I hold mine angled so as to point with it. I realize how it looks but I get zero hand, finger or fork hits.
How do you hold your shooter?
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i hold mine with my wrist locked at a 90 degree angle
I'm new, so I haven't come up with "THE" hold for me yet, but right now the only way I can hit what I'm aiming at is to hold the slingshot in my hand 90 degrees to the side (my hand in a position as if I were grasping a horizontal rod). The vertical line through the slingshot body is perpendicular to the path of the projectile. I do my best to make every possible angle, twist, tilt, etc. exactly 90 degrees (that's the engineer in me!) I then line up both bands so that to my eye they appear as one (one band is directly over the other). This gives me a good left-right sighting line with the bands. For vertical sighting, I use the top fork.
I need to try other holds. I haven't given anything else besides the above hold any practice. Initially, I found that I couldn't hit a thing until I tried the 90 to the side hold. So I've been working on improving that. But I realize I should try other things too, I just haven't yet.
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This thread is so much funnier on a Blackberry with images switched off and juvenile humour mode switched on.
Personally, I hold the shaft gently in the left hand with thumb and forefinger over the top and give it a little wrist action at the moment of release.
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Personally, I hold the shaft gently in the left hand with thumb and forefinger over the top and give it a little wrist action at the moment of release.
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This thread is so much funnier on a Blackberry with images switched off and juvenile humour mode switched on.
Personally, I hold the shaft gently in the left hand with thumb and forefinger over the top and give it a little wrist action at the moment of release.![]()
No need pics
What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business, mister!!!This thread is so much funnier on a Blackberry with images switched off and juvenile humour mode switched on.
Personally, I hold the shaft gently in the left hand with thumb and forefinger over the top and give it a little wrist action at the moment of release.![]()
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·be careful,maybe hits your hand and finger when you use the shooting attitude.
be careful,maybe hits your hand and finger when you use the shooting attitude.
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..."the shooting attitude?" Isn't that a prerequisite for postal work?
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With me it depends (not the kind you might wear) on what kind of slingshot that I am shooting. -- Tex
What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business, mister!!!This thread is so much funnier on a Blackberry with images switched off and juvenile humour mode switched on.
Personally, I hold the shaft gently in the left hand with thumb and forefinger over the top and give it a little wrist action at the moment of release.![]()
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No wrist action required you simply just relax and let the shot go with one fluid motion.
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I'm staying out of this one
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hahaha u guys are too good!
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I also do the gangster thing.
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i love gangster style. its my new favorite
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What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business, mister!!!This thread is so much funnier on a Blackberry with images switched off and juvenile humour mode switched on.
Personally, I hold the shaft gently in the left hand with thumb and forefinger over the top and give it a little wrist action at the moment of release.![]()
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No wrist action required you simply just relax and let the shot go with one fluid motion.
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Lol I don't think he realised it was a joke!
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