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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2599 Australia Gender:	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #60 - Jul 7^th, 2021 at 7:49pm It won’t stand as part of the official round but for comic purposes I’ll allow it . No leaning I wanna see you knock it over
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2925 PA, USA	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #61 - Jul 7^th, 2021 at 8:11pm I bet I could with my 2244g stone.
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #62 - Jul 8^th, 2021 at 3:06am Staff sling! It's amazing how often "staff sling" is the answer...
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #63 - Jul 10^th, 2021 at 6:50am Well if you used 400 - 500g stones, I reckon it would be doable. Unfortunately I only currently actually own half an oil drum. We've just taken another chunk out to make a new charcoal 'basket' for my BBQ. They last about 5 years. Which isn't bad. If you can find a local garage with some wasteland out back. Give it a go
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2925 PA, USA	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #64 - Jul 10^th, 2021 at 4:13pm Thanks to CA for the idea. And you're up Kick! https://youtu.be/gBJE_MQIJl4
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czechslinger1.0 Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 193 Gender:	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #65 - Jul 10^th, 2021 at 7:14pm Damn tzhose are some serious impacts!
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #66 - Jul 10^th, 2021 at 7:53pm So awesome! Im sorry I know we are supposed to be looking at the impacts and they were awesome but the accuracy you got with such stupidly heavy ammo is what really impressed me. Is that longer sling making for more powerful shots Joe?
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #67 - Jul 10^th, 2021 at 9:50pm Welp. I'm impressed! You are damn accurate with those big stones.
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Reply #68 - Jul 11^th, 2021 at 12:31am

Thanks guys! As with many a slinging video, all the not-so-great stuff was cut out. The long sling (the sling I used is my 52" that I've done a lot of two-handed throwing with) definitely needs adjustment when you first start using it. I probably had at least half a dozen throws way off to the left before I started to get used to it. Thinking back on it, a 52 inch sling for a target at 10 meters sounds like a pretty crazy concept in general.

There were many more attempts with the timer that I didn't include. I found I could get three chances at the barrel in a minute without wearing myself out too much. And I did get to a point when I was getting one hit pretty regularly. It was just getting the second one that was tough. Especially when it got to throw number three because I started getting out of breath.

Morphy wrote on Jul 10^th, 2021 at 7:53pm:

Is that longer sling making for more powerful shots Joe?

Sort of. What I've found with it in my big stone slinging is that it feels a little more controlled because the stone can be moving at the same speed as a shorter sling without having to rotate the sling as fast. So therein lies the trade off. The sling doesn't need to be rotated as fast to get the stone moving quickly, but then the stone is further away from your eye-line to the target, so aiming is more difficult. It definitely has a "shoot from the hip" feel to it.

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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #69 - Jul 11^th, 2021 at 2:26am Now those are some heavy impacts! I guess I'm going to have to do it now... I've just moved so I still haven't decided on my new slinging spot. but I'm now thinking if we're starting to diverge from normal cans and normal ammo... I might have to go out with the staff sling...
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Reply #70 - Jul 11^th, 2021 at 3:38am

Wow I’m super impressed joe!!!
That was some awesome accuracy!
Brings me back to that original painting where there was a guy with two hands on the sling. Looks very similar to that in the startup rotation. And the power, I’m imagining just having a suit of plate mail on and taking one of those to the chest , ouch!

Great slinging and video joe!!

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Reply #71 - Jul 11^th, 2021 at 11:02am

Kick wrote on Jul 11^th, 2021 at 2:26am:

I might have to go out with the staff sling

I think it could definitely do it. The projectile just needs to be hefty enough. One other thing I was running into is the hit really needs to be in the top 1/3 of the barrel.
It looks like a big target, until you get some hits on the bottom and it doesn't knock it over. Angry

@Mersa - I actually did try two-handed slinging with this. I gave up pretty quickly though because it was too hard to be accurate at such a close range. I'm sure it would have worked if I stuck with it, but I was already getting close with a one handed throw. Using the second hand to get the sling in motion was definitely a help though.

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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #72 - Jul 14^th, 2021 at 3:00pm Kick wrote on Apr 16^th, 2021 at 6:44am: The banning of explosives in all future competitions will here by be known as The Timpa Rule. well let's not get carried away here. I can think of a number of comps where explosives would be ueable So lets not rule it out in perpetuity
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Reply #73 - Jul 14^th, 2021 at 3:36pm

So what happened to jaegoor ?

And can someone send morphy a longer yard/metre stick ? whistle

I'd be surprised if anyone but joe was even close to 10 metres.
It's further than it looks (lol)

But some damn good shooting all round !

I really need to sort out some sort of backstop net.

I might just have 10 metres across the lawn and into the flower bed.

Hmm - google earth

So according to gogle earth the widest bit of garden i could sling across - assuming I get a net. Would be 9 metres. It's 8.6 metres from where I'm standing just short of next doors fence to the wheelie bin.

I'm gonna go out on alimb and say only joe qualifies for the 10 metre distance and as such is the current leader Thumbs Up

We won't go into who was standing in the middle of the line of cans (I know right, I read the rules Wink

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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2599 Australia Gender:	Re: 1 minute, how many cans. Reply #74 - Jul 14^th, 2021 at 7:04pm I admit it definitely can look different depending on the way it’s filmed . I’m throwing at just over 10m There is a white mark on the fence rail where I had the 10m distance marked It’s definitely a hard challenge. I need to get back into it and try knock over 4.
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