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Archaic Arms Funditor Offline Testing and inventing "Archaic" weapons. Posts: 780	“Strike a Shilling” Jan 26^th, 2024 at 3:07pm Partly inspired from this thread: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1636237960/0 The challenge: Strike a ~1” coin off a stick at ~20m https://youtu.be/FR2STeiIv24
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2862 Gender:	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #1 - Jan 26^th, 2024 at 6:00pm https://youtu.be/N0263QMyMdU?si=9YiT1wTVWWTaeF4f
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3898 PA, USA	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #2 - Jan 26^th, 2024 at 10:19pm Excellent! I like this one. I think we need to get this challenge going. We need a challenge to get us through the next couple months to the egg challenge. I'll give it a go as weather allows.
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2667 Australia Gender:	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #3 - Jan 29^th, 2024 at 5:06am https://youtube.com/shorts/TsHUWdh9W-c?si=mypY15Vi6qQB_i32 Failed first 100 times Some very close ones. Using an Australian 20c piece on an arrow.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3898 PA, USA	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #4 - Feb 4^th, 2024 at 11:20pm I had my first go at this today. No hit unfortunately. I used tennis balls and threw a little over a 100 attempts. I got the stick a couple times, and had a few other close ones. It was a fun slinging activity in general. I'll try it again the next time I have a chance.
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Archaic Arms Funditor Offline Testing and inventing "Archaic" weapons. Posts: 780	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #5 - Feb 5^th, 2024 at 2:42pm I really like it. It's excellent for training. If its angled right, it shines brightly, and can be easily seen. Since making room for 20m, I've struck the same coin 9 times. And as far as I'm concerned, each dent is adding value.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3898 PA, USA	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #6 - Feb 5^th, 2024 at 6:43pm Archaic Arms wrote on Feb 5^th, 2024 at 2:42pm: If its angled right, it shines brightly, and can be easily seen. I'm kinda cheating actually. I have a coin sized washer that's painted orange. So it's really easy to see. It's one I still have from when we did the aerial coin target challenge. 9 times is crazy!
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Caspian Descens Offline vinegar drinker Posts: 101 Squaw Valley, California Gender:	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #7 - Feb 5^th, 2024 at 8:03pm Goodness gracious it's humbling to see such precision. Very nice shots! I'm going to need to try this at some point. One day we may start seeing challenges like a quarter at a quarter of a kilometer Probably not, but a man can dream of such a stonethrow. And such eyesight for that matter haha.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1971 California Gender:	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #8 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 10:23am How heavy is that stone, AA? and it seems like you're back to a long(er) sling in that video. It's been pouring around here lately so I haven't had time to go attempt this.
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Reply #9 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 4:55pm

Caspian wrote on Feb 5^th, 2024 at 8:03pm:

One day we may start seeing challenges like a quarter at a quarter of a kilometer
Probably not, but a man can dream of such a stonethrow. And such eyesight for that matter haha.

I would love to see how far we can push it. When I get the chance, I'll shoot at it from 40m, but I imagine it will be quite a challenge... The further the distance, the sharper the impact angle.

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Reply #10 - Feb 6^th, 2024 at 5:12pm

IronGoober wrote on Feb 6^th, 2024 at 10:23am:

How heavy is that stone, AA? and it seems like you're back to a long(er) sling in that video.

It's been pouring around here lately so I haven't had time to go attempt this.

I have a few sets of stones. I think those were around 160 or 170g, but I've been using 200g since. In terms of lengths, ~54cm and ~70cm are what I've been comparing.

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Sarosh Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1229	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #11 - Feb 7^th, 2024 at 7:37am how do you plan to make it visible to the camera from 40m?
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Archaic Arms Funditor Offline Testing and inventing "Archaic" weapons. Posts: 780	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #12 - Feb 7^th, 2024 at 3:36pm Sarosh wrote on Feb 7^th, 2024 at 7:37am: how do you plan to make it visible to the camera from 40m? If the coin is tipped back slightly, it's bright from the shooting line. With a zoomed in camera behind me, it should hopefully get the full trajectory.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3898 PA, USA	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #13 - Feb 9^th, 2024 at 8:51pm https://youtu.be/RwytxQOeaug
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2667 Australia Gender:	Re: “Strike a Shilling” Reply #14 - Feb 10^th, 2024 at 5:56pm Hell yeah joe making it look easy and style points with the curve !!
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