19 May 2013, 14:35,
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Metroyeti
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
You can buy elastic for blackwidows, so im guessing you can get them for other models
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19 May 2013, 15:44,
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bigpaul
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
their all available fairly cheaply on Ebay, get yourself a stock and put them away until you need them.
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19 May 2013, 19:51,
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
(19 May 2013, 12:35)Hex Wrote: Pro's - easy to make, conceal, use, takes up very little space and cheap to buy.
Cons - uses elastic which over time will perish and depending on the scenario you might not be able to get anymore
Tyre innertube cut into strips will make a good expedient rubber band. If you cut it fine and interweave it together it should be even stronger. Only thing is that most tyres now do not have tubes - still you only need one innertube to have a considerable supply of band material.
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20 May 2013, 10:01,
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bigpaul
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
what about bicycle inner tubes? widely available and reasonably priced.
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20 May 2013, 10:35,
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
Have you made one BP? how did it perform?
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20 May 2013, 10:38,
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bigpaul
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
(20 May 2013, 10:35)Tartar Horde Wrote: Have you made one BP? how did it perform?
I made a couple, I keep one permanently as a slingbow and another as an ordinary catapult, slingbow works fine but you need to practise a lot, something I cant do here with neighbours overlooking.
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20 May 2013, 17:02,
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Hex
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
well just made a quick slingbow keyring off my keys, catapult and 2 cable ties
took me about 30 seconds to put it together and i would say probably has the same power as my cheapy bow maybe even more. with a bit of practice i could definately see this being a good tool for putting food on the table or even chasing off unwanted visitors.
what i would suggest is you want to mod the back of your arrows so that you have something a bit more substantial to grip than just the notch as with this being relatively small i was finding the elactic was pulling it out of my grip.
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20 May 2013, 17:12,
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bigpaul
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
(20 May 2013, 17:02)Hex Wrote: well just made a quick slingbow keyring off my keys, catapult and 2 cable ties
took me about 30 seconds to put it together and i would say probably has the same power as my cheapy bow maybe even more. with a bit of practice i could definately see this being a good tool for putting food on the table or even chasing off unwanted visitors.
what i would suggest is you want to mod the back of your arrows so that you have something a bit more substantial to grip than just the notch as with this being relatively small i was finding the elactic was pulling it out of my grip.
depends on which sort of arrow you are using I suppose, I didn't have any problems with a wooden arrow but would have a better grip maybe if I removed the nock, but as I have a bow as well I don't want to do that.
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20 May 2013, 17:23,
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Hex
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
was thinking of maybe ordering a second quiver and keeping it for slingbow specific arrows
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20 May 2013, 17:33,
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bigpaul
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RE: Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK
(20 May 2013, 17:23)Hex Wrote: was thinking of maybe ordering a second quiver and keeping it for slingbow specific arrows
yes I have done that too, but I can still use them for both.....if events dictated. ..so I've kept that option open. I suppose you could use crossbow bolts instead of arrows, these don't have nocks fitted.
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