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After a summer spent in the best slinging place on earth known to some as a "Canada" and over three thousand miles on the return trip alone. Slingmoore is back in business.  I'm going to be building like mad the next couple of weeks so email me your sling orders.

Slinggames: Target Camera

I don't think this needs any commentary. I laughed so hard watching this thing that I think I have inadvertently created a new genre of sling games for myself.  Next stop: Finding someone to hold the camera...

Sling Games: Gallons of Gath

I challenge thee to a contest of skill. Two consecutive hits on a gallon jug at fifteen paces. Impossible? Maybe. Here is a tip. Slinging involves both the vertical and horizontal dimensions. Trying to time your sling release in both dimensions at the same time IS nearly impossible. Instead, limit your dimensions. Tip the sling arc so that it is aimed at the target edge-on. Picture your sling arc like a circular saw, and line it up as if to cut the target in two. Then you are only dealing with one dimension. One more tip, don't start at fifteen paces, start at 5. Increase to 8, then 10 etc. Making this one change to my form shot my percentages up twenty percent. One more tip, begin with a standard size projectile. I recommend tennis balls, they are light, cheap, and are unlikely to damage anything or anyone inadvertently. And...they show up very well on video. The only prize this round is bragging rights, when we get to twenty paces then we'll talk prizes. Send your video links to slingmoore@gmail.com

Slinging at Crescent Beach BC

Two recommendations for slinging at the beach. First, make sure nobody is around. This can be difficult since beaches usually have at least one lonely walker looking for seashells or beached whales. Second, bring a target. Despite the ubiquitousness of the perfect slinging rocks, there were few targets to be found. Occasionally the seagulls were tempting.

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Sling Games: Target Tree

After much practice slinging at many many trees I am throughly convinced that the one thing that will improve your sling close to 100% of the time is...
a larger target... and of course a little bluegrass playing in the background.

Sling Games: Sleeping like a Rock

The goal of this game is to bask in the glory of being surrounded by so many perfect slinging stones that you can even swim in them. As you can see, I scored high on this game and will have to move to another one if I want a challenge.

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Sling Games: Straight Up

The goal of Straight Up, aside from practicing the completely inapplicable skill of slinging tennis balls straight up in the air, is to have the tennis ball fall as close to your position as possible. Counting the distance by paces, this one was three paces away, obviously if the tennis ball hits you on the head, you win... or lose rather.

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Slinging at Crescent Beach

the back toss

the wind-up spin

the whip, last 1/4 rotation

the release of the trigger

the wind-up spin

the release of the trigger

Here's the challenge. Stand 20 paces from any object about a foot in diameter and sling away until you've hit the object twice. Divide your score of 2 hits by the total number or throws. A perfect set will be of course 2 hits divided by 2 throws with 100% accuracy. The idea here is to aim at repeatability. Anyone can hit anything after an infinite number of throws but how long does it take you to hit the same thing twice? We shall see. To submit a score, send a YouTube link of an un-clipped video of the event to slingmoore@gmail.com

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Slinging Plans

The beaches here are composed mostly of rock, so I will be traveling to the Pacific Coast this month to get some good sling footage, hopefully be able to catch a rock in mid air, leaving the pocket. I asked a friend of mine to come and he said that he had at one time planned on doing photography and filming making as a career. It was one of those situations when the only possible way it could get any better would be if a chocolate ice cream truck driver ran up to us screaming, "help! my truck has broken down and I need somebody to help me eat it before it melts!"
visit to sling-heaven coming soon
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20 paces away from the target may have been 18 paces too many

My first idea for a contest aimed at improving accuracy was this: five slings at twenty paces aimed at a common everyday item, the milk jug. "Difficult, yet do-able" I thought. Well, I was half right. On this attempt I slung zero out of the five. So I'm posting this video for two reasons. First it's a good baseline, we can only go up from here. It's a kind-of "before" picture for the slinging world. Second, I've included floating "o"s that show the approximate strike spots for the stones which is a bit encouraging as I was at least close on three of the shots. I was reminded that David wasn't slinging at june bugs. Perhaps I should increase the size of my common everyday item to something a little closer to his preferred target size, a lake perhaps.

Reconsidering the rules
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Cries of the Slingless

I was reminded recently of a commerical that seems to describe well the recent unpleasantess I experienced in the mountains...

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Guess who forgot his sling?

Went hiking at the lower falls in Golden Ears Park today. Was surrounded by hundreds of rocks, thousands of rocks, millions and billions and trillions of rocks. And I forgot my sling. Perhaps the Almighty King of the Universe wanted all those rocks just where they were today.

Live to sling another day...
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Canada, a land flowing with rocks and open places

If Oregon is the land of smooth slinging rocks, then they flow down there from Canada. On my way home from classes a few days ago I passed this scene which is I must say typical for this area. Am I dreaming? Have a entered some strange slingers paradise? In any case, with the help of my morbidly fit brother in law I have decided on some slinging contest parameters, stay tuned for an instructional
video.

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Tons of Smooth Rocks Everywhere

Upon entering Oregon I learned that the etymology of the name of the state isn't known precisely. Due to this chink in the armor, I am going to weigh in and propose that "oregon," is an ancient Native American word for "tons of smooth rocks everywhere."

West Coast Slinging

Somewhere on the rocky shores of the west coast of these United States... rocks are finding themselves back in the ocean after a wild ride in one of our slings. Adam was kind enough to send a shot of this stone's last view of the sun. I love form, it's like he's firing from a 45 degree angle but overhand rather than underhand as I do. Do you have slinging shots? Send them to slingmoore@gmail.com In other news I've been thinking a lot about a slinging contest testing accuracy. I'm thinking about five stones thrown at a standard size target, at a standard distance. Contestants could send an unedited video of their five throws... and maybe a few bucks with the best percentage taking the purse. We'll see... details to follow.

'till then, keep Slinging
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ESSE Contest Results, and the winner is...

Thank you everybody for participating!  I have been both encouraged and insulted by most of your guesses. :) The guesses were as follows:

Kevin: 2... thanks a lot Kevin...
Mark: 3... you've actually seen me sling so you know...
Ben W: 13
Karagan: 13
Patrick: 17
Patti: 18
Kirk: 19
Matt: 20
Chris: 20...you and Matt clearly haven't seen me sling

In the end, I shot 11 out of 24... and if you counted the ones that were very close...(which I didn't) I would have shot 13 exactly so congrats Karagan and Ben, your slings are on their way! Thanks again everybody!

The location of the Egg Slinging Extravaganza is this little red roofed barn in the center of the this picture.  On another note, this slingame site was just a ten minute walk away from a stone on stone masonry iron smelting furnace that went bankrupt sometime in the late 1800s.  You can still find olivine slag in the woods surrounding it. 

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Free Sling Contest Announced!

The facts: Twenty four eggs were slung at a circular target ~6 feet in diameter at 20 paces. It's the barely visible circle scratched onto the side of the barn.

Your job: Follow SlingMoore and guess how many eggs out of twenty four hit the target. Email me at slingmoore@gmail.com

My job: To send a free sling to the closest guesser or guessers.

I'll give you a hint, it's not zero, and it's not 24... rather... somewhere in between.

This weekend in Fitchburg KY

This weekend April 9-11 Sling Moore will be having it's first annual Egg Slinging Spectacular of Easter. Posterity will likely be laughing at me, but will have to remember this event as the ESSE. Many videos and pictures will be taken, and I will be holding SlingMoore's first-ever contest. The contest is open to all of SlingMoore's followers (old and new) to see who can guess my firing percentage out of 24 throws at a circular target 3 feet in diameter (~27 square feet), at 20 paces (~50 ft) from the target. The follower(s) with the correct or closest guess will be awarded a free sling, in the event of having several winning guesses, both will receive slings! Send your "how many hits out of 24 eggs slung" guesses to slingmoore@gmail.com, I'll see you in Fitchburg.

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The 9 ft. tall Goliath Should've Thought Twice

Maybe Goliath was sleeping during the Philistine class titled "WHEN TO DUCK." Or perhaps, like many, he under estimated our hero and his little sub-two-ounce weapon. He would not be the first to do either. These two slings are our finest creation yet. The smaller one shown here loaded with an avocado pit against the backdrop of the ugliest-yet-most-comfortable couch I have ever owned, known to all who have slept on it as "Mr. Squishy" is built specifically for a golf-ball sized projectile. It is trim, light, and exceptionally strong. I have yet to test the max distance and am wondering if it will rival a typical golf driver. Which brings me to the question, "has anyone ever tried sling golf?" I think the time has come. The larger one is designed to fit a baseball/tennis ball sized object, and is the first design. Genuine leather, 90 inches of nylon sheathed para-cord, and of course months of design and testing come together to make the simplest most powerful throwing tool ever wielded by a us featherless bipeds.

