Your ideal slingshot? What features SHOULD it have?

[nickdutch]

I am planning on getting a new style of slingshot cast. Specially designed for survival / prepping type people / situations.
On the basis that I go ahead with it, what features would you want it to have? arrow rest? compartment for firesteel? ability to shoot with tubes, flats and loops? key ring? pinkie hole?

[SilentPartner]

One with a folding arm brace, that fits easly in your pocket and takes multiple theroband gold bands.

[Plymtom]

I have a Barnett thingy with an arm brace and red bands, funnily enough we have just been out this morning for a walk and test of catapults, we got some cheap off of the internet and the bands started breaking pretty quick, my Barnett is still ok though, and have all come back thinking of upgrading to a gamekeeper now we have proven it possible to get better at it.
You could be onto something there Nick, perhaps you could call it the Dutch army slingshot built in survival kit and all, I am finding the arm brace tedious to be honest which is why I am thinking basic gamekeeper hunter type thing would be good, but then I am fairly strong.

We took ourselves out to a riverside woodland walk then my daughter set up some pebbles balanced on top of one another for us to soot at with our bag of butter beans which I had bought as cheap biodegradable expendable ammo ( I bought some red kidney beans too but we couldn’t see where they were going), it turned out educational and good fun for what was effectively our first attempt a sling shooting, beans tended to curve on some strange trajectories and skim off the water if we missed after about 150 goes each we had hit the things about a dozen times , but all had a much better idea of how to do it, for little ammo expense , I think I will buy a bag of gravel/pebbles from B&Q on the way next time we have a go, something with a little more weight yet similar expendability for practice, it is fun, legal as far as I know and probably least likely to cause alarm to anyone too, a family trying to knock a pile of pebbles over with butterbeans must have looked funny.

[Hardulph]

cheap glass marbles are good

[Plymtom]

Yes marbles are ideal ammo, but I haven't found any cheap enough for the initial getting good enough practice yet, I haven't tried car boot sales yet though, for now I am prepared to sacrifice the accuracy uniform ammo gives for quantity required for decent amount of practice.
Have you seen that old American guy on youtube ? his ammo looks like chippings or random stones, he cuts down weeds, kills bugs without damaging the leaves they're on, shoots coins in the air, brilliant !

I saw another guy on youtube practicing in his garden with paper as target pinned to a blanket as a backstop which also served to help retreive the ammo, I suppose we could try that when we are ready to get more serious.

[bbob2012]

get some good ammo 8mm ball bearings, also i have lots of 2.5mm ones two say 6 or 7 per shot for buck effect

[BristolDave]

I would have thought that if you wanted an 'all in one' survival catty then some type of integral blade for skinning would be handy. Maybe a compass so you can keep an eye on your route as you track your quarry? Perhaps a small ammo dispenser in the handle?

BD

[tigs]

Barnett diablo and marbles from the pound shop

[Plymtom]

Pound shop, now your talking how many do you get for a quid then?

[tigs]

about 100 in the bag i got