Slingmoore...Wicket Master

Cricketers bowl at three sticks called wickets
they are a kind of target.
The batsman is outed when struck.

So I'm in a crowd of young men who are playing cricket.  They see my interest and think they will get a laugh out of watching me "bowl," which is like pitching for cricket.  They were not disappointed as my bowl totally fizzled barely making it to the batsman.  But as they were giggling at the clearly uncoordinated foreigner (honestly...who can't bowl a simple cricket ball?), I drew out my sling and said in what I'm sure was weird Nepali "I will do this in my own way."1  Loading my sling with a tennis ball that I carry around with me I slung and slammed the wicket dead on, it went flying...  As it fell to the ground the giggling morphed into gasps of shock and awe... or maybe I imagined that... I wish I had made a video of it but here is the evidence... at 17 paces, note the fallen wicket to the right.  Ah accuracy... like an illusive friend, hard to get a hold of, but always pleasant to be visited by.

1 Mero afno tarikale garchu la?

Slingmoore...Wicket Master

So I'm in a crowd of young men who are playing cricket.  They see my interest and think they get a laugh out of watching me "bowl," which is like pitching.  They were not disappointed as 

Slingmoore...Wicket Master

Perfect Projectiles

Lets just run with Polonius here and shoot for brevity since it's the soul of wit... even though he was the longest winded person in Hamlet, he was right.  Perfect Projectiles are Smooth, Roundish, and Dense.  My three top favorite projectiles are small apples, eggs, and street-cricket balls (little red guys seen here).  The main issue is that projectiles are easily hung up.  If they are rough they get hung up leaving the pocket.  Upon exiting the far side of the pocket wraps around the projectile grabbing it and acclerating it to the left..Pocket grabs them and they veer left, if not round they draw too much air resistance, if their not dense they can't store much momentum and so don't travel far or fast.  I really like slinging old fruit because they blow up nice, the animals get a snack and they fit these three categories well.  From experience I use projectiles that I don't care to lose because, they will get lost.  Ok that's it, I promised a post on projectiles, there you go, happy slinging.

Smaller is Better...sometimes

Introducing a smaller sized Spring 2013 Duouble Tuck Sling. I have run out of blue-speckled 3mm cord and so I won't be making any more than these, but it's the first sling I've ever made that can sling a large marble without fear of the thing flying out the back in some unintended direction.  Email your orders to slingmoore@gmail.com, and sling on.

Smaller Sized Spring 2013 Sling Tan Leather Speckled-Blue 3mm Accessory Cord Rod-Handle and Beaded Trigger
	Draw Lengths in Stock 1. 54 cm 2. 55 cm 3. 86 cm