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Reply #45 - Aug 30th, 2020 at 5:33pm
 
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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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Reply #46 - Aug 31st, 2020 at 10:52am
 
KB wrote on Aug 30th, 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 Cheesy
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Reply #47 - Sep 6th, 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 6th, 2020 at 1:33pm
 
Ha! I think you may underestimate some people’s ability to hurt themselves.
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Reply #49 - Sep 6th, 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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Reply #50 - Sep 6th, 2020 at 4:50pm
 
Sockball with a rubber ball inside maybe?
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Reply #51 - Sep 6th, 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 7th, 2020 at 1:01am
 
Archaic Arms wrote on Sep 6th, 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 7th, 2020 at 9:26am
 
NooneOfConsequence wrote on Sep 7th, 2020 at 1:01am:
Archaic Arms wrote on Sep 6th, 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 7th, 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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Reply #55 - Sep 10th, 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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Reply #56 - Sep 10th, 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 1st, 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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Reply #58 - Mar 6th, 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 6th, 2021 at 11:41am
 
Josephusflav wrote on Mar 6th, 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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