AncientCraftwork wrote on Mar 25
th, 2021 at 11:43am:
Interesting, but not my cup of tea.
Natural fibre puts a limit on what kind of control is possible, as I laid out in the above posts, because different levels of humidity can greatly change the ''tiller'' of the sling, from floppy to stiff.
But there's no better sling feeling than slinging a well balanced sling, without big oscillations, without big twists, and with a perfect turning with the wrists. The consistency I can get with a fine tuned setup, is incredible, and so would many here.
@irongoober I was discouraged because humidity was spoling my efforts in perfecting the natural fibre design for me. Not because I don't have the skill to notice the differents. I definitely do. I think even someone who has only been slinging for a month would notice.
I made a synthetic variant of this hemp sling, to overcome this issues over humidity, even though I love natural fibre. Either way, this is my current precision sling design. Somehow this hemp type seems to retain its level of stiffness/pliability in variable humid atmospheres better than the a twisted/whipped hemp sling I posted in the OP, but not to the degree a synthetic sling does. I think the whipping + twisting combination is more affected by humidity levels than a braid.
This design with clay biconicals weighted for it is an absolute rifle sling. I can even use a full fist pinch grip (both cords side to side in the hand, no cord seperated in the hand!) and get great orientated shots.
I am a bit new to the hobby, but I am already chasing that perfect material, size, weave/braid type, efficiency/accuracy balance point as well. Don't give up hope. There is ALWAYS a better way to do things. Just like there is always someone more skilled. It will happen just gotta keep chugging through the frustration of failure, learning from the problems. Sorry for the basic pep talk lol. Just trying to be encouraging