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Lightning Jack Ex Member	What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Sep 12^th, 2021 at 2:06pm What is the longest sling and the shortest sling that you are able to use that you have made?
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MikeG Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 454 Bayern-Germany Gender:	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #1 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 2:14pm Quote: What is the longest sling and the shortest sling that you are able to use that you have made? 1,5 meters is the longest 25cm is the shortest (folded)
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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #2 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 2:19pm My longest is 55 inches and my shortest is 13 inches
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Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made?
Reply #3 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 2:34pm

My longest ever sling is 2m, made out of 1mm dyneema cords for slinging glandes extremely far(ranges exceeding 400m with lead and just barely 400m with clay).

Shortest sling is 10 inches(25cm), extremely short sling with max range of 70m(which is still not bad, I can throw with hand only about 40-50m may and it is quite useful in closed spaces just like a pistol!)

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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2913 PA, USA	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #4 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 2:51pm The longest sling I've made is about 52 inches (132 cm). The shortest normal sling I've made is around 28 inches (71 cm) long. But my shortest sling was part of a multi-pouched sling, and that was 24.5 inches. I have slings that are shorter, but they were all made by others.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #5 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 3:11pm longest sling I'm comfortable using would be about 42 inches. I can use longer, but there's very little point Around 16 inches is the shortest I've used. used as my 'putter' when playing sling golf Everyday sling is around 30-32 inches.
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Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made?
Reply #6 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 3:24pm

When I first started slinging I made some ridiculously long slings... seven, eight, nine feet. I was experimenting. I've also made some very short slings just for fun.... maybe twelve or fourteen inches. I know some of the guys here like short slings. I don't have any use for a sling shorter than 24". My ideal length is 38".

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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #7 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 4:28pm @Rat Man, your ideal length is close to mine which is 35” @CA I’ve always wanted to try sling golf just never had the chance to yet
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Reply #8 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 8:54pm

My longest currently is 62½" but I haven't had much luck with shorter slings but I just posted a video of me throwing at a old rusted barrel to YouTube shorts with a roughly 43" sling could use the support got a thumbs down from some asshole lol Undecided

https://youtube.com/shorts/_OCSROYlEFI?feature=share

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CrazyBrave333 Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 169 Australia Gender:	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #9 - Sep 12^th, 2021 at 11:58pm KB wrote on Sep 12^th, 2021 at 8:54pm: I just posted a video of me throwing Yeah no good for the thumbs down mad - had lost of power!
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KB Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 30 Baxterville, Mississippi Gender:	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #10 - Sep 13^th, 2021 at 11:38am CrazyBrave333 Yeah no good for the thumbs down mad - had lost of power! Thanks, I think "LOST POWER" Lmao that's Y I got a thumbs down...
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #11 - Sep 14^th, 2021 at 9:30am @blnkfrst You measure slings from the centre of the pouch to the retention loop. I think you've been watching the paracord chap. He always measures wrong
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #12 - Sep 14^th, 2021 at 7:55pm Longest is 72 inches or so and shortest around 16-18.
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jw Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 78 Virginia usa Gender:	Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made? Reply #13 - Sep 14^th, 2021 at 8:58pm My longest is a king tut pouch that is small from linen/hemp and is 46 inches long from middle of finger loop to bottom of folded pouch and shortest is a 18 inch kumihimo round braid mason line king tut
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Re: What are the longest and shortest slings you have made?
Reply #14 - Sep 15^th, 2021 at 4:01pm

143.5cm/56.5 inches is my longest. Made from one piece of paracord and that long because that's how long the paracord was when I got it Cheesy

I use it for tennis ball throwing for dogs.

https://youtu.be/8nJyT1KNjLU

It's surprisingly comfortable and really fun.
I actually don't know about shortest.

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