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It's the little slings...

My wife and I have been trying to eat healthy. More fruits and vegetables, we joined a local CSA, and have been eliminating preservatives from our diet. One of the many benefits has been the onslaught of avocados, whose sole purpose on this earth, in opinion, is to take their place in the grand parade of flavors that is guacamole. In the midst of this change I received a gift order for a child's sling and so I sat down to make this little guy, thinking, "smaller is better for a little slinger." The only problem? I did not achieve a reduction in capacity. Though this little guy was designed to sling a golf ball, it can handle much larger game. The stays are continuous from the stay-rod to the trigger bead by passing across the back of the pocket. This forms a subtle cradle that would hold many an odd shape, and a much heavier weight than a golf ball. Even if a projectile only contacted the pocket at two points, the hold and release would still be unimpeded. Meanwhile, the guacamole was crashing down in waves, and what is to become of all these smooth skinned, near-egg-sized, just under 1/2 pound avocado pits? Let's just say they're not getting thrown out, at least not in the traditional understanding of that phrase.
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Snow Slinging Still Frames

These still shots from Texas are a brief how-to for side slinging. As in all styles, it's the timing of the release that is the real trick. So if you've been slinging for hours everyday since childhood to corral and protect your father's sheep then you probably think this is easy, but the rest of us need a lot more practice and a little instruction never hurt.

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The Natural Sling

Have you ever thrown a tennis ball and had it disappear in the distance? It happened to me last night. I was showing a friend how to use his new sling and we couldn't even see where the ball went. With the continuous stays in the 2010 model sling, the curve produced on a ball is just perfect. It maintains the shallow pocket, but increases the holding-power of the sides... these guys are naturals. Happy slinging.

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The 2010 Models are Rolling Out

The new 2010 models are a vast improvement on previous designs. The continuous stays across the back of the pocket add strength and a more natural curve to the pocket. This allows the pocket a better hold on a larger range of objects including perfectly spherical ones which are the most difficult for a sling to hold and let go of well. These stays also allowed the chance to drop the side rivets for an even lighter sling... at least I think, I haven't actually weighted them yet.

Slingin Snow in North Texas

The number of times that you have been delayed in traffic by a rogue elephant is likely close to the same number of times that it has snowed six inches in North Texas on Christmas Eve... but here I am in North Texas riding said rogue elephant all the way into town. Snow is really too light to be an excellent thing to sling but it does have some advantages... 1. It holds together well 2. It doesn't hurt whatever it hits which is why I aimed at the camera (glad I missed) 3. The dog has a great time. 4. It is plentiful! and can be sized perfectly.  Later I asked my family... "have I always had such a goofy laugh?" They just looked at me.  Slingmoore

Slinging in North Texas

Over Christmas I spent time with my family. For some reason my brother keeps finding himself in possession of the best slings this side of the Pecos... we spent some time slinging on his property. Most of the hits we made went trough the tarp to our great delight and then behind the target we descended to the creek bed. In the later shots we're aiming at the space between the two rust-stain streaks.  Slingmoore

Yule Tide Slings

Nothing says "I have no idea what to buy you" better than the gift of a sling...Merry Christmas!  These are some of my first pinch-pocket, single rivet slings.  It was this idea that led to my double tucks many years from this point.  We all have to start somewhere.  Also notice how the stays tie-on point and the subsequent rivet basically make up a two-tie point configuration which later also became a standard feature of my slings.  Ah... it's fun looking back... sling nostalgia

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Slinging at Iroquois Park

The really wild thing about this video is how long my first slings were.  This monster looks like it's a meter and a half... Looking back now, I know just how hard they are to get wound up and to aim.  Well, live and learn.  This was filmed on the south side of Iroquois Park in South Louisville KY.  There's an archery spot there with setup targets.

Smaller and Smaller Moore Experiments #4

This prototype has stays made from six strands of sewing thread. They are unbraided but tucked neatly under the back folds of the pocket on both sides giving the pouch a natural bearing-hugging curve. I think this may be as small as I can go and still control the release, the two beads are so small you have to wrap them around a finger to hold them well. It's a funny design, and I think I'll send it to my brother in law, I mean because what else is he good for if he can't test a super small sling for me? What else is there to do out in Oregon?! I mean honestly?! The innovation here, which I also tried out on the staple-hack-job on the former post is to have the stays folded back behind the pocket folds, it does an amazing job of curving the pocket. It makes for excellent pockets for perfectly spherical things, random rock shapes are betting fit into a flatter pouch, which I've already seen, but I'm curious to see if even the flatter pouch could benefit from the stays-behind-the-fold action. We shall see when slingmoore goes back to the drawing board for a new and improved sling.

