Comments on: Slings Anyone? http://www.physicalstrategies.com/slings-anyone.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:08:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Steve Perry http://www.physicalstrategies.com/slings-anyone.htm#comment-431 Steve Perry Thu, 10 May 2007 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.physicalstrategies.com/slings-anyone.htm#comment-431 I actually got pretty good with a sling as a boy. Best shot ever was knocking a woodpecker off the top of a streetlight pole. I used venetian blind chord and an old shoe tongue for the pouch.<br/><br/>The range on a sling was better than on a rubber-powered slingshot, so when we had wars, I had the advantage over distance, though not in speed. (To keep from killing each other, we used dirt clods.) I actually got pretty good with a sling as a boy. Best shot ever was knocking a woodpecker off the top of a streetlight pole. I used venetian blind chord and an old shoe tongue for the pouch.

The range on a sling was better than on a rubber-powered slingshot, so when we had wars, I had the advantage over distance, though not in speed. (To keep from killing each other, we used dirt clods.)

]]> By: Royce http://www.physicalstrategies.com/slings-anyone.htm#comment-419 Royce Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:43:00 +0000 http://www.physicalstrategies.com/slings-anyone.htm#comment-419 HA! You just brought back one of my childhood memories. I made a crude sling and tried to use it. My best attempt found the rock 90 degrees from where I intended to hit, right through our living room window!! HA! You just brought back one of my childhood memories. I made a crude sling and tried to use it. My best attempt found the rock 90 degrees from where I intended to hit, right through our living room window!!

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