The Simple Things...

[Old Ironsights]

I've gotten inordinately (re) interested in Slingshots of late.

I really think that their use is virtually a lost art.

How many Leverkids these days learned how to silently whack squirrels/bunnies/(feral cats?) etc with a good slingshot before getting their Cricket?

Making a Bullet Trap to catch cast Round Balls from a Slingshot is not a big deal and you can practice all year long since slingshot range is generally around 20ft or less anyway.

And lest people think that these are toys...




That .490 roundball hit the scrap oak frame around my target box at 20ft...

[kimwcook]

I remember the old wrist rockets. Those things were accurate and powerful. I've been thinking about getting one for my BOB. A good survival tool. And, there's lead free ammo all over the place if'n your in a place you can't shoot lead.

[Old Ironsights]

That wan't from a wrist rocket. That was from a regular-old Y frame called the "Chief AJ Quick Point".

Weighs 3oz. The wrist brace really isn't necessary if you are shooting "finger-style" - even with the Black "heavy" bands.



http://www.slingshotsusa.com/

Edit: Oh... and unlike the wrist rockets - even the folding ones - the Quick Point is actually pocketable.

I plan on carrying mine all the time for use on Crows...

[TedH]

I've been saving/scrounging old ball bearings for wrist rocket ammo for a long time. I've been without one for many years, I should do something about that.

[Grizz]

I keep one in the bag with the tire chains and shovel and road flares.

[C. Cash]

Thanks for that link OI. I have been wanting to get a slingshot but couldn't bring myself buy one from China. Good to see these are made in the USA. I am gonna be ordering up one(or 3) of those. Indeed...how I started out when I was a wee lad roaming the woods of Flagstaff, AZ. It's actually the only weapon I've fired in self defense. My friend and I were shot at while walking a field with our sling shots....a group of teenagers with 22 semi-auto weere shooting at us from a car. My buddy was hit in the legs but at 100 yards his thick pants stopped the bullets...only recieved enormous welts on his shins. After he went down I actually returned fire but they were about a hundred yards away driving as fast as they could. And so went the innocence of childhood.......

[Old Ironsights]

I keep one in the bag with the tire chains and shovel and road flares.

Check the bands at least semi-annually... they will rot & be useless...

BTW... the "Chief AJ" that that brand is named after does Put & Take Phesants with a Quick Point...

Pretty wild.

[bsaride]

I bought a slingshot last fall, thought it might help get a deer to poke his head up to look at the noise cross canyon.
never tried it tho

[Grizz]

I keep one in the bag with the tire chains and shovel and road flares.

Check the bands at least semi-annually... they will rot & be useless...

Good point Old Iron Sides...

is there any preventive maintenance or storage method that would extend the life of the bands?

[2ndovc]

I don't think I've ever been with out a sling shot.

The one I hae now is made by Barnett. Diablo I think.
Thing is deadly. hit a runnin' rabbit at the end of the drive last summer with a
.375 RB. DRT!

Lots of fun. Used to mortar in M80s when I was a kid. Wonder I have
any fingers left!

jb

[Old Ironsights]

I keep one in the bag with the tire chains and shovel and road flares.

Check the bands at least semi-annually... they will rot & be useless...

Good point Old Iron Sides...

is there any preventive maintenance or storage method that would extend the life of the bands?

On that website Ilinked to they sell some sort of band preservative, but I don't know what it is or if it works...

[Old Ironsights]

I don't think I've ever been with out a sling shot.

The one I hae now is made by Barnett. Diablo I think.
Thing is deadly. hit a runnin' rabbit at the end of the drive last summer with a
.375 RB. DRT! jb

Those wouldn't happen to be the RBs that fit the dueling pistols would they?

[Hobie]

http://www.chiefaj.com/slingshot_page.htm

[2ndovc]

I don't think I've ever been with out a sling shot.

The one I hae now is made by Barnett. Diablo I think.
Thing is deadly. hit a runnin' rabbit at the end of the drive last summer with a
.375 RB. DRT! jb

Those wouldn't happen to be the RBs that fit the dueling pistols would they?

Probably. I have an old Spanish .36 and '51 Navy that shoot those too. Need some more
now that I think about it. Probably only have a dozen left.

jb

[Old Ironsights]

http://www.chiefaj.com/slingshot_page.htm

I'm really sold on mine.

WAAAAY lighter than my Crosman Wrist Rocket (Steel, folding type) and easier to aim too.

[El Chivo]

I used to have one, too.

We used to find pig iron balls, about 1/4" in diameter, around the train tracks. Apparently that's how they ship iron, in bulk, in open cars, and as the cars get jostled some of the iron balls bounce out. I would fill a bag of these and they made grrreat slingshot ammo.

[AJMD429]

I used to have one, too.

We used to find pig iron balls, about 1/4" in diameter, around the train tracks. Apparently that's how they ship iron, in bulk, in open cars, and as the cars get jostled some of the iron balls bounce out. I would fill a bag of these and they made grrreat slingshot ammo.

These days you'd be arrested for having 'armor piercing ammo' for your slingshot!

[Ysabel Kid]

Another item to add to my list. Dig out the old wrist rocket. Replace the bands. Have fun!!!

I think I will take this out the next time I have the kids out with their BB guns!

[Mokwaw]

I used to use catalyst balls (ceramic balls, the refinery used to just dump them on the ground before EPA) about the size of standard marble, they were fast and accurate. Did the job on squirrels and rabbits.

[3leggedturtle]

Taconite pellets. Used to find alot of them by the rr tracks in Duluth and Two Harbors. Remember the Herer's catalogs. They had about 2 pages of wristrockets and slingshots. Even talked about how you could kill deer with one! Wished I had saved 1 or 2 of those old catalogs.

[Grizz]

the big bore sling shot is the sling, and the artillary version is the staff-sling. need to scale up for the entire tribe to be involved...

http://slinging.org/

the weapon that David used to kill Goliath
might come in handy in the near future
gets right thru security and can double
as a garrot

http://northernelectric.ca/medieval/sta ... fsling.htm

this turns your hiking staff into a long range stand off or closer-in big bore chucker. works on the same principle as the trebuchet, but hand powered. same leverage as the atlatl. a mob armed with these could chuck half-bricks up, up and away. kind of a mortar or light artillary round. I bet the original crews were pretty accurate with them.

[Old Ironsights]

the big bore sling shot is the sling, and the artillary version is the staff-sling. need to scale up for the entire tribe to be involved...

http://slinging.org/

the weapon that David used to kill Goliath
might come in handy in the near future
gets right thru security and can double
as a garrot

http://northernelectric.ca/medieval/sta ... fsling.htm

this turns your hiking staff into a long range stand off or closer-in big bore chucker. works on the same principle as the trebuchet, but hand powered. same leverage as the atlatl. a mob armed with these could chuck half-bricks up, up and away. kind of a mortar or light artillary round. I bet the original crews were pretty accurate with them.

David did not kill Goliath with the sling. He just knocked him down/out. (percussit Philistheum in fronte et infixus est lapis in fronte eius et cecidit in faciem suam super terram)

He killed him by lopping the bug guy's head off with his own sword. (tulit gladium eius et eduxit de vagina sua et interfecit eum praeciditque caput eius videntes autem Philisthim quod mortuus esset fortissimus eorum fugerunt)

Don't make be break out the Hebrew...

That said, I have made/played with a Greek Sling. Definately a good way to lob heavy rocks into a crowt/hit big objects.

[3leggedturtle]

[quote="Old Ironsights" (eduxit de vagina sua et interfecit.[/quote]
Gotta ask, what does that mean when translated

[Old Ironsights]

(eduxit de vagina sua et interfecit.

Gotta ask, what does that mean when translated

"withdrew it (the sword) from its sheath and killed..."

[rjohns94]

I carry a sling and my bought one for my son and brother. It travels in my truck at all times unless I'm in the woods. Hangs from my rearview mirror. I'm getting pretty good with it as far as distance and power. I have even had some near misses with birds in flight. I really enjoy playing and using it.


I have a wrist rocket and a foldable wrist rocket knock off. I might try one of the chief slingshots. I think they are invaluable in hunting situations. I used the sling in texas to get some bovines moving for a shot. I would think lobbing rocks in canyons to get a muley up would be one of the uses. having a slingshot is a great way to suppliment the pot without making noice. goes hand in hand with hunting, archery and outdoor living

[C. Cash]

(eduxit de vagina sua et interfecit.

Gotta ask, what does that mean when translated

"withdrew it (the sword) from its sheath and killed..."

My gosh...and I thought you only spoke in Acronyms OI! But watch that "v" word fella........

[Old Ironsights]

(eduxit de vagina sua et interfecit.

Gotta ask, what does that mean when translated

"withdrew it (the sword) from its sheath and killed..."

My gosh...and I thought you only spoke in Acronyms OI! But watch that "v" word fella........

Blame the Romans, not me. That's what the Latin means (in that context)...

[C. Cash]

That would make some sense wouldn't it.....ah...ahehm......how bout them Dodgers?

[Old Ironsights]

That would make some sense wouldn't it.....ah...ahehm......how bout them Dodgers?

Of course, that cite is from the Vulgate translation of the Hebrew/Greek done by Jerome...

So I guess you COULD call it "Vulgar"...

[C. Cash]

Only I could re-direct a conversation from Slingshots to female body genitals. I have a new disgust for myself. Now then: Slingshots, ammo, tube-errr band preservation, talk amongst yourselves!