Throw ball setup

[Icedog]

Awesome slingshot reel.
I have one very similar. I used flat aluminum bar stock and bent it to fit the wrist rocket handle and taped it on and taped the reel to the bar(no hose clamps to snag). I really like that yours can be pulled apart to be more compact.

 

[The_Fit_Ness_Monster]

Wespur has a cube that folds down extremely small (for a cube), I fit it along with 2 14oz throw balls and 150’ throw line easily in my assault pack along with all my other saddle gear. But I’ve been wondering if a normal wrist rocket could launch possibly a smaller oz throwball with throw line over a branch.

 

[MNFarmHunter]

Wespur has a cube that folds down extremely small (for a cube), I fit it along with 2 14oz throw balls and 150’ throw line easily in my assault pack along with all my other saddle gear. But I’ve been wondering if a normal wrist rocket could launch possibly a smaller oz throwball with throw line over a branch.

Possibly. You'd have to sew your own bag in the 2-4oz. range to use a standard wrist rocket. Aim would be far easier but wonder if it would have enough weight to pull the throwline down. I guess this is something else I'll have to try this spring.

 

[The_Fit_Ness_Monster]

Possibly. You'd have to sew your own bag in the 2-4oz. range to use a standard wrist rocket. Aim would be far easier but wonder if it would have enough weight to pull the throwline down. I guess this is something else I'll have to try this spring.

Yeah my thoughts exactly. Finding the, what weight the sling shot can handle vs what’ll take to get the line down sweet spot.

 

[MNFarmHunter]

Yeah my thoughts exactly. Finding the, what weight the sling shot can handle vs what’ll take to get the line down sweet spot.

Good news is that lead shot is cheap and I have enough scrap material laying around that it shouldn't be too hard to make.

 

[MNFarmHunter]

I mocked up a canvas bag for this. I'll sew it up, weigh it and post pics tonight.

 

[MNFarmHunter]

Just under 4oz.

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[bfriendly]

I’m gonna let y’all play with this one and I’ll watch for just a bit. I still need to order cord anyway

 

[The_Fit_Ness_Monster]

Just under 4oz.

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Oooo let me know what you find, I never really had trouble with the throw ball, humming it like a baseball but my range with the 14oz accurately is about 25 ish ft, but recently towards the end of this season I found a few spots where i would like to get closer to 30-35’. But luckily most of the woods I hunt are so dense with palmetta I usually stay around the 16-20’ range.

 

[Icedog]

I use a one ounce bell sinker and can shoot 40 foot limbs easily. I used to shoot a lot of birds and squirrels when I was a kid with a slingshot and iron ore pellets we picked up off the railroad tracks so learning to shoot a heavier weight just took a little practice to get my aim figured out. I am using a wristrocket and a reel with 15lb mono simular to the picture that MNFarmHunter posted. Dyneema cord shoots equally as good from a rope cube but the reel makes line pick a breeze.

 

[The_Fit_Ness_Monster]

I use a one ounce bell sinker and can shoot 40 foot limbs easily. I used to shoot a lot of birds and squirrels when I was a kid with a slingshot and iron ore pellets we picked up off the railroad tracks so learning to shoot a heