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Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings
Feb 18^th, 2018 at 7:25pm

Hello All!

   In September, I'll be hiking the Long Trail in Vermont. Whole thing, End-To-End, 275 miles. In Vermont, backpack weight is important, because switchbacks are for people who shouldn't be on mountains, evidently.

   Last September while on the Long Trail, I inflicted slinging as a hobby on a whole class of kids from Johnson College, because I had an absurdly large ball of string with me.

   This year, I'd love to inflict slinging on more people, but beforehand I want to test this out: What's the lightest sling design I can make to carry with me to hand out? Include your sling's length, material, and pattern, please!

   Break out your scales, everybody. The contest starts now!
   I'll post mine relatively soon.

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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2597 Australia Gender:	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #1 - Feb 18^th, 2018 at 8:23pm My sling is 20 grams including the beads that weight 6-8g . If you use a dyneema cord you have strength and it's super light . My other sling is 10 g but a slightly different design. My sling design can be found here http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1511678358/13#13
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RS Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 165	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #2 - Feb 19^th, 2018 at 4:17pm i couldn't imagine anything being lighter than my noodle...(that did not even sound right). just a piece of string with two knots tied in the middle and knotted and looped on the ends.
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Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings
Reply #3 - Feb 20^th, 2018 at 11:56am

I made a sling using dacron which is used to protect bow strings from wear and tear. Leather for the pouch and a release tag which adds weight but could be swapped for a lighter material.

Another contender, more for convenience in carrying rather than weight, is a string sling I made with a reindeer antler bead that can be wrapped around your wrist as a bracelet. Out of the way, easy to access and doesn't add any weight to a bag.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #4 - Feb 20^th, 2018 at 9:34pm These are my low weight hiking slings. Nothing fancy just a workhorse. For the lightest something like an ultra basic two cord sling would be super light.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #5 - Feb 20^th, 2018 at 11:08pm Seat belt slings
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Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings
Reply #6 - Feb 20^th, 2018 at 11:52pm

Awesome! Thanks for the good ideas!

Looks like the seatbelt pattern might be the easiest to make and carry. I'll have to try making and slinging with a few once I figure out where to get some seatbelt from... then I'll fill in the weights, and see where they lie.

Lightese would still look to be Mersa's design. It'll take a few tries to get down, so it would appear.

Thanks!

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #7 - Feb 21^st, 2018 at 6:22am a leather butterfly pouch and 2mm paracord. I think they weigh under 10grams. Also easy to make and effective.
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #8 - Feb 21^st, 2018 at 8:14am I would 2nd the seat belt slings.I give those away. I go to a local u pull it junkyard, and collect old seat belts, then take em home. Throw in the washing machine, and hang dry. Materials cost us under $.02. Each. I usually Cary about 3 or 4 as edc, since I give em away.
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Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings
Reply #9 - Feb 22^nd, 2018 at 10:28am

The best light sling for me consists of two simple cords tied to two strips of ~1.5cm wide, ~12 cm long leather (dogleash thickness) in an Aussie pouch configuration, without glue.

A simple two string split pouch doesn't cut it for me. Smooth rocks slip out with them in my experience and they don't hold small spherical clay ammo or golfballs at all unless the pouch is very small, and then they can't hold tennisballs or larger ammo anymore. Also you can't dry fire them. I love split pouches but they have to be two flat strips, atleast 1cm wide each.

I never had success with seatbelt slings. I've grown to dislike flat pouches.

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Sarosh Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1140	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #10 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 8:51am found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr3P_Y18ZCc he weights his sling.... edit: who is this guy?
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #11 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 9:38am A YouTube channel with videos on slinging that has very recently uploaded that I didn't know about!? How is this possible!?
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2597 Australia Gender:	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #12 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 4:29pm 3 Grams , that's a light sling
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RS Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 165	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #13 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 6:10pm a properly sized for me noodle, made of 550 paracord weighs 16 grams, and stores by staying wrapped around my hand without obstructing it.
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RS Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 165	Re: Dumb Project: Ultralight Slings Reply #14 - Feb 25^th, 2018 at 6:25pm SIXTEEN GRAMS!!!!...think about that, 16 grams is all it takes to deliver death...death delivery waiting to happen!!! lol.
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