Slingshots are Badass

**DeathVan** · 10-18-2013, 11:59 AM

Any of you have a rec for a kickass model or a DIY build?

I've got a few wrist rockets and a buddy of mine just got a handcarved alder Y that is gorgeous.

I plunked a lot of shit this summer and now keep one in my truck with ammo always at the ready.

**east or bust** · 10-18-2013, 12:12 PM

Would have been way cooler if it was real.

**steff** · 10-18-2013, 12:46 PM

yup... fun stuff, busting up beer cans all afternoon.
for elastics, I've been using physio bands or tubes, thera-band.

check out Flippinout slingshots. Those $30-40 polymer units look good.

hand carved fork from hardwood tree works well.

or cut from 3/4" plywood, multiply birch.

This website, Slingshotforum has a DIY section with printable templates. Gotta register to gain access.

**PNWbrit** · 10-18-2013, 12:47 PM

I still have a deformed and badly stunted left thumb from childhood improper use of wrist rocket.

Hit my own thumb with 3/4" ball bearing that I was was firing.

Was so terrified about my mother's reaction to my ownership of said slingshot that I successfully kept smashed and twisted thumb secret from her for about twenty years.

**DoWork** · 10-18-2013, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

I still have a deformed and badly stunted left thumb from childhood improper use of wrist rocket.

Hit my own thumb with 3/4" ball bearing that I was was firing.

Was so terrified about my mother's reaction to my ownership of said slingshot that I successfully kept smashed and twisted thumb secret from her for about twenty years.

That's keeping a stuff upper lip haha... Was your mother blind or are you simply THAT cunning??

**bushman** · 10-18-2013, 03:57 PM

We had unlimited supply of taconite pellets slingshot ammo rite down on the RR tracks. Had a hard time keeping my pants up running with 5lbs of ammo in my pockets.

**idiot** · 10-18-2013, 04:37 PM

marbles work great
You can usually find them pretty cheap at dollar stores and such.

**curtf** · 10-18-2013, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by bushman

We had unlimited supply of taconite pellets slingshot ammo rite down on the RR tracks. Had a hard time keeping my pants up running with 5lbs of ammo in my pockets.

I grew up in Duluth and I have to say, every time I hear "slingshot" or "wrist rocket" I think of taconite. Best ammo ever!

**PNWbrit** · 10-18-2013, 04:58 PM

Town I grew up outside London was home to the countries largest ball bearing manufacturer. There were truck loads of the things sitting around ready to be pilfered within easy reach of determined school boys.

Beyond just slingshot ammo there was also the faint chance of obtaining that prize above all value - the very rare and much sought after softball sized ball bearing.

**Conundrum** · 10-18-2013, 09:12 PM

I like burritonite better.

**TomCrac** · 10-19-2013, 08:42 AM

Before we graduated to wrist rockets, we used to make our own with a coat hanger, piece of tree branch for handle, rubber bands and then hole punch the patch from a pair of of our sears toughskins. Crude but effective. Took less than a day to put me in the emergency room with an eye injury.

**splat** · 10-19-2013, 09:55 AM

I knew some guys who bodyguarded a big rock star. They carried slingshots and ball bearings so they didn't wake the neighbors in case they had to take someone down (or out) for sneaking onto the estate.

**iceman** · 10-19-2013, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by curtf

I grew up in Duluth and I have to say, every time I hear "slingshot" or "wrist rocket" I think of taconite. Best ammo ever!

My cousins lived near by the tracks outside of Buffalo, near the Lackawanna works (Bethlehem Steel Mill) and the big Ford assembly plant. Taconite + brand new Fords on railcars + wrist rockets = ohhhh shit.

We also got investigated by the Secret Service at home because of wrist rockets but I'm not sure I can tell that story yet.

**userA** · 10-19-2013, 04:22 PM

great backyard tool for quieting the crows

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**Alaskan Rover** · 10-19-2013, 05:51 PM

I shared a wrist rocket with mh brother growing up. We used 3/4" ball bearings for ammo. That thing was for real.

Used to think Wrist Rockets were thy shit until I got into crossbows.

Used to think crossbows were the shit until I got into catapults!!

Never did get that Northern Exposure type of piano-flinging catapult working though...but we sure as hell tried!!!

**whitekingsalmon** · 10-19-2013, 08:44 PM

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f9b_1380313509 guess its better to put this here than the nsfw thread,,, check this guy get wacked by a metel ball ,,, must see

**splat** · 10-19-2013, 10:26 PM

I believe that was covered when it was embedded in the first post in this thread, JONG

**iceman** · 10-19-2013, 10:45 PM

Reading is so overrated.

**whitekingsalmon** · 10-19-2013, 10:59 PM

wow sorry there,,, wasnt payin attention and only saw yall talkin about slingshots,,,,,,,,,,,, hey splat I guess I should be giving time in jail and 2 years living in tahoe huh???,,,, I will never mess up again,,,,, but ya my bad,,being called a jong is a lil over the top thou,,, frinkin barneys all up tight,,,,,,in other words fuck you too , and ya reading is overrated on here while im more busy on kayak lookin at plane tickets that cost over 2 grand.. woohoo now up to like 7 posts for me ha.

**theshredder** · 10-20-2013, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by TomCrac

Before we graduated to wrist rockets, we used to make our own with a coat hanger, piece of tree branch for handle, rubber bands and then hole punch the patch from a pair of of our sears toughskins. Crude but effective.

Ya we did that too. When I was a kid we could buy wrist rockets for like a dollar and cherry bombs were 25 cents at these stores that were around. I got my dad hauled away by thugs for questioning for putting a stone through a neighbor's window once. Important guy apparently. It wasn't entirely intentional, the tree I was aiming at was close to the window... Pretty wild though thugs were fanning out, women were screaming.. I hid then ran, then got spotted. In the end they brought him back so all's well that end's well right?

**TomCrac** · 10-20-2013, 10:27 AM

Fireworks and slingshots were almost always a good idea!

But if you want to see something really wild .... I know that there is vid out there somewhere of some dude taking a richochet to the head... its pretty gnarly.

**Art Shirk** · 10-20-2013, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by whitekingsalmon

wow sorry there,,, wasnt payin attention and only saw yall talkin about slingshots,,,,,,,,,,,, hey splat I guess I should be giving time in jail and 2 years living in tahoe huh???,,,, I will never mess up again,,,,, but ya my bad,,being called a jong is a lil over the top thou,,, frinkin barneys all up tight,,,,,,in other words fuck you too , and ya reading is overrated on here while im more busy on kayak lookin at plane tickets that cost over 2 grand.. woohoo now up to like 7 posts for me ha.

Welcome to TGR. I am sure you will have a lustrous and long tenure here.

**iceman** · 10-20-2013, 02:19 PM

"lustrous and long"?

how did we end up in a shampoo commercial?

**DoWork** · 10-20-2013, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by whitekingsalmon

wow sorry there,,, wasnt payin attention and only saw yall talkin about slingshots,,,,,,,,,,,, hey splat I guess I should be giving time in jail and 2 years living in tahoe huh???,,,, I will never mess up again,,,,, but ya my bad,,being called a jong is a lil over the top thou,,, frinkin barneys all up tight,,,,,,in other words fuck you too , and ya reading is overrated on here while im more busy on kayak lookin at plane tickets that cost over 2 grand.. woohoo now up to like 7 posts for me ha.

Castles worth o vaj sand in this one haha