[NaturalFork]

So I made that natural slingshot you see in my avatar. I attached some thera gold bands I made myself to it. I get some crazy handslaps. They are pretty painful. How do I avoid this? Even shooting flip style I get the hits. I also noticed that when I put my bands on the PS1 I get crazy hand slaps where I didnt with the ones that A+ made. I tried to make them the same dimensions. Any thoughts would be helpful.

 

[USASlingshot]

if flip style doesn't work try using heavier ammo. i get alot of hand slap when i shoot because i use rocks alot when im target shooting. best of luck

 

[Jaybird]

I found that when I shoot to light of ammo for the bands I get hand slaps and the bands wear out fast.

 

[NaturalFork]

I found that when I shoot to light of ammo for the bands I get hand slaps and the bands wear out fast.

I like shooting my cheap marbles.

the A+ bands did not do this. However this may be because they were doubled up?

 

[USASlingshot]

im not sure, it might be the way you shoot the natural? but it looks great good job

 

[NaturalFork]

I figured it out guys. If i tie the bands up half an inch higher than where i was tying the hand slaps dissapear. Weird.

 

[USASlingshot]

The bands were to long? Good problem solving

 

[snakeshack]

I noticed I would get hand slap on my natural when I didn't put my thumb and forefinger on the limbs. I would whack my thumb something serious. Try some other posisions with your hands.

 

[NaturalFork]

I should have explained a little better above. I did not make grooves in the fork when I attached the bands I tied them too far down the fork. If I attach the bands further up the fork (about half an inch down) I get no hand slaps.

 

[USASlingshot]

oh, i would recomend always putting grooves in the forks just for saftey reasons. but good job on your first natural

 

[dgui]

The Forks look too long and therabands are too radical they do not spend all of the power at the release where it should be and hold the Fork farward a bit it will lower the slap so that it will slap below the hand.