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Moore Experiments #3: Tiny Sling

The experiments have thus far led me to pursue two goals simultaneously. Goal One: To make slings built to sling particularly-sized spheres. Goal Two: To make a sturdy sling of near-negligible weight. With this sling, I'm half way to both goals. The innovation here is using the stays as part of the pouch. This is THE advantage of a woven sling, the contiguous threads yield a good hold within the pouch. The great thing about it here, is that it saved the weight and space of the rivets PLUS (and this is the best part) the stays themselves formed around the bearing making an excellently spherical pouch. I was in haste to finish this one and so I used staples to close the folds. Other than this tacky detail, it's perfect. Lighter, smaller, faster slings soon to come...stay tuned.

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Nothing says, "I have no idea what to give you" better than the gift of a sling from slingmoore

Enough experiments, let me show you some proven designs. This sling's made from genuine leather, over six feet of paracord, including over 2 feet just for the knots, and of course wood for the stay and trigger. Not to mention months of design and testing have gone into making this sling pull off the one trick that every sling must know. The trick? It's the dual ability to fully cradle, and easily release. These two contradictory jobs live or die based on the pocket design. In addition to doing these jobs beautifully, a stiffer leather is employed here to add a snap to the opening. The rivets hold the cupped shape in both dimensions. The stay and trigger are wooden, allowing a light but secure hold. And of course the absolute best thing about it is... that nothing says "I have no idea what to buy you..." better than the gift of a sling.

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Done with cotton twine

Maybe it's the low friction combination of cotton and steel, maybe cotton is just too stretchy, or maybe it's because I don't even know where the little bearing went but I'm done with cotton twine for now. I tried slinging the sling in the previous post into a dirt mound yesterday. I lost the ball, and I don't even know what happened. I didn't see where it hit, I'm not even sure I loosed it, it could have just fallen out. In any case, I think I'm done with cotton twine for awhile. I may still try a thread-sling made for a marble still, but later I think. It's time to focus on proven designs... the leather pouch always works, fits nearly anything and throws like a cannon. Slings still just $16.00 at SlingMoore all through Christmas, prices will go up after the new year, so this is a good time to get your sling on.

you can weave now, see you next time
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Woven Slings...Moore Experiments

Nearly 70 feet of medium gauge cotton twine, a 3/4 inch ball bearing and an evening of weaving unweaving and reweaving and voila! Still experimenting with weaving slings to particularly-sized projectiles, in this case I had a carry-anywhere pocket-sling in mind, but... I am unsatisfied... it's still a lot of string... I am thinking about trying heavy gauge thread next. These experiments have produced some new knowledge however. I have learned that you must have 12 strands minimum, and I've obtained a feel for how long to make each of the strands in the pocket...the splitting is delicate and I've never been able to construct it correctly the first time... Next stop... a thread string that can hold a marble.

Not convinced about woven slings... still need to experiment some more.

Go to Moore Experiments #3:  Tiny Slings

till next time
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Woven Sling Experiments

When I first started making slings, two pathways presented themselves: woven slings, and pouch slings. I researched both and it seemed to me that the woven slings were too size specific. In my experience coming across a rock is a rare event, let alone a rock that's the perfect size. So I still throw a pouch sling mostly because they're so versatile. But. I can't help just liking the way woven slings look, so I started experimenting with them. My first try was a denim pouch with hemp stays only. It was a 6 strand 3-plait weave: fun, but the weave was a draw-back, no advantage gained in weight or handling, purely aesthetic. So I started weaving the single split pouch. Wove one to fit a baseball, a ball bearing, and a golf ball. But still the weaving was very difficult to get to the exact right size even with the projectile right in front of me.

Then I had a revelation while I was teaching math one day. I was not limited to the one split design, I could split the weave multiple times if I liked. And so I did...This sling is the culmination of all that wandering. Made from burlap, it was woven from six, eleven foot strands. The draw (length from trigger to pouch) is 26" and woven in a herring-bone style. Pouch is specifically designed for golf-ball size projectiles, but the the four-split pouch weave will allow for a large range of projectile sizes, smaller and larger. This is my newest design, all of one material, and a great gift for that impossible-to-shop-for person.

