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MikeG
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Where do you collect ammo ?
Jun 21st, 2021 at 10:19am
 
I wanted to know, how other slingers get their ammo.
Most of the time, i use the ammo at the spots i'm training at, but sometimes i collect some stones at a river, that is flowing through my town.
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Reply #1 - Jun 21st, 2021 at 10:57am
 
I do my slinging along an Amtrak main line, so I use the loose stones from the railroad bed.   They're rarely anywhere near perfectly shaped or even symmetrical but they're there waiting for me, they're free and they're good enough for my level of slinging.
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Reply #2 - Jun 22nd, 2021 at 12:02am
 
   Here in South Jersey we are just south of where the glaciers stopped at the end of the last ice age.  As they melted and retreated they put most of this area under water.  Consequently finding good ammo in the form of oval shaped white river stones is easy. They are everywhere.
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Reply #3 - Jun 22nd, 2021 at 7:16am
 
I live in a place that only has clay...except for a magical place I found. Its called EDS Landscaping, LLC. Not only can one find beautiful granite stones there but they are all grouped by size.
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Reply #4 - Jun 22nd, 2021 at 8:45am
 
Finland has some amazing round granite for the same reason Ratman described. Absolutely perfect slingstones. The problem is that most are under ground on the coasts of the islands. When they dug up around our area to change some pipes, I went through the dirt piles and picked out a load of stones. I've found a few other spots but it's all where soil is eroding away, has been disturbed or it's been moved.
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Reply #5 - Jun 24th, 2021 at 7:22am
 
Ostsee  Wink
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Reply #6 - Jun 24th, 2021 at 11:51am
 

Lakes sides and beaches. But mostly just when I am out walking and come by a good rock.
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Reply #7 - Jun 24th, 2021 at 11:52am
 
Jaegoor wrote on Jun 24th, 2021 at 7:22am:
Ostsee  Wink


Wohnst du in der Nähe ?
Wie ich bereits gesagt habe, fließt die saale durch meine Stadt und ich muss keine 5 Minuten laufen um Steine zu sammeln.
Wie lange brauchst du um zur Ostsee zu kommen ?
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Reply #8 - Jun 24th, 2021 at 4:03pm
 
Ich fahre etwa 2,5 stunden bis zu meinen 200g Strand.  Grin
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Reply #9 - Jun 26th, 2021 at 4:50am
 
Jaegoor wrote on Jun 24th, 2021 at 4:03pm:
Ich fahre etwa 2,5 stunden bis zu meinen 200g Strand.  Grin


Dann solltest du aber viel sammeln.  Grin
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Reply #10 - Jun 26th, 2021 at 7:42am
 
Ich sammle sehr gezielt nordischen granit. Der ist fast unkaputtbar. Ich zerbreche nur wenige davon. Man findet ihn nach stürmen im Herbst häufiger als im Sommer  Wink
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