RS wrote on Jan 29
th, 2018 at 8:38pm:
i'd love to be able to show it to you. it is hard to understand via written insruction. i can explain it or try to, and come the end of the year perhaps can even put some video of it up for you guys. i technically have to be cautious about that until around december for reasons i cannot go into but let me try to explain it.
if you are right handed,twist ur left hand, palm under and away from you so that it's palm is facing left. hold the sling in front of you, cup your left hand and with it still twisted, place the socket in it. raise the sling up over our head and lower it behind you. at this point it should be diagonal across ur back, with ur right hand above ur right shoulder and ur left hand around ur left hip or bottom of rib cage. raise ur right hand palm up and hold it high almost even with the top of ur head, and pull the other end snug with the left hand, raising it up slightly to make the sling barely bend at ur left elbow, but being kept taut. take care the sling is not twisted up....release with left hand and let the socket drop and swing behind you and then just over hand with popping wrist action. it sounds more complicated than it is, but once understood it is a very accurate little toss that can generate some power when the full wrist action is properly utilized. works great for turkey as, you can stand ready for long periods at a time by resting your throwing hand on your shoulder and when execute much of the motion is hidden behind the back. lefties just switch it around the same way
I call that greek with a little pull.
It works well for heavier ammo.
So not quite a man in a pub. But close
I ever tell you the historical event related to me by an old slinger I met on chesil beach ?
Chesil beach is about 3 miles of perfect sling sized rocks. Well this old bloke told me it was created by the slingers from portland island (called slingers isle). They used to practice by slinging rocks from the island into the sea. After centuries of this practice they actually created chesil beach. The holes they created on the island were then put to use as quarries for portland stone - which is much sought after for building with.
The beach and land created by the slingers of portland eventually created a causeway that joined the island to the mainland.
You drive over it to get to portland to this very day.
Gaze upon this beach created by slingers, and weep that it's not close to you.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Chesil+Beach/@50.6266703,-2.5605472,3a,75y,3...It's true I tell you.
And if it isn't, then it bloody well ought to be !
There is only one part of that tale that is not based on verifiable fact.
Here's a picture of a totally random part of chesil beach.
There are miles and miles of this a hundred yards wide.
Wasted on those bloody southerners !