This has probably been posted before somewhere, but I can't find it and I guarantee that no one is interested in an old thread. However, a good canidate for sling tag ammo is duct tape and latex glove wrapped lead &/or pennies. they should be cylindrical.

1. Take used and deformed lead air rifle shot or shotgun birdshot, or pennies- about 8 of them per "tag glande".

2. take latex gloves and pour the weight in there.

3. take that glove and put in another (to take up space so soften impact). tie the open end of the glove. poke a hole in a finger to prevent air from getting trapped and letting all the shot loose.

4. wrap the gloves in duct tape. it should look like a piece of sushi- the one with the rice under the shrimp or fish- the seaweed wrap symbolizes the duct tape

5. take a patch of duct tape and cover the exposed ends.

6. wrap the almost finished "tag glande" like in step 4 to cover up all loose tape ends.

7. make as many as you need

this is just preliminary but they fit in almost anysling becasue of their shape. they wont break any bones or kill but you will definatley know if you're hit. 

I personally think that lead shot... like 3-4mm shot..
would be superiour.
It would spread more on impact, not act like a solid glans....
Zinc dust, if it wasn't so violently reactive with some substances... would probably be superiour from a toxicity standpoint...

If a running shoe with a 1" thick sole of state-of-the-art high-density foam isn't enough to reduce damage from a heel-first footstrike, then no way is 2 thin layers of latex gonna safely disperse the impact of lead

If you need to put something into potential ammo (which will be easy to go overboard with, btw), then just use sand. You're not going to be able to tell the difference in density between sand and some marginally-denser metal by the time you put padding over it anyways. 

actually, you know those real dense but not hard foam sheets that a super-friggin elastic?
I dunno what type... but it is often found in electronics packaging(computers) and it is the same foam in gun and bow cases.
If you cut a tennis-ball size gland-like shape... and put a 1/4 oz chunk of rebar in the middle(just cut a hole) and put some duct tape on it... it functions well without killing or even bruising(through a jacket) your best friends.

I think hack sacks would be perfect! I can't believe I didn't think of it. What sort of range will it stretch out to though?

thebasketcase wrote on Feb 26^th, 2014 at 9:21am:



Just saying real hackey-sacks hurt a LOT. Tested...
Even if you sling lightly.
A airsoft mask works good, although a helm looks cooler and works better.
Make sure to guard the throat. a hand-thrown tennis ball can easily crush someone's trachea.

ok... but if someone gets killed by a slung tennis ball...
lol
It doesn't take a lot of force to crush someone's trachea.
roughly 11 pounds. To kill.
A tennis ball moving at about 100 MPH has almost 50 FP of energy...
and it can easily kill you IF it hits your neck.
However, as usually your chin is pointed down... not up...
I'll stick with a thick jacket, maybe some supplemental aluminum plate(1/8th inch) armour in some places.

Just something to be aware of.

I think molded balls of modeling clay could work, as long as they were not purpoely made to hurt people, i.e. squished very densely.


An easier and cheaper alternative could be densely packed ball of computer/copy paper wrapped in duct tape, but I'll have to try this out some as I only just thought of it. Heavy duct tape would provide the necessary mass for a good throw, but since all it is on the inside is paper, it should be perfectly safe, even when people get the adrenaline rush and start slinging hard as if they were in battle (just watch any paintball game or play one yourself to know what I mean about war-time adrenaline)


Or hey....what about paintballs wrapped in tape for a larger size? A little too expensive though, and at that point why not just use paintball guns