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Recently I made two slingshots, one from a fork, the other a board cut for a friend who was delighted to have them. Then couple of days ago I met him and he said: you know where are your slingshots now? I said no I don't, then he said: I landed them to a friend who is a hunter and he now he hunts pheasants and other birds exclusively with a slingshot, he seems to put gun aside..
I am not sure how much of truth is there since I made slingshots with larger pouches to accommodate marbles, but to a point it might be.
So I decided to make a slingshot a bit better suited for hunting (I am not a hunter so all I know about it is what I heard here in the forum, occasionally). I cut 2 bands of Precise Green which showed good results when I put them under test some time ago (https://slingshotforum.com/topic/119172-tbg-vs-precise-green/?hl=%2Bprecise+%2Bgreen) with a pouch accommodating 10 mm lead balls, and I cast about 50 of them for him until he makes his own mold, of course, should he stay with slingshots at all. I will ask him for a feedback.
I think the wood is oak and I carved it a little bit and then coated it with the mixture of BLO, Turpentine and Beeswax.
So here she is:
I hope you like it.
cheers,
jazz
I am not sure how much of truth is there since I made slingshots with larger pouches to accommodate marbles, but to a point it might be.
So I decided to make a slingshot a bit better suited for hunting (I am not a hunter so all I know about it is what I heard here in the forum, occasionally). I cut 2 bands of Precise Green which showed good results when I put them under test some time ago (https://slingshotforum.com/topic/119172-tbg-vs-precise-green/?hl=%2Bprecise+%2Bgreen) with a pouch accommodating 10 mm lead balls, and I cast about 50 of them for him until he makes his own mold, of course, should he stay with slingshots at all. I will ask him for a feedback.
I think the wood is oak and I carved it a little bit and then coated it with the mixture of BLO, Turpentine and Beeswax.
So here she is:






I hope you like it.
cheers,
jazz
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