I've decided to get back into Slingshots

brucered · Apr 30, 2016

Day 1: target shooting with 3/8" ammo. With Theraband Black light pull bands. Not bad, but a lot of work to do if I want to get more consistent.

Day 2: 1/4" ammo, first time using and switched back to 1/2" Theraband Gold bands. A few bullseye's but a few strays. Got to use my new $40 laser measurer that I bought for home use, but will use for shooting and measuring too.

Day 3: 1/4" ammo again with TBG, I'm loving the smaller ammo. First ten shots all on target.

About 10 bullseye's and only a few strays. One or two of the strays were from 3/8" ammo that was on my ammo holder and the others were just rushed shots.

Very happy with the tighter groupings of shots.

I am absolutely LOVING my new hobby/interest. Cheap, outdoors, fun, stress reliever and fun. Did I mention FUN?

otto76 · May 1, 2016

[MENTION=36370]brucered[/MENTION] Have you ever tried bb's? That's what I used to use; in addition to being cheap they were very fast and accurate. Wouldn't be much to hunt with but a lot of fun for hitting cans.

brucered · May 1, 2016

otto76 said:
[MENTION=36370]brucered[/MENTION] Have you ever tried bb's? That's what I used to use; in addition to being cheap they were very fast and accurate. Wouldn't be much to hunt with but a lot of fun for hitting cans.

I tried it once, but my bands weren't matched to the ammo properly, so they were zinging all over the place.

I'll be revising them soon though. I'd like to get a magnetic pouch for using them, to help hold the little guys in place.

KWilliams40 · May 2, 2016

A few recent purchases. [emoji41]

A+ Slingshots Big Tube Hunter and PS-3.

Gamekeeper Catapults Pickle Fork Hunter.

brucered · May 2, 2016

Looks good [MENTION=67294]KWilliams40[/MENTION]

Nice to see someone else shooting here besides me.

I'm too scared to try a Pickle Fork Shooter yet....but one day.

KWilliams40 · May 2, 2016

Ball bearing ammo:

1/2" G25 grade chrome steel bearings

5/8" G100 grade carbon steel bearings

simon1 · May 2, 2016

brucered said:
Nice to see someone else shooting here besides me.

Huh?

brucered · May 2, 2016

simon1 said:
Huh?

Sorry....three!!!!!

How is the shooting going with the Wham-O?

simon1 · May 2, 2016

I was going to do some shooting yesterday but ended up putting some nerf bars on my new truck.

Today...rain.

I was wondering if I could improve my accuracy all weekend.

brucered · May 2, 2016

simon1 said:
I was going to do some shooting yesterday but ended up putting some nerf bars on my new truck.

Today...rain.

I was wondering if I could improve my accuracy all weekend.

I try and squeeze in a bit of shooting between when I get home from work (cycling now) and picking up the kids from school when I have some "me time" but not enough to do anything extravagant.

Here is my shooting from today. I didn't have time to cut or print a smaller target to work on the "aim small, miss small" thought process.

Grabbed my FlatCat, some 1/4" and tried hard to focus on the Black and ignore the ring (difficult to make you mind not see the rings). No warm up shots, those were the ones that missed the entire target, and after about 5 shots I walked up to see I was Right. A slight readjust of what I use as an aiming point on the frame/tubes/slots on the frame and I started to do better.

I was happy with the outcome, no total misses or blunders, not too many low shots, most in the 4" circle. Same amount of shots or less then previous outings (reusing what I gather from catchbox) and count 7 bullseye's, my most yet. I will print some smaller targets to aid in my focus and see how that goes.

simon1 · May 2, 2016

For the aim small, shoot small thing...for .22s I used to use a blank piece of paper and shoot one round into it, then shoot at the bullet hole. Don't know how that would work for a slingshot though.

I'll have to try a blank piece of printer paper and draw a small, black circle in the middle with a Sharpie pen and try shooting at that. That will get rid of the extra print of the target scoring rings until I can get laser focused on a small spot.

Legion · May 2, 2016

When I was shooting I liked 00 buck shot for paper targets. They have enough mass to fly true, but make small holes in the target, so when you get good you can see your grouping better.

brucered · May 2, 2016

Legion said:
When I was shooting I liked 00 buck shot for paper targets. They have enough mass to fly true, but make small holes in the target, so when you get good you can see your grouping better.

I've seen quite a few guys using buckshot for ammo. I'm not a hunter, so for my target shooting I've been using 1/4" ball bearings.

Amazon.ca has 1000 for $25, free shipping for when I want to start shooting where I don't use a catchbox I can recoup 95% of my shots right now, so the 200 I purchased are still going strong.

Legion · May 2, 2016

brucered said:
I've seen quite a few guys using buckshot for ammo. I'm not a hunter, so for my target shooting I've been using 1/4" ball bearings.

Amazon.ca has 1000 for $25, free shipping for when I want to start shooting where I don't use a catchbox I can recoup 95% of my shots right now, so the 200 I purchased are still going strong.

I would go to places that repair drive shafts and things. They would have masses of old ball bearings which they would just take for scrap metal. The size would never be consistent, but I would get a box I could hardly carry for the price of a beer or two. (Beer is officially currency in Australia).

These days I would probably get reported to the feds because someone thinks I am making a bomb or something.

brucered · May 2, 2016

Everyone in our city is cheap, we are known for it, so everyone wants money for their scrap metal.

Legion · May 2, 2016

brucered said:
Everyone in our city is cheap, we are known for it, so everyone wants money for their scrap metal.

Always talk to the employee, not the boss. The boss gets the money for the scrap metal. The employee just has to lug it there. Show up around closing time with a six pack, see how generous people are.

I would do the same for 3mm acrylic offcuts when I was making straight razor scales.

KWilliams40 · May 3, 2016

brucered said:
I try and squeeze in a bit of shooting between when I get home from work (cycling now) and picking up the kids from school when I have some "me time" but not enough to do anything extravagant.

Here is my shooting from today. I didn't have time to cut or print a smaller target to work on the "aim small, miss small" thought process.

Grabbed my FlatCat, some 1/4" and tried hard to focus on the Black and ignore the ring (difficult to make you mind not see the rings). No warm up shots, those were the ones that missed the entire target, and after about 5 shots I walked up to see I was Right. A slight readjust of what I use as an aiming point on the frame/tubes/slots on the frame and I started to do better.

I was happy with the outcome, no total misses or blunders, not too many low shots, most in the 4" circle. Same amount of shots or less then previous outings (reusing what I gather from catchbox) and count 7 bullseye's, my most yet. I will print some smaller targets to aid in my focus and see how that goes.

FlatCat. [emoji106] I guess you're on the Slingshot Forum too. I got one from Byudzai in December.

brucered · May 3, 2016

KWilliams40 said:
FlatCat. [emoji106] I guess you're on the Slingshot Forum too. I got one from Byudzai in December.

Yes sir! Alex is a great guy, I'll be picking up one of this flat bamd versions when they come out too.

After he ran the giveaway and I saw Volp shooting it, I made it my first real frame and shooter. I'm loving it so far.

I actually just came in from my first attempt at shooting a 1" target from 1, using 1/4" steel....and no, I wasn't trying to AVOID the target, despite how it appears. [emoji12]

After 10 shots:

After 20 shots...one shot clipped fhe corner of it:

After 30 shots:

brucered · May 8, 2016

Speaking of the Flat Cat...

I pulled out some 5/16" ammo today, on someones suggestion/advise, and had my best shooting to date.

After my shooting, the 1" smiley face snowflake was no more. I was quite happy with my cluster of shots and only a few strays.

simon1 · May 8, 2016

Nice one hole group there Bruce!

I'm lucky to hit the catch box.

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