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Darth Yhwh · 03-08-2007, 04:32 PM

This is my idea of arts and crafts.

Anyone have any experience with one of these?

tbhahn · 03-08-2007, 04:42 PM

Nice...did you make it or purchase it? Looks like fun...

XDinNC · 03-08-2007, 04:46 PM

Hunting giants are you? If I tried to use that thing, I would only hurt myself.

nickb · 03-08-2007, 04:49 PM

Ah Ah Ah...looks like you're ready to launch an egg at the neighbors house.

BradC · 03-08-2007, 05:12 PM

go forth and slay goliath

slugger6 · 03-08-2007, 05:22 PM

Darth - Are you any good with that? I think I would end up tripping over it.

**PackerfanXD** · 03-08-2007, 05:26 PM

I've never used one but I did have a 'wrist rocket' slingshot when I was a kid. I was pretty good with that.

**hacker15** · 03-08-2007, 05:29 PM

Until the advent of armored cavalry, slingers were a part of just about every army. They used lead pellets or stones and were very effective. The Greeks and Romans used them, as did most ancient armies. The Chinese used them until late in the 16th century.

This type of weapon is very effective if used in large numbers - many armies had a corp of them and they were quite accurate.

Think of it as an early XD....one of those lead pellets could put a world of hurt on you!

XD-D.C. · 03-08-2007, 05:46 PM

Yes I have actually had quite a bit of experience with slings. I started using them when I was a boy scout at about 12 years old. We used to make them out of shoe laces and pieces of tanned deer hide. If you get good you can easily hit small car at about 75 yards

. It actually takes a little more than just spinning it around your head until your arm gets tired. Anyways, they are a lot of fun and if you need advice on how to throw, I will try to describe it. jus let me know. I would like to know where you got that one though cause that is sweet looking and I would like to get one.

Son of Norway · 03-08-2007, 05:48 PM

DANG! Make me one bud! Oh wait..have to check Cali law....

03-08-2007, 04:32 PM	#1
Darth Yhwh XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 169	Ancient Weapon This is my idea of arts and crafts. Anyone have any experience with one of these? __________________ Smith & Wesson: 41 (.22lr) Smith & Wesson: CS40 (.40 S&W) Springfield Armory: XD SC40 (.40 S&W) Colt: Mark IV 70 series (.45 ACP) Rock River Arms: Entry Tactical (.223/5.56)

03-08-2007, 04:42 PM	#2
tbhahn XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Valdosta Posts: 741	Nice...did you make it or purchase it? Looks like fun... __________________ A government big enough to give you all that you want is big enough to take it all away. - Barry Goldwater

03-08-2007, 04:49 PM	#4
nickb XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,337	Ah Ah Ah...looks like you're ready to launch an egg at the neighbors house. __________________ No PM sent..... But the average human can travel 21 feet in just about one second.

03-08-2007, 05:26 PM	#7
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,050 Blog Entries: 1	I've never used one but I did have a 'wrist rocket' slingshot when I was a kid. I was pretty good with that. __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html PALIN/McCAIN '08 An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

03-08-2007, 05:29 PM	#8
hacker15 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 3,467	Until the advent of armored cavalry, slingers were a part of just about every army. They used lead pellets or stones and were very effective. The Greeks and Romans used them, as did most ancient armies. The Chinese used them until late in the 16th century. This type of weapon is very effective if used in large numbers - many armies had a corp of them and they were quite accurate. Think of it as an early XD....one of those lead pellets could put a world of hurt on you! __________________ If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

03-08-2007, 04:46 PM	#3
XDinNC XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,120	Hunting giants are you? If I tried to use that thing, I would only hurt myself.

03-08-2007, 05:12 PM	#5
BradC XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Whitehall, PA Posts: 18	go forth and slay goliath

03-08-2007, 05:22 PM	#6
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 20,094	Darth - Are you any good with that? I think I would end up tripping over it.

03-08-2007, 05:46 PM	#9
XD-D.C. XDTalk Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 66	Yes I have actually had quite a bit of experience with slings. I started using them when I was a boy scout at about 12 years old. We used to make them out of shoe laces and pieces of tanned deer hide. If you get good you can easily hit small car at about 75 yards . It actually takes a little more than just spinning it around your head until your arm gets tired. Anyways, they are a lot of fun and if you need advice on how to throw, I will try to describe it. jus let me know. I would like to know where you got that one though cause that is sweet looking and I would like to get one.

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