How little is too little to be a Little Slinger?

Top Five Ways to know it's too early for your child to be slinging...

5.  They have a near-uncontrollable desire to put the trigger bead in their mouth
4.  If the pouch was just a little bit bigger you could use it as a diaper
3.  They've been mistaken for a projectile more than once
2.  You still speak of their age using "months" as your unit of time.

and the number one way to know it's too early for you child to be slinging

1.  Their first throw was aimed at you...and didn't miss.

Sling Early... Sling Often
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First Projectile Caught on Tape

With my sweet wife behind the camera, I caught the first projectile on film. They're usually moving so fast that any digital camera that I can afford won't pick them up. But this was not the only thing. Apples have now moved to the top of the possible perfect projectiles list, they are inexpensive, slick on the outside, just the right weight, and about the right size, and did I mention...edible? There's a quality we haven't considered. On the sling just before this one, I came just a foot away from hitting a telephone pole 150 yards away. I am slinging a wine-sap apple here.

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If my father-in-law can do it...

In general, one should be wary of sentences that begin with "if my father in law can do it..." But in this case, I must say, this is a very good first sling, in the rain, with two bad knees, and a light projectile. Maybe it's him, maybe military men are prone to excellence... or maybe... just maybe... it's the sling... Nah. The sling is nothing it's the slinger that matters. As I have said before and have confirmed every time I sling. Slinging is all skill, and perhaps a bit of good fortune, and of course I'm sure the sling from slingmoore didn't hurt. One more point of interest is that this is tennis back-board is an excellent practice ground. The field is small and contained, the projectiles abundant and cheap, and the best thing is... they come back to you. I would highly recommend this to anyone starting out. If you don't have a sling and would like to purchase one. Email me.

slingin in SC
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South Carolina Slinging

The great thing about slinging in South Carolina is that there are tons of wide-open flat spaces. Many clean shooting ranges everywhere... tons of buoys right off shore... targets out the wazoo. The major problem with slinging in South Carolina is that... there are absolutely no rocks... I've been so starved for good projectiles that I have picked up raggedy pieces of asphalt that were so pock-marked they could have been asteroids and thought to myself..."hey there's a nice one." But I have a plan. Circa 1770's when hundreds of ships would sail from England with their holds full of enormous basalt boulders used as ballasts. Upon arriving in the States, they would chuck the rocks and fill the ships up with merchandise to ship back to England which was hungry for all sorts of products/raw-materials from here. So in hopes that some of these ballast rocks (now used as jetties) have broken down over the years into some tolerable size for slinging, I'm going to head over there and see what I can find to sling.


Have rock will sling...
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Splash-down in the marshes of South Carolina

It's funny how sometimes you find your self on the top of a three story marsh-overlook venue and you just happen to have your sling in your pocket.  Does that ever happen to you?  Well this happened to me today.  Nothing special about this video except that you can see the rock land out in the marsh, just a little white splash out among the reeds. I also had to contend with a low roof and high guard rail, but the sling is versatile, and it was easy to just keep the rotations parallel to the ground. I'm using my favorite sling and the usual back pitch to send it, and of course... my little man wanted to help throw the "big rock." (no marsh creatures were injured during the filming of this video as far as we know).  Also this was done from Palmetto Islands County Park Observation Tower, and I was slinging straight North)

my first squirrel

I'm standing in my backyard with my sling in one hand, and a tennis ball in the other, and a squirrel is sitting up on a tree branch munching on a walnut... and I'm thinking to myself..."I wonder if I could hit him..." so I loaded the ball... back pitched it... around once, around twice, and released the ball kind of slower but squarely in the squirrel's direction...

In the past, the safest place to be around me when I'm slinging is near the thing I'm aiming at... I've been so unlikely to hit my target...that it's a very safe spot... but this time... I hit the little guy. Good news is... I just barely brushed his tail... but the better news is... he moved and his tail that I hit was exactly where he had been a moment before... not sure what to think...

