Re: Slingshot as side arm?
I made myself a Sheppards sling last fall to pack for grouse because it'e literally just two pieces of cord and some leather and packs up real small and will hurl a much larger rock than a slingshot.
Unfortunately I can't hit the broad side of a barn with it :(
Re: Slingshot as side arm?
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Clint_S
I made myself a Sheppards sling last fall to pack for grouse because it'e literally just two pieces of cord and some leather and packs up real small and will hurl a much larger rock than a slingshot.
Unfortunately I can't hit the broad side of a barn with it :(
Try hitting the broad side from inside the barn..... ;)
Re: Slingshot as side arm?
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KodiakHntr
I’ve killed literally hundreds of grouse over the years with an old Barnett Diablo and steel bearings. Inside 25 yards it is nothing to punch one completely through a grouse. Zero difference between using a slingshot and instinctively shooting a bow. With a little practice and some hand eye coordination anyone can do it.
Small and heavy ammo like ball bearings or lead buckshot works best over marbles or rocks.
Actually just ordered a pocket shot slingshot for my boy for his birthday next week. Rated at 300 fps.
yeah, the buckshot or round balls sound like a great idea. Body shots with a marble you sometimes end up chasing em around in the thick stuff
Re: Slingshot as side arm?
When I was a kid, we sometimes would find old railway spikes along the railway track and would grind the head off and file on a second point. In the right hands and in the right situation, these could be deadly against small game.
Re: Slingshot as side arm?
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Chiappa little badger worked better than a slingshot for me. I have taken a grouse with a frisbee golf driver once though. Grouse were plentiful that year.