My slingshots and slingshot videos

[JoergS]

Hello,

this is my first topical post here, so again, I would like to introduce myself to you.

I am Jörg, 44, a German. I love slingshots and I design/make my own.

My slingshots are optimzed for power and ergonomics.

I make videos about slingshots, currently I have 35 videos up on youtube. You can find them via my channel, see the link in my signature.

But here are my favourite slingshots:

Six shot Gatling slingshot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTQUYT7ytzA

Freddy Krueger slingshot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rILwFBVuPrk

The "V":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiXJFAPsi70

Here are my favourite impact videos:

Ballistic gelatine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9lJ5FoXrek

Motorcycle Helmet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FCxwC-97YQ

Leg of lamb:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko1x5v_a85A&feature=email


Here are videos that are useful if you want to buy or make your own slingshot.


A powerful steel slingshot you can make with common tools:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeQO7ObhoQ

Where to find the parts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNtfKRm1NBw

If you want to buy a commercial slingshot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYej4hngEw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztpBkviDKIw

Enjoy!

Regards


Jörg

 

[spyder1911]

Willkommen zu THR

Sehr geil! Haben Sie das alles gemacht?

Haben Sie ein Gewehr auch?

 

[JoergS]

Danke schön für die netten Worte.

Ich habe die Schleudern selbst gebaut, bei den Filmen hat meine Frau geholfen.

Ich habe viele Gewehre und Pistolen!

Jörg

 

[TMM]

some really superb designs there! i especially like the "V", but i think it's extremely lacking in ergonomics. perhaps a smooth handle a wrist brace could improve it...? love the concept though, i always thought that the scrunching up elastic might get in the way of the ball and thus affect accuracy.

TMM

 

[ChristopherG]

Joerg, welcome to THR and thank you for sharing your slingshots!

Have you had the opportunity to chronograph projectiles from any of your slingshots? Also, have you measured the pull weights? I would guess that the stronger examples of your slingshots are not easily pulled by your Frau or by many other people!

 

[JoergS]

Yes, I have chronied my shots many times.

I am actually preparing a very extensive test series, to be performed within the next few days. You can read about it here:

http://slingshotchannel.blogspot.com/2009/09/on-slingshot-rubber.html

Jörg

 

[kamagong]

On a slingshot related note, check out this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieWrWLjii0

 

[JoergS]

Aaah, good old Rufus Hussey. To bad he passed away a few years back.

One of the great shooters of all times!

Jörg

 

[SDC]

Sehr schon, Joerg! Welcome, and I have to say I'm amazed at your inventiveness; you should be talking to a patent attorney about some of these designs. On your "Freddy Krueger" design, it strikes me that you could build an "ammo magazine" into the central part of the grip, with a hole covered by your index finger; after firing one shot, you'd simply need to straighten out your finger to drop another ball into the pouch, and you'd be ready for another shot, possibly having an even faster rate of fire than the "Gatling" design.

 

[JoergS]

SDC, thanks for the nice welcome.

It is too late for a patent, you have to file BEFORE you publish an invention. That's OK, I have a good job and am in no need to start my own company. Making slingshots and videos is just a hobby, I enjoy it very much.

A ball magazine is nice, but the reloading still takes much more time than firing the gatling. You need several seconds to get the bands and pouch right, after a shot everything will be twisted and misaligned. So that's where you loose most of the time. The gatling design solves that.

Regards

Jörg

 

[the lone gunman]

I just started using cattys, I enjoyed your videos. Thanks.

 

[Schofield3]

Sehr gut!

sechs Schüsse!

How neat, Welcome to THR!!

 

[JoergS]

Here is a new video, it explains the Butterfly shooting technique and also shows off a new slingshot made out of polished brass and steel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7VBtkw5WT0

Jörg

 

[PaladinX13]

Wonderful youtube channel. Seeing anyone passionate about their projectile hobby and share it effectively is a pleasure to watch.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Well I have a nice winter time project. Building a sling shot.

 

[JoergS]

You can make a very good slingshot in a single day.

 

[Oyeboten]

This is really wonderful...


I had not thought about Slingshots in a long time.

 

[BruiseLee]

Joerg, watched a lot of you videos last night. All were very well done, educational, and entertaining as heck!

I especially liked your shot of the cooked leg of lamb after you shot it with the steel balls. Too funny!

You remind me of myself when I was a kid and me and my friends were shooting all kinds of stuff in our back yards. I strongly suspect you are very young at heart.

It's ridiculous you can't get a slingshot with a wrist brace in Germany. I thought California was bad, but at least slingshots haven't been banned here (yet).

 

[JoergS]

Well, slingshots are illegal in New Jersey! Seems like the 2nd amendment is not very much respected in some US states.

I don't mind the ban for braces as they make a slingshot bulky. A good design makes braces obsolete.

Like my "bow like" slingshot design. Here is a pic and a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xHzJ_f4-o

 

[NobleSniper]

Have enjoyed your video's today Joerg. Your very good at what you do. Keep posting. Might just have to pick one and try and make it myself. Haven't picked up a slingshot since I was a kid Thanks

 

[Deltaboy1984]

How to do it by Rufus
http://www.asheboro.com/users/teallen/bshooter.htm