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In search of... The Perfect Projectile #2

I just may have found it.  The perfect projectile.  A student of mine somehow acquired this polished piece of steel.  It weighs just under a pound, is as smooth as silk.  It's perfect save two small details which are revealed in the fact that I haven't slung it yet.  Here's why:  1.  I'm afraid to lose it as it would certainly go farther than anything I've ever thrown. 2.  I'm a bit afraid of what it might do. I found an academic paper on slinging recently that had calculated the terminal velocity for sling projectiles on level ground at 128 ft/sec...which translates to...87 mph... which seems low, I'll have to read it more carefully, but in any case, I personally am not interested in the a fore mentioned ball of steel hitting anything except a large pile of dirt wherein which I can find it... and not be found guilty of reckless endangerment.  So the only major problem with this projectile?...It's too nice, too expensive, too rare... It'd be like having a vintage Porche 911, who'd wanna drive it?  Just a tad too perfect...

Back to Perfect Projectile #1

slinging steel...what else?
glen
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Making an Impact

heading into the Pacific Ocean but... at what speed?

A discussion ensued today at work over the relative power of a sling projectile versus bullets. The only academic article I could find on the subject, "The sling, The forgotten weapon of antiquity," states that even light sling stones can have a terminal velocity of up to 128 ft/sec or 87.2 miles per hour... and now I am chomping at the bit to aim a speedometer at these little guys and see if we can get a good reading... because in the end... I don't want to know what's possible, I know want to know how fast I'm actually slinging.

metal sphere

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Classical Slinging

Michelangelo's sculpture of the David depicts our hero carrying... you guessed it: a sling. It is easy to miss because most shots of the famous figure are taken from the front, but the sling pouch is visible only from the side and the stays only from behind. It got me thinking about Biblical references to the sling. The sling was used by ancient civilizations all over the world. Everyone from the Aztec's to the Egyptians knew and used this ancient weapon, Israel was no different. In Judges 20:16 a band of slingers are spoken of:

Out of all these people 700 choice men were left-handed; each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

Yikes... I'd be happy hitting a dumpster at 30 yards, in 1 Chronicles 12:2 the famous Benjamite slingers are mentioned:

They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left {to sling} stones and {to shoot} arrows from the bow; {they were} Saul's kinsmen from Benjamin.

Slinging with both hands?! My left hand can't even hold a fork, then there's this interesting Proverb:

Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.

We all know what happens when the stone won't leave the sling, but is bound to it... it comes back around to smack you in the head. And of course the most famous of them all in 1 Samuel 17:40

He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in {his} pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.

I must say in my search for the perfect projectile begun in the last post, David has been the best guide so far... smooth-rocks-from stream bed, but the search continues.

sling....moore
Glen

The Perfect Projectile

I am currently in search of the perfect projectile, I have slung many things, balls, rocks, sticks (this is a bad idea), toys, trash, and various other assorted objects... I would love to hear suggestions... but for now... the hunt is on... stay tuned.  The only thing I can do... is Sling... (wait for it) Moore

Go to In search of... The Perfect Projectile #2

what then shall I sling?
glen...
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Not Slinging at Red River Gorge

If you would like to join the throngs of people that have been arrested for doing really stupid things, if you would like to severely injure a tourist, or perhaps fall from a high ledge onto a rocky surface forty feet below...then you should go slinging at natural bridge national park... otherwise, you should do like I did... and practice the art of not slinging... rather...just enjoy the view.
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Another day at the Falls of the Ohio

I'm heading out to the Falls of the Ohio for some more sling action with a friend of mine... videos to come... We're back, the bird that you see in the distance, you know... the one that's not moving? If you're wondering why we have a video of a bird not moving from his perch it's because not a single rock came anywhere NEAR said bird, it had absolutely no worries... and was in no danger...

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Slingin at the Falls of the Ohio

best slinging is just north of where the bridge hits
the Indian shoreline...such wonderful rocks

Hands down the best place to sling near my house is the Falls of the Ohio, an exposed Fossil Bed beneath a river spillway with the important fact being... there are thousands of perfectly sized, perfectly smooth rocks, out in the middle of no where. I took my eldest boy there with me the other day to test two identical slings save for the length of their draw, one short, one long. So how does the draw length affect things? I'll be brief...Short draw... easy handling, improved accuracy over short distances, just plain fun to sling...
Long draws... distance and power, I was firing things so far I could barely see them by the time they landed... and when they did they were shattering... Now I should say here that this is one of those places where there are absolutely no people anywhere near.  I tremble to sling rocks.  You should too!  Slinging is dangerous, slinging rocks can be lethal.  If you take this risk make absolutely sure there is on one anywhere near you in any direction before you sling rocks.  Beware!  

sling out loud
Glen Moore

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