Again, you will want to test carefully without your face anywhere close, just in case the frame is not up to the strain or the mounting is not as secure as needed. the doubled piece on the outside of the hole may hold it securely enough. If they are too big to go straight through, you may be able to fold the last 3/4 inch or so over a piece of strong string then pull them through the holes with the string, then remove it. You will want to test it away from your face at first to make sure it is a secure mounting first though. If so we can compare them to known thicknesses of elastic and give you some probable band configurations that you could use it in.Īs for the tubes, if they will thread through the holes, you can put them through, then put a something in the end to keep them from pulling back out when you draw. Choose the piece of target and the place of the target. Gather around some lolly stick catapults, a wooden or plastic spoon, and loom or elastic bands. Check the package carefully and see if they give a thickness or gauge number. And, you can literally get it done within 5-7 minutes. Not sure how to measure the thickness accurately unless you have a dial caliper or micrometer handy. The thickness is the determining factor on how long they will last as slingshot bands. By the time you have learned to consistently hit a 2 inch circle at random distances in the field, you will have decided on your own what slingshot, bands and ammo suits you best, which is much more reliable than asking someone else's opinion.īut if you just want a slingshot to start practicing with, pm me and I'll figure out how to provide you with something you can work with. So, if you want to hunt, acquire yourself a slingshot of some sort with moderately heavy elastics (not "target" bands) and practice, practice, practice. Unless you can consistently hit within an inch of your intended target UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS, at the range your prey can be approached to without bolting, you are pretty much guaranteed to not only fail to take your intended target, but to leave many more animals injured, and probably doomed to a slow death of it's injuries or from starvation. NO slingshot is powerful enough to compensate for poor shot placement, whatever the cause, be it an inaccurate tool, or an insufficiently practiced hunter. In my opinion, that is much more important (and much more difficult) than getting a slingshot-band-ammo combination that is theoretically "powerful enough" to hunt with. Bands have a lot more options, but in general any medium to heavy weight set of bands or tubes can throw a heavy enough projectile with enough speed to kill a rabbit instantaneously, or close enough to it to be humane, ASSUMING YOU CAN HIT IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT! Game is successfully taken all the time with just about any type of slingshot. First, yes there are many good hunting slingshots out there, both factory made, and hand made. Remote controlled launching from 100 plus feet away so I could get different angles of launches. I'll give you a few answers to your questions first, and then a bit of information on hunting specifically.
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