Slingshot Paintball

[ya motha]

One time on a rainy day a couple of buddies of mine desperate to get in a day of paintball bought some $5.00 slinghots and had a really good time. Its kind of a refreshing spin on things if you get bored. I wonder what they would say if i brought one to the local field....

[Narg]

Slingshot Paintball Rules

when i was younger, my friends and i played a little paintball with slingshots. it was only us, and not at a field. i buzzed my friends face, and they we were like, "this isn't safe" so we stopped.

yeah.... not smart. you wouldnt go out with guns using no eye protection, would you? you could have at least used regular paintball masks. it can be safe if you make it that way

well i checked the velocity. right around 200 fps 235 tops

that is pretty nice to know about how fast they shoot. I have been hit by paintballs fired from guns and from slingshots. the only time a slingshot hurts is if you get hit in the small of the back or in the neck... other than that, it doesnt hurt at all.

The "wrist rocket" styule slingshot shoots way over 300fps, so don't even think about it, unless you want to lose an eye.

i have been doing it for 8 years now and still have both my eyes... they dont shoot over 250fps.

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now as far as the paintballs breaking in your leather pouch... of course that happens. but only like 1 in 500 paintballs. you have to learn to hold the thing right. there are 2 ways to do this. grab the leather pouch behind the painball with the very tips of your fingers. the leather pouch then closes on the paintball when you pull back holding it in. I personally dont like this method. I grip just below the knots on the leather pouch. You dont squeeze the paintball at all. The problem is breaking your band if you pull back too far too much.

I love slingshot paintball. I've kinda started a league where i live. If you are interested in seeing what it's all about, check out my website:

Slingshot Paintball

[zaqwert6]

Good luck shooting a paintball over 300fps with a slingshot , silly boys.

However....

I actually have used one from time to time in the woods , they're suprisingly fun to play with...kinda like sc pump extreme and really quiet too. Just have to play with holding it so you can get a good pull with out breaking the ball.

[WARPED1]

No way to control velocity, only place you could use slingshots is in "outlaw" ball.

[eric_503]

ive got a crossman slingshot around somewhere what i do is i put the ball in then grab where the holes are that the blue tube/elastic is tied to i never get breaks

[wanna-b-ballin']

yeah, i have a crossman too. i can hit just about anything i aim at. and for holding it, i hold it right behind the knots, but infront of the ball. i try not to squeeze the ball. rarely i break one in the sack, but sometimes i hit the V bar thingy, and thats a mess to clean up. your whole band gets slippery.

[Narg]

hey! that's what i said

ive got a crossman slingshot around somewhere what i do is i put the ball in then grab where the holes are that the blue tube/elastic is tied to i never get breaks

heh.. that's pretty much the way i described it in my post a few up from here

see everyone? it does work! out of the mouths of 2 or 3 witness!

and btw it is crosman... not crossman

[eric_503]

haha my bad i missed your post

[geekwarrior]

sweet, i have an old slingshot...might have to get a band for it...me and my little brother used to shoot rocks at each other (looking back that wasnt the smartest thing we did)...somehow we never hit each other in the face, but it did hurt like a mother, even with heavy clothes on....

[wanna-b-ballin']

my friends and i used to stuff our pockets full of leaves (fresh big green ones) and wad them up and shoot eachother. they wouldn't fly far, but they did sting up close.

[bentothejam1n]

heh yea when I was little we used paintballs and marshmellows. I still have a scar where i got shot point blank on my shoulder

[Vicious6]

marshmellows make excellent projectiles heh.... I found "marshmellow launchers" on thinkgeek.com, and some co-workers and I bought a few (mind you now this is my nighttime per-diem job, and it's an ambulance company). There's nothing like being a diligent little worker just to have a drive-by marshmellowing......

Edit: I'm tired and I can't spell

[wanna-b-ballin']

marshmellows make excellent projectiles heh.... I found "marshmellow launchers" on thinkgeek.com, and some co-workers and I bought a few (mind you now this is my nighttime per-diem job, and it's an ambulance company). There's nothing like being a diligent little worker just to have a drive-by marshmellowing......

Edit: I'm tired and I can't spell

i want one of these http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/7491/

[Vicious6]

yes that was next on my list of toys