The sling is an ancient projectile weapon common to the majority of the world's early civilizations. They were readily made with on-hand materials, easily deployed in large numbers, and were much more accurate and powerful than is commonly believed. This "seatbelt" style sling is fashioned from a length of heavy grade nylon webbing, with 550 paracord arms. The arms are equipped with a bowline knot for the retention loop and a monkey's fist as a release knot. In use, the retention loop keeps the sling attached to the user's hand while the release knot gives a smooth firing control. The release shown is the Figure 8, which is one of the more accurate and powerful releases I've seen. Hollywood usually depicts a pointless spinning motion, dubbed the "Helicopter" release, which only serves to confuse the user and spoil his aim. Properly used, a sling can hit any target within a 400-500m range, with nearly straightline trajectory or high firing arcs. Slings can use any ammunition which will stay seated in the pouch. Historically, baked clay, cast iron, river stones, and any number of other hard objects were used. There is historic evidence of "football" shaped iron projectiles which were meant to pierce hard armor. Unlike arrows, which can be easily knocked off course by wind, sling munitions have the mass to track through nearly any condition. This sling is for sale and can be viewed at Etsy.com, under my shop: OldWayArtisans: www.etsy.com This thing is a blast. It's just ...
Monday, December 17, 2012
Seatbelt-Style Throwing Sling
Seatbelt-Style Throwing Sling Video Clips. Duration : 0.28 Mins.
The sling is an ancient projectile weapon common to the majority of the world's early civilizations. They were readily made with on-hand materials, easily deployed in large numbers, and were much more accurate and powerful than is commonly believed. This "seatbelt" style sling is fashioned from a length of heavy grade nylon webbing, with 550 paracord arms. The arms are equipped with a bowline knot for the retention loop and a monkey's fist as a release knot. In use, the retention loop keeps the sling attached to the user's hand while the release knot gives a smooth firing control. The release shown is the Figure 8, which is one of the more accurate and powerful releases I've seen. Hollywood usually depicts a pointless spinning motion, dubbed the "Helicopter" release, which only serves to confuse the user and spoil his aim. Properly used, a sling can hit any target within a 400-500m range, with nearly straightline trajectory or high firing arcs. Slings can use any ammunition which will stay seated in the pouch. Historically, baked clay, cast iron, river stones, and any number of other hard objects were used. There is historic evidence of "football" shaped iron projectiles which were meant to pierce hard armor. Unlike arrows, which can be easily knocked off course by wind, sling munitions have the mass to track through nearly any condition. This sling is for sale and can be viewed at Etsy.com, under my shop: OldWayArtisans: www.etsy.com This thing is a blast. It's just ...
The sling is an ancient projectile weapon common to the majority of the world's early civilizations. They were readily made with on-hand materials, easily deployed in large numbers, and were much more accurate and powerful than is commonly believed. This "seatbelt" style sling is fashioned from a length of heavy grade nylon webbing, with 550 paracord arms. The arms are equipped with a bowline knot for the retention loop and a monkey's fist as a release knot. In use, the retention loop keeps the sling attached to the user's hand while the release knot gives a smooth firing control. The release shown is the Figure 8, which is one of the more accurate and powerful releases I've seen. Hollywood usually depicts a pointless spinning motion, dubbed the "Helicopter" release, which only serves to confuse the user and spoil his aim. Properly used, a sling can hit any target within a 400-500m range, with nearly straightline trajectory or high firing arcs. Slings can use any ammunition which will stay seated in the pouch. Historically, baked clay, cast iron, river stones, and any number of other hard objects were used. There is historic evidence of "football" shaped iron projectiles which were meant to pierce hard armor. Unlike arrows, which can be easily knocked off course by wind, sling munitions have the mass to track through nearly any condition. This sling is for sale and can be viewed at Etsy.com, under my shop: OldWayArtisans: www.etsy.com This thing is a blast. It's just ...
2 comments:
I can't believe it's taken me this long to notice, but you appear to have wholesale copied my video and description from YouTube. While I appreciate the compliment, I would rather not see my work reposted without consent.
Yeah, don't rip off anyone's video man. That is really not cool.
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