[Scary]

Hello folks, I know its been awhile since I posted on SF so I thought I'd give a review of the newest addition to my ever growing slingshot family. It comes from a far away land but it is made by people just as passionate as we are about slingshots. By the way, if any of you visit the Trumark forum you'll see I posted the same review there, so don't bother reading both. Ever since finding all you folks on-line, I have been introduced to many designs I never new existed. One of the slingshot manufacturers to catch my eye was Dankung. After visiting there site, I was shocked at how beautiful their models were and how high quality they appeared. At the same time, I was also wary of ordering products from overseas, and was not sure if the beautiful pictures matched the actual product ( ever try chat room dating?). Well I decided after seeing that quite a few of you who I trust had purchased products from them that I would give it a go. After a few hours of indecision, I decided to go with the "Black Palm Thunder" model which they advertise as their smallest. Now if any of you know me or have read my previous posts, you'll know that I'm a rather tall guy with VERY large hands. Even though I had read of some people finding the Dankung slingshots to be on the small side, I decided that with a choked up fork grip, I could make it work. The ordering was extremely simple, and I paid with pay-pal. My order took just over 2 weeks to arrive and when I opened the package, it was just as beautiful as I had imagined! I quickly started trying some different grip styles but I found that even with my monkey fingers, I could still hold it comfortably. The only thing that might be disconcerting to some folks is that when held as suggested, your index finger appears to be right in the line of fire. Well, when shot with the flip style technique, you have nothing to worry about. I would not suggest it for beginners, but for someone like myself who has been shooting with this grip most of his 20+ yrs of shooting, I was instantly destroying empty cans at a wide variety of ranges with ease. This slingshot would not be my choice for someone who uses a sight system, but for an experienced intuitive shooter, this thing is AWESOME! Well folks, you can read enough about the ease of band changes on many other posts so I won't bore you to death, but to wrap it up, I am extremely pleased with this product and will definitely be trying some of their other models in the future. Even though when it comes to production slingshots, I have always been a big fan of Trumark, Tim and the others over seas at Dankung are just as passionate about their love of quality slingshots. Thank you for your time.Scary

 

[Itamar J]

man I've really wanted to try it out
i had small hands anyway do i said
why not?
but then i was worried i might outgrow it as i got older
so thanks
you said even you "monkey fingers" could hold it
so thats encouraging

thank you!!!

 

[dgui]

Which Dankung did you purchase? I have the Axe hunter and I still find it to be too wide. I dont believe the size of the hand should determine the size of a slingshot. The Dankungs are made smaller for a reason. The Chinese are on to something here just like when Asian manufacteres introduced what was called "rice burners" they were faster more nimble and reliable unlike the Harleys and Triumps I use to ride and they leaked oil and the valve tappets adjusted every 500 miles. Bigger is better is a false idea. My experience is that smaller shooters make for much improved accuracy. I make mine even smaller than the smallest Dankung. When I can make a patteren that is just right I will have Dankung make one from Titanium. You have made a good choice.

 

[wd40]

Just ordered a Black Palm Thunder, Dankung's smallest frame -- and my first Dankung -- from trulytexas.com.

I've been messing around with some Chinese tubes on the bent-rod frames I got from Smitty, as well as on the Flat Cat.

I'm liking this.

I'll let you know how it works out.

WD40

 

[NaturalFork]

Those tube shooters are really fun to shoot. I like them a lot.

 

[haertig]

I certainly like my Dankung Palm Thunder! Only problem is, now my Dankung Jungle Hunter II looks and feels HUGE! I definitely prefer my Palm Thunder over my Jungle Hunter II these days. I don't shoot flip style and I haven't had a problem hitting forks or fingers. The Jungle Hunter II is a very nice slingshot as well, but I think mine must have grown or something?!