Comments on: DIY Weekend Project: How to Make a Slingshot

By: Mollykins

Mollykins — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:42:52 +0000

You know, I’ve made plenty of slingshots. And they all worked AWESOME! :D

By: samir

samir — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:51:09 +0000

I am so going to make one! My utility closet is dry and warm.

By: wildfarm

wildfarm — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:23:51 +0000

At 85, obviously, I haven’t used a slingshot in many years but, as a kid, I was never without one. My bands were always cut from latex inner tubes that have been unavailable for a long time. My pouch was cut from an old shoe tongue. My favorite staff was the perfect fork from a dogwood tree. I became a pretty deadly shot and put a hurting on many starlings.

I once owned a commercial slingshot made of metal for shooting BB’s. It had a magazine in the handle for fast reloading. I wish they were available now because they were great for those starlings.

All this reading has given me the fever again. I have a piece of well cured maple that I think I’ll shape up with my band saw. Thanks for the article.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:00:13 +0000

Interesting how some are saying it’s a child’s toy and not taking it seriously. In my Sept/Oct 2012 issue of Backwoodsman magazine there is an article called The Art of Staying Lost SEAL Style and sports a picture of Madison Parker with two dead squirrels and his slingshot. It’s an effective weapon for small game.

By: Midge_fodder

Midge_fodder — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:10:40 +0000

I usually make mine out of 1″ white ash fork and flat bands. I make them small enough to fit in my pocket. A Slingshot with good rubber and proper ammunition makes an easy kill for Rabbit and Squirrel. In Scotland it is legal to use them as a means of hunting, provided you have the land owners permission an that the intention is to kill not injure, a maimed quarry must be dispatched humanly. For me a Slingshot is much more convenient as a means of pest control as we have very strict Gun laws, Air Rifles are out and out illegal unless on private land, getting caught with one is a serious offence if it is in an area where people have free access. That includes access to the Quarry Beat.

By: Valerie T Swabb

Valerie T Swabb — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:56:07 +0000

Thank you!

By: abe

abe — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 04:11:35 +0000

whats so bad about a 32 year old with a slingshot. while growing up in Mexico my dad made these allot and hunted small game to eat. hes fifty years old and still plays around with them. also the used the exact same directions to make it as Brett except he used waxed thread and let the wood dry by itself

By: THX1138

THX1138 — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:22:09 +0000

A wrist-brace type slingshot is illegal in NY state, not every slingshot. Jeez, check your facts!

By: tim

tim — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:04:33 +0000

I made my first one while in SERE training. Used a dead dry branch some rubber tubing and a hunk of parachute

By: Dr McKay

Dr McKay — Thu, 31 May 2012 07:15:04 +0000

As a kid, took out a car windscreen with one made as follows:
High tensile fencing wire in a vice bent to shape, 2 rubber rings as used for preserving jam etc… piece of leather in between and off I went. Too dangerous, had to stop.