those are some long bands! have fun
"Albatross/Butterfly Style
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I think this style is so elegant and graceful,I just had to try it! Tomorrow I'll get my chance.Today I rigged up my "Albatross/Butterfly" Slingshot. It is a very old frame (15 years?) that I carved from Black Walnut. One of the forks is a little longer then the other. That was not done on purpose,I just free carved it and that's the way it ended up. I think it might be good though for this style. I also finished another one from a blow down branch I found on the street. As luck would have it,the piece is Curly Maple-a favorite wood.This will also be an Albatross shooter. I will try this method tomorrow. My will is made out and all my slingshots will go to Mel, Fish,Tex,Aaron and Harp if I end up shooting my head off!! Flatband
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I had an opportunity today to shoot using the Albatross/Butterfly style. Well,the first few shots didn't even hit the catch box! Then I hit a few and missed a few. After like 30 or so shots,I was putting them in a circle of about 1 foot in diameter. Not too bad but I won't be hitting cans any time soon! This style will take some practice and man the ball moves at some speed too!!!! I measured my draw and it was 63 inches!! Fun style and you feel like one of those Japanese bow shooters when using it-very cool! Flatband
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It really is a lot of fun!!!
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I'm having a blast experimenting with this style. On Thursday I shot enough I was hitting cans again!!! For several days after doing so for the camera I didn't very well.
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It's just like any other style I guess...takes lots of practice. For me two critical things are having a "small" pouch, and letting the band lightly touch me cheek at full draw. It has never slapped or hurt me this way, and it really increases accuracy. When I first tried it months ago without much research I used a regular size pouch and it grazed my cheek a little bit, but no more with a smaller pouch. BTW...It kind of is like being a Japanese Archer but even more extended.
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Hi Darrel,
couldn't make a video today but plan on one real soon Bud! This is fun and yes Perry is right, a very small pouch helps and I even took it one step further and used one of my stiff double cupped pouches designed just for 3/8" ammo. Very easy to hold -now I just have to practice hitting something! Cool!
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couldn't make a video today but plan on one real soon Bud! This is fun and yes Perry is right, a very small pouch helps and I even took it one step further and used one of my stiff double cupped pouches designed just for 3/8" ammo. Very easy to hold -now I just have to practice hitting something! Cool!
I just love to see video of Pros or just plinkers. My lovely has loaned me her camera that takes video but no sound so you wont hear a plink if I should get lucky. As soon as I can figure out how take video and download and then send it I will be adding to the confusion. I will be looking farward to seeing the grand master shooting something with a double cupped 3/8 molded something or other. Happy Shooting.Hi Darrel,
couldn't make a video today but plan on one real soon Bud! This is fun and yes Perry is right, a very small pouch helps and I even took it one step further and used one of my stiff double cupped pouches designed just for 3/8" ammo. Very easy to hold -now I just have to practice hitting something! Cool!Flatband![]()
Gangster style
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HI Aaron,
I used an old set of exercise bands from "Resist-a-band". Company based out of Florida. Really good thin band with a lot of stretch-just what you need with this style. They're Latex and the same as Theraband and many other exercise bands out there. Flatband
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I used an old set of exercise bands from "Resist-a-band". Company based out of Florida. Really good thin band with a lot of stretch-just what you need with this style. They're Latex and the same as Theraband and many other exercise bands out there. Flatband
OK! My Bad, Gangsta Style.Gangster style![]()
Yo, yo, dawgs! Flatband be kickin' it gangsta style fo shizzle!
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