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[John-Boy]

Just a General overview of what rocks your boat this past year guys

[Henry in Panama]

Well, it's obvious, at least for the moment, how I voted. LOL!

It really was difficult to make a choice, and a month from now I might change my mind. I've made a lot of aluminum bent-rods, a lot of board cuts, and am currently concentrating on naturals. I think what i like most about naturals is that they aren't designed. Each tree fork has its own slingshot hidden within itself. Before I cut a fork, I hold it in my hand and turn it this way and that and let the fork give me an idea of what it wants to be. By the time I'm ready to tie on the bands, the fork has designed itself.

[harpersgrace]

It's really hard to vote, I like making and shooting naturals with tubes. I also love boardcuts I have gotten from makers like Flatband, Fish, cyan_John, etc., all of which are flatband. Then there's my metal frames from Pete Hogan that I wouldn't give up for the world. Not even mentioning my vintage forks... How is a man to choose??

[John-Boy]

harpersgrace, on 17 April 2011 - 09:06 AM, said:

It's really hard to vote, I like making and shooting naturals with tubes. I also love boardcuts I have gotten from makers like Flatband, Fish, cyan_John, etc., all of which are flatband. Then there's my metal frames from Pete Hogan that I wouldn't give up for the world. Not even mentioning my vintage forks... How is a man to choose??

Well lets say what combo would you pick up if all the options where on the table? I know i shoot all sorts but i know what i would pick if i was given a choice!

[harpersgrace]

John-Boy, on 17 April 2011 - 09:13 AM, said:

harpersgrace, on 17 April 2011 - 09:06 AM, said:

It's really hard to vote, I like making and shooting naturals with tubes. I also love boardcuts I have gotten from makers like Flatband, Fish, cyan_John, etc., all of which are flatband. Then there's my metal frames from Pete Hogan that I wouldn't give up for the world. Not even mentioning my vintage forks... How is a man to choose??

Well lets say what combo would you pick up if all the options where on the table? I know i shoot all sorts but i know what i would pick if i was given a choice!

You want me to have a breakdown right??? The agony!!

[NaturalFork]

I love naturals. However I have been shooting the Saunders Falcon 2 lately with homebrew flatbands and marbles lately. Gonna make a natural today though so ...

[Nico]

I excell at making naturals from trees and naturals from the animal kingdom (antler)

I love chains because I have used them for so many years and if I had multiple choice I would also have added round solid rubber as I love this elastic as much as chains its just not as available to me so chains rule for me.

I have absolutely devasted countless species of small game with pebbles from reptiles, amphibian to mammals in almost 30 years now so I cant go wrong with pebbles and they are God given gifts of nature. There did not exist a forum when I did these things as a kid nor was there a mention of the chrony and what slingshot should be used to hunt. We just went out there and did our thing and thats what its all about.

Naturals, chains, pebbles all the way..

Nico

[NaturalFork]

harpersgrace, on 17 April 2011 - 09:06 AM, said:

It's really hard to vote, I like making and shooting naturals with tubes. I also love boardcuts I have gotten from makers like Flatband, Fish, cyan_John, etc., all of which are flatband. Then there's my metal frames from Pete Hogan that I wouldn't give up for the world. Not even mentioning my vintage forks... How is a man to choose??

For some reason when I think "Harpersgrace" I think naturals ...

[harpersgrace]

Well you are right I always have been a fan of big naturals
Woops that should read a big fan of naturals ...
Oh heck either way works

[jmplsnt]

It pretty much goes without saying how I voted, though I can sum it up with Nico's post. The only way in which I differ is I can't claim the number of kills he can (by far) but that's starting to come along nicely too.

[mckee]

pritty good topic!

[Dayhiker]

Now you've done it!!!

[Dan the Slingshot Man]

Hard question, ammo I shoot what ever I have. As for slingshots I shoot best with board cuts.

[John-Boy]

So far this poll is pretty much suprising me, i knew flatbands were popular but not that much popular compared to tubes!! Who knows the tables could turn given time

[Aras]

My favourite ammo is clay. Because I haven't tried steel or lead ammo.

[e~shot]

Good topic!, as my opinion there should be option to select more than one type of slingshots and ammo

[M_J]

e~shot, on 20 April 2011 - 04:07 AM, said:

Good topic!, as my opinion there should be option to select more than one type of slingshots and ammo

I think the poll is ok. John-Boy is looking for the "one setup" you would pick over all others. Alot of the polls on here let everybody pick every choice and you don't really learn anything.
I'm on board with "tubes" since I shoot Chinese tubes almost exclusively. The only suggestion I would have made is to break it out by Chinese tubes or regular tubes.
Good post!

[John-Boy]

M_J, on 20 April 2011 - 04:52 AM, said:

e~shot, on 20 April 2011 - 04:07 AM, said:

Good topic!, as my opinion there should be option to select more than one type of slingshots and ammo

The only suggestion I would have made is to break it out by Chinese tubes or regular tubes.
Good post!

I was thinking about that M_J when setting this poll up, but then i thought sure there are different types of flatband, boardcuts etc. I think choosing tubes in general was a good call!

[frogman]

Tubes, big lead, big steel, Naturals with the support shelves. I like to match the slingshot with the type of quarry I will hunt. In the summer mostly birds, double latex blacks, double latex ambers, and then in the winter switch back to the big single ambers. That's mostly for the furred critters. Like Nico I have been shooting this way for so many years that I wouldn't know how to change. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Besides my tricks are still working well for me...Frogman

[John-Boy]

frogman, on 22 April 2011 - 02:44 PM, said:

Tubes, big lead, big steel, Naturals with the support shelves. I like to match the slingshot with the type of quarry I will hunt. In the summer mostly birds, double latex blacks, double latex ambers, and then in the winter switch back to the big single ambers. That's mostly for the furred critters. Like Nico I have been shooting this way for so many years that I wouldn't know how to change. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Besides my tricks are still working well for me...Frogman

Well an old sayin "if it ain't broke don't fix it" springs to mind, and from what i can see your setup is spot on!!

[pelleteer]

I like naturals, but they're hard to come by where I live. I like Trumarks and the Saunders Hawk when it comes to factory shooters, but I actually prefer a good boardcut to anything else (and red oak boards are readily available at the local hardware store). I like tubes (Trumark RRTs are my faves) on factory bent rod style slingshots, but find them difficult to use on boarcuts or naturals. I love the longevity of tubes, but I like the shooting characteristics of flats better. Never tried chained, solid square, etc. For ammo, I've standardized on 3/8" steel for all target/plinking work and .375 lead for critters. I don't see any reason to go smaller or larger. I like the idea that rocks and pebbles are free, but I can't hit a barn at 10 feet with any of them, even ones that are fairly round, which again are hard to find where I live, as it's so dry (round rocks are created by running water, not a common thing here in the desert ). So, my votes went to:

Boardcuts

Flatbands

8-12mm steel

[The Gopher]

i shoot better with boardcuts, but naturals are so much more fun to make.

[bikermikearchery]

It's actuly hard for me to have a favorit.
I shoot my aluminum flat cut slingshots the most because there always with me.

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[tnflipper52]

3/8 hex nuts, only because I have access to a lot. Any style flipper shoots well when enjoying an outing, but it would be a tough decision to choose on style over another.

Best to all.

[Sean]

I've just finished cutting out about 8 or so maple board cuts, designs compliments of the fine folks here, but have yet to
finish and band them up. I sure do like the naturals though, and have a few seasoning. Although I have a small
assortment of tubes & theraband, I do like the 107's at this particular moment, and along with that, we enjoy shooting
"dollar store marbles" at tin cans in the woods.

sean