Has anyone tried one of the throwsticks models from throwsticks.com?  I just tried one. Holy moly. They are so much fun, well made and so easy to use.  I'm excited to get another model. I started with the 'Karli" model because it was advertised as having good range and wasn't too spendy compared to some of the others.  I've thrown it 145 yards on flat ground and only had it for about a week. The motion from a disc golf forehand throw translates really well.

Just a crow hop, but enough to get a bit extra.

I can try to film one. That was where I picked it up, not where it landed, btw. I don't know how far it bounced. Also, it wasn't level flight, I put it up in the air a fair bit to get that much distance. Flat, I can't throw it as far. But man, when you connect on a throw they just don't seem come down out of the air. Very fun.

@Caspian I didn't get any 145yard throws in this clip, but I had maybe 1 throw in the grass that made it to 130 yards.  1 of the throws back toward the camera made it to about 135-140 yards, but it slid about 10.  I can easily judge distance in this field because the trees are 30 feet apart. The video is in 4k so you should be able to zoom in and see the Karli.

https://youtu.be/mDHQqGzCQ8U

Here's 1 throw that was very interesting because you can clearly see how the kylie adjusts it's angle of attack as it slows.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XUyY_2aCfZg?feature=share

Interesting idea, Joe. I would imagine that, ranking them purely by my limited atlatl and throwstick experience, the atlatl would be most accurate, sling second, and throwstick third. But that's just very general and anecdotal, there's a lot of variables to all three, and only one has fletchings to smooth out some variables. Of course I imagine that if you had a master for each respective weapon, they'd all perform about the same, perhaps with the atlatl having the tightest group. It's a close one though, and it may also depend on how accuracy is determined, i.e: by group, by time/attempts to hit a bullseye, by singular shot/throw, etc..

But for people with no experience whatsoever, I'd probably say the atlatl would be most accurate, throwstick next, and sling last. But in the long run throwsticks are hard to get accurate with, maybe moreso than slings. Ben has even had some issues throwing his own sticks - even at a couple paces... sorry that might be confidential information

...All jokes aside, he's a really good throwstick thrower.

But as mentioned I have very limited experience with all but the sling, and even then I'm not accurate 

So, I purchased his 'Central desert hunter' recently... let me just say. Damn! That thing goes so far. My best throw with it was 172m. That's 188 yards. (plus minus about 3 yards)

I started making my own sticks as well. They are surprisingly simple to make.  I wanted to learn more about how to tune them after making about 4 and having 4 that all flew a little differently.

So I got a piece of particle board that was about 1/2" (12mm) thick and started with just the outlined shape of a stick. Then I would remove material, throw it and see how it would change. The surprising thing is that just taking the shape and putting a 45 degree bevel on it made it fly surprisingly well.  I kept at it and eventually removed enough material for the cross section to be part of a circle and it had so much lift it just went skyward. After doing this, It went so high when I threw it that when it landed it broke in half.  It was a great way to learn what does what. I would recommend trying this to anyone who is interested in these tings. And if you aren't interested in them...you need to be. they are so much fun.

I learned during this that if you have too much lift, you can round the bottom side and that will remove some lift. Getting the perfect amount of lift really helps the sticks go straighter.  If you have unbalanced lift, the stick will veer to the right, or at least that is why I think the sticks I have are doing that.

I've made a bunch. My best throw with one I made went 147 yards, but it isn't tuned nicely. It precesses really fast. I have one stick that I'm in the process of making from a fresh oak branch that I'm trying to dry at a reasonable enough rate that it won't crack, though I might have already failed at that. I have high hopes for that one. Very dense and a great shape to the stick.  I have one stick that I also made from oak that is tuned really nicely and have thrown that 130 yards but it is too light to go any serious distance.

I did send Ben my best throw distance. I met up with him a few weeks ago to talk about slinging and kylies. It was a good time and it was what made me want to buy his Central Desert Hunter. That thing is just a step above his other sticks in how well it is tuned.