Traditional Knives & Slingshots

[echoscout]

 

[Rufus1949]

 

[afishhunter]

Finally got it.
No name resin catapult off TEMU. (came with 1 flat band and two small castration rings to secure the band to the frame.)
No frame flex at full draw. (at waist)
A tiny thing, Just 4.125 inch tall and 2.25 inch wide. Fits in a work shirt pocket, no problem.
I haven't shot yet, so don't know if it likes my 9mm steel balls or .50 caliber hard clay and (plain) glass marbles.
Knife is a SARGE Official BSA Barlow.

Also got in today the leather ammo pouch and that HUGE target in the photo. I was expecting three targets, the largest around 60~70mm.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to see this target past 4 or 5 yards with the glasses I have now. I've needed new glasses for about ten years ... maybe longer. I got my current glasses a couple days after 'HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE' was released.

 

[Jack Black]

Two solid workhorses

Two beauties Bob

Finally got it.
No name resin catapult off TEMU. (came with 1 flat band and two small castration rings to secure the band to the frame.)
No frame flex at full draw. (at waist)
A tiny thing, Just 4.125 inch tall and 2.25 inch wide. Fits in a work shirt pocket, no problem.
I haven't shot yet, so don't know if it likes my 9mm steel balls or .50 caliber hard clay and (plain) glass marbles.
Knife is a SARGE Official BSA Barlow.
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Also got in today the leather ammo pouch and that HUGE target in the photo. I was expecting three targets, the largest around 60~70mm.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to see this target past 4 or 5 yards with the glasses I have now. I've needed new glasses for about ten years ... maybe longer. I got my current glasses a couple days after 'HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE' was released.

Looks good Steve Those bands look more suitable for steel than clay I have a folding slingshot that attaches with those rings/castration bands (I hadn't thought of them like that before!). Seem to work OK. I have the same target on my indoor catch-box, but the range is only 25ft

 

[Rufus1949]

Two solid workhorses

Two beauties Bob

Looks good Steve Those bands look more suitable for steel than clay I have a folding slingshot that attaches with those rings/castration bands (I hadn't thought of them like that before!). Seem to work OK. I have the same target on my indoor catch-box, but the range is only 25ft

I took your advice Jack. The yellow bands you sent do help with clay ammo. Thanks.

 

[Jack Black]

I took your advice Jack. The yellow bands you sent do help with clay ammo. Thanks.

That's good to hear Bob, it's just a question of matching the strength of the bands to the weight of the ammo. Now, I'm 6ft 3", with a long reach, and those bands are OK for me, but if you're not as tall as that, you might want to try trimming them down a bit, and they'll be faster, and more accurate

 

[Rufus1949]

That's good to hear Bob, it's just a question of matching the strength of the bands to the weight of the ammo. Now, I'm 6ft 3", with a long reach, and those bands are OK for me, but if you're not as tall as that, you might want to try trimming them down a bit, and they'll be faster, and more accurate

More good advice, that will be my next tweek.

 

[jdswitters]

 

[Jack Black]

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Great idea! Cool pic

I think I'm going to get half an hour's plinking in this evening

 

[jdswitters]

The new holster fits the Scout, for 14 $ I like it, keeping company is a Remington R-2. The belt loop is plenty big for a leather belt, the ammo pouch behind the holster is not too big but can hold about 200 or more clay balls.

Cheers,

 

[Jack Black]

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The new holster fits the Scout, for 14 $ I like it, keeping company is a Remington R-2. The belt loop is plenty big for a leather belt, the ammo pouch behind the holster is not too big but can hold about 200 or more clay balls.

Cheers,

 

[jdswitters]

This thread got me started on slingshots and now I can't go a weekend without getting in some practice. Bottom 1/3 can filled with water thinking I wouldn't have to keep setting it upright, I was wrong

 

[Jack Black]

This thread got me started on slingshots and now I can't go a weekend without getting in some practice. Bottom 1/3 can filled with water thinking I wouldn't have to keep setting it upright, I was wrong View attachment 2540477

That's cool My friends kids like to shoot at cans, so when we go out, I usually buy a few cans of cheap soda, and hang them up by a piece of paracord. Then I shake them up, so they spray all over when they get hit!

 

[jdswitters]

For those of you who enjoy a good April fools head on over to simpleshots for the x 2000.

 

[Vladimir_B_V]

Here a slingshot and a pruner from the part of the world where I am originally from, which is Bulgaria. I thought it may be interesting for you guys.

I did a lot of research just to find where else this type of slingshot is used and the only place I managed to find is south of Romania.

So basically the way to use this slingshot is the same as when you are using one band slingshot with a wooden handle but instead of the handle you use you index finger.

One of the advantages of this type of slingshot is that it is really light and mobile – you can just roll it and put it in your pocket. It basically takes almost no space.

The disadvantage is that it needs a lot of practice to be mastered it and be really precise with it. It can also be dangerous if you handle it incorrectly – it can hurt your index finger/hand or backfire and hit you in the right buttcheeck usually (if you are right handed)

Also if you need more power you use thicker band but then you will also need very strong index finger. )

I made this one the way I used to make it when I was a child which was 35-40 years ago(except I used to used just a rubber band instead of resistance tube) I grew up with this king of slingshot, never used double band slingshot.


This the way to hold it not the actual pose you are in when you are shooting with it

 

[Jack Black]

Here a slingshot and a pruner from the part of the world where I am originally from, which is Bulgaria. I thought it may be interesting for you guys.

I did a lot of research just to find where else this type of slingshot is used and the only place I managed to find is south of Romania.

So basically the way to use this slingshot is the same as when you are using one band slingshot with a wooden handle but instead of the handle you use you index finger.

One of the advantages of this type of slingshot is that it is really light and mobile – you can just roll it and put it in your pocket. It basically takes almost no space.

The disadvantage is that it needs a lot of practice to be mastered it and be really precise with it. It can also be dangerous if you handle it incorrectly – it can hurt your index finger/hand or backfire and hit you in the right buttcheeck usually (if you are right handed)

Also if you need more power you use thicker band but then you will also need very strong index finger. )

I made this one the way I used to make it when I was a child which was 35-40 years ago(except I used to used just a rubber band instead of resistance tube) I grew up with this king of slingshot, never used double band slingshot.View attachment 2546928


This the way to hold it not the actual pose you are in when you are shooting with it
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Wow, that is really cool to see Thanks a lot for posting it I can see how it could go wrong though!

I visited Bulgaria last year



I was plinking, with a couple of different slingshots earlier I'm actually carrying different knives though

 

[Vladimir_B_V]

Wow, that is really cool to see Thanks a lot for posting it I can see how it could go wrong though!

I visited Bulgaria last year



I was plinking, with a couple of different slingshots earlier I'm actually carrying different knives though

Thank you Jack! I hope you had a good time there. I guess the out of focus cathedral is Alexander Nevsky...
I love these lambfoot beauties !! Nice slingshots too!

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you Jack! I hope you had a good time there. I guess the out of focus cathedral is Alexander Nevsky...
I love these lambfoot beauties !! Nice slingshots too!

I probably went to the wrong place Vladimir, it was full of rather unpleasant English people! It was an interesting experience The Bulgarian people were very nice. I learned about 20 phrases before I went, which, at least, allowed me to be polite. Of course, the Cyrillic alphabet was beyond me, but it didn't seem to be a difficult language to learn. I am going to Crete soon, but haven't had time to look at learning any Greek, which seems to be quite a difficult language. Thank you very much for your kind words

 

[Vladimir_B_V]

I probably went to the wrong place Vladimir, it was full of rather unpleasant English people! It was an interesting experience The Bulgarian people were very nice. I learned about 20 phrases before I went, which, at least, allowed me to be polite. Of course, the Cyrillic alphabet was beyond me, but it didn't seem to be a difficult language to learn. I am going to Crete soon, but haven't had time to look at learning any Greek, which seems to be quite a difficult language. Thank you very much for your kind words

Oh I was mistaken. That is one of the churches in Nesebar... Very old one like most of them there.
Bulgarian is quite difficult. Cyrillic alphabet not so much.
You probably came across a bad bunch of people . It happens. I moved to England almost 24 years ago. In general English people are very nice.
Anyway I will stop flooding the thread. Great talking to you Jack and I hope you have a great time in Crete!!!

 

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This the way to hold it not the actual pose you are in when you are shooting with it

This reminds me of something in Dan Beard's American Boy's Handy Book. It was a small tube for a shot-pouch, attached to a whippy stick, slung from the left hip with a right sidearm motion.