Hello gentlemen,
So the UK is in lockdown, and I'm getting creative with options to pass the time in a semi-constructive way. Obviously DIY / home & garden maintenance are ongoing, but for a bit of fun I've decided to revive an old pastime - shooting with a slingshot (or a catapult as they're known here). Some good memories of the adventures I had poaching when I was about 13.
Interested to see how bands have changed - apparently the surgical rubber tubing I had on my old slingshot is very inaccurate, and most shooters are now using flat bands.
I've bought a pair: a double-banded over the top hand-made in UK from marine ply, and a thermoplastic US-made catapult that can change from OTT to through the forks. Nothing fancy, there's no wrist braces, trigger releases or laser sights. That particular rabbit hole won't be explored (for a while at least). I'll be shooting 9.5mm steel, and for back garden plinking 10mm clay balls.
I'd like to become confident with a tight grouping, then when circumstances allow, go and get some small game for the pot.
Any tips? Any other shooters?
Luke
So the UK is in lockdown, and I'm getting creative with options to pass the time in a semi-constructive way. Obviously DIY / home & garden maintenance are ongoing, but for a bit of fun I've decided to revive an old pastime - shooting with a slingshot (or a catapult as they're known here). Some good memories of the adventures I had poaching when I was about 13.
Interested to see how bands have changed - apparently the surgical rubber tubing I had on my old slingshot is very inaccurate, and most shooters are now using flat bands.
I've bought a pair: a double-banded over the top hand-made in UK from marine ply, and a thermoplastic US-made catapult that can change from OTT to through the forks. Nothing fancy, there's no wrist braces, trigger releases or laser sights. That particular rabbit hole won't be explored (for a while at least). I'll be shooting 9.5mm steel, and for back garden plinking 10mm clay balls.
I'd like to become confident with a tight grouping, then when circumstances allow, go and get some small game for the pot.
Any tips? Any other shooters?
Luke