58 - Mar 6^th, 2021 at 12:48am The government shoots chalk bullets as apart of there training surely if the gunpowder propelled chalk wont kill then neither should a sling fires chalk round
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Reply #59 - Mar 6^th, 2021 at 11:41am

Josephusflav wrote on Mar 6^th, 2021 at 12:48am:

The government shoots chalk bullets as apart of there training surely if the gunpowder propelled chalk wont kill then neither should a sling fires chalk round

Well, it's not solid chalk, if it even is chalk. It's a colored dry powder--probably actually talcum (talc)--encased in plastic and propelled at a maximum speed of 450 fps. That's less than a quarter of the speed of a real bullet.

So it's both a much lighter bullet. (Maybe someone else can find the math, but I'd say at least 1/10th the mass.) Flying at 1/4th the speed.

Conclusion?:
Please don't sling solid rocks made of chalk at people. They can hurt and kill.

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