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I've been playing with various ways to shoot arrow-type-things from my Rebar slingshot.
I can't use a Whisker Biscuit because the slingshot is a folding multi-tool and I didn't want to carry 30" long arrows around anyway.
I happened across a youtube video of these darts and ordered 20 from China.
The 1st generation darts are the ones with individually attached fletchings and the smaller pull knob at the back.
You only need to change the band for a band with a string instead of a pouch, I bought 10 bands ready made when I ordered the darts. For me attachment is easy because I use my looped string method, so I can swap between dart shooting and ball shooting in seconds.
The darts fly very true, they are accurate and penetrate the target very deeply - I bought a leather protection glove to wear when shooting them. The glove has three steel plates, one on the index finger, one on the thumb and a large one on the back of the palm - I think it's ESSENTIAL to wear this, if you miss release one of these you will end up in hospital!
When my first order of 20 darts arrived I was so pleased that I immediately placed another order for 30 more, but this time Snipersling had released the 2nd generation darts, with a one piece fletching and bigger pull knob. Also the fletchings are now held by a crimped metal band, as opposed to the heatshrink tube on the 1st generation. The darts come packed in a tin for easy carry, 10 to a tin.
On both orders Snipersling generously included quite a few extra goodies that I hadn't paid for - so here's a shout out for their good customer service.
I've been shooting the 1st generation darts quite a bit, no breakages or issues. I use a woven rubble sack stuffed with rags as my backstop - it's like one of those archery target bags that you can buy, but about 1/10th of the price!
In summary, these are not particularly cheap - but they are well made, very accurate, frighteningly sharp and terrific fun!
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I can't use a Whisker Biscuit because the slingshot is a folding multi-tool and I didn't want to carry 30" long arrows around anyway.
I happened across a youtube video of these darts and ordered 20 from China.
The 1st generation darts are the ones with individually attached fletchings and the smaller pull knob at the back.
You only need to change the band for a band with a string instead of a pouch, I bought 10 bands ready made when I ordered the darts. For me attachment is easy because I use my looped string method, so I can swap between dart shooting and ball shooting in seconds.
The darts fly very true, they are accurate and penetrate the target very deeply - I bought a leather protection glove to wear when shooting them. The glove has three steel plates, one on the index finger, one on the thumb and a large one on the back of the palm - I think it's ESSENTIAL to wear this, if you miss release one of these you will end up in hospital!
When my first order of 20 darts arrived I was so pleased that I immediately placed another order for 30 more, but this time Snipersling had released the 2nd generation darts, with a one piece fletching and bigger pull knob. Also the fletchings are now held by a crimped metal band, as opposed to the heatshrink tube on the 1st generation. The darts come packed in a tin for easy carry, 10 to a tin.
On both orders Snipersling generously included quite a few extra goodies that I hadn't paid for - so here's a shout out for their good customer service.
I've been shooting the 1st generation darts quite a bit, no breakages or issues. I use a woven rubble sack stuffed with rags as my backstop - it's like one of those archery target bags that you can buy, but about 1/10th of the price!
In summary, these are not particularly cheap - but they are well made, very accurate, frighteningly sharp and terrific fun!
