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Offline 65x55 swedis

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slingshot
« on: June 15, 2010, 09:30:31 pm »
hey has one got a picture of a good slingshot that could be used for hunting? and has any killed anything with a sling shot i have heard it being done but never seen it.
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2010, 10:23:12 pm »
Any slingshot can be used for hunting.  Rabbits don't take much of a knock on the top of the noggin and it's lights out.  My dad used to get ruffed grouse quite frequently as a kid; I had to try myself and managed it twice.   Anything with surgical tubing and a wrist brace is killer, but they aren't the most accurate contraptions in the world.
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Re: slingshot
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2010, 10:53:11 pm »
Quote from: 65x55 swedis on June 15, 2010, 09:30:31 pm
hey has one got a picture of a good slingshot that could be used for hunting? and has any killed anything with a sling shot i have heard it being done but never seen it.


And I beg to differ on the Accuracy of a Sling Shot..... >:D


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Re: slingshot
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2010, 10:57:48 pm »
Zen- I have to disagree. They are as accurate as any other weapon when practiced. I've seen some amazing videos of how accurate they can be. Ill search and post it...
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« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2010, 11:04:19 pm »
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2010, 11:27:16 pm »
OK, but if you have to sell your soul to the devil, it doesn't count!  ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: slingshot
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2010, 01:15:15 am »
A sling shot can be as accurate as a bow if you practice enough. When I was a kid we could buy little wire frame sling shots with rubber bands. That and a pack of BB's reeked havoc and killed many squirrels and birds. The sling shot cost a dime and cellophane pack of 500 BB's were five cents.
 I know guys now that make their own and are pretty darn accurate with them shooting .40cal lead balls.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: slingshot
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2010, 01:51:16 am »
Quote from: Pat B on June 16, 2010, 01:15:15 am
A sling shot can be as accurate as a bow if you practice enough. When I was a kid we could buy little wire frame sling shots with rubber bands. That and a pack of BB's reeked havoc and killed many squirrels and birds. The sling shot cost a dime and cellophane pack of 500 BB's were five cents.
 I know guys now that make their own and are pretty darn accurate with them shooting .40cal lead balls.

Pat your showing your age
even i paid more than that for mine ;)
not much,but still it was more  ;D
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2010, 05:30:05 pm »
Tim, stuff was cheap in the 50 and early 60s. We used to pay $.25 a gallon for gas back then.  ;D  You could drive all weekend on $2.00!
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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2010, 10:09:34 pm »
 Pat, you are showing your age, I couldn't touch the pedals in Dad's car in the 50's. I shot the same slingshots as Pat, though, and Cokes were a nichel with 2 cents deposit. ;D
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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2010, 10:27:06 pm »
Yeah....gas was .34 a gallon...Smokes were .49 a pack...and the ones in the Vending Machines had a Penny in the cellophane pack....because the Machines didn't give change....now thats telling my age too.... :P
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: slingshot
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2010, 10:30:38 pm »
I never bought a slingshot in my life. We used to cut a forked ash branch that we could shape then bake it in the oven to harden it. We used 1/2" wide rubber bands and the shoe from an old shoe and tied them to the stick with string. It takes a lot less practice than a bow to be proficient. I killed lots of birds and small animals with it using marble sized rocks as ammo. I even killed a Canadian goose at the golf course with one.
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Offline The Gopher

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« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2010, 04:05:02 pm »
here is one i made from european buckthorn, yes that buckthorn, that aweful noxious stuff, but it is a beatuiful wood, might as well utilize it.

Daisy (as in bb guns) sells slingshot bands, in order of weakest to strongest they are: red, cream, yellow, blue, black. I haven't seen black ones for sale but have seen a slingshot with them, I could hardly pull it back. for hunting, the yellow bands are the way to go i think.

A friend of mine is a slingshot guru, he even pours his own lead shot for ammo and hunts rabbits with them (successfully) all the time. we put a lead ball through a chrono with a "blue banded" slingshot and it registered a bit under 200 fps.


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Offline The Gopher

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Re: slingshot
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2010, 04:07:04 pm »
to answer your questions, yes they can be used for hunting small game, rabbits are pretty easy to kill, especially with a lead ball. squirrels are a bit tougher (smaller heads  ;D)

lead balls are better than the steel balls (in my opinion).
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