[allan.leigh04]

<font face="Courier New"><font color="darkblue">Hi All,<br><br>As the title says, I retired young to Thailand.<br><br>I am new to slingshots; well not really, I did it as a kid with homemade stuff.<br><br>But I am now getting serious, and looking for the best for power, and heavy shot, to get rid of a few varmits around my home.<br><br>I am looking at some commercially available from the USA at the moment, but not buying for a few weeks.<br><br>So any advice would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Allan<br></font></font>

 

[onnod]

Welcome

 

[tokSick]

Welcome and enjoy.

 

[Saderath]

Welcome!

 

[MaddyMax]

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<span class="postbody"><br><br>welcome!<br><br>if you were still in australia, i would've told you to not receive the slingshot banded up. so what kind of advice do you mean?</span>

 

[allan.leigh04]

<font color="darkblue">Hi Again,<br><br>I mean advice on the best type of slingshot for my needs, of getting rid of some small pests.<br><br>Ranges will be close, across ,my street, as in 5 meters max.<br>Although I will practice and sight in for longer ranges also.<br><br>At present I am seriously thinking about a sighted one from the USA, with 3 types of sights, a </font><font color="darkblue"><font color="darkblue">wrist brace laser slingshot.<br></font></font><br><font color="darkblue"><font color="darkblue"><font color="darkblue">I can't give the URL, as been here less than a week at present.<br><br></font></font>Also advice on sighting methods of various people.<br><br>Currently I have improvised a center sight between the vertical forks (or in my case the horizontal forks, as I shot with the slingshot turned, holding hand, knuckles on top); my draw is to my right eye, or a bit beyond to my ear top in line with my eye, and this seems to work well for me, with semi instinctive aim above, or below, for various ranges.<br><br>Anyway that is all for now, and bed time here.<br><br>Cheers Allan<br></font>

 

[onnod]

well, you could try the laser one, if you only want to kill without any practice, but i would suggest to try to make one yourself, double the fun!

 

[Fryskehoun]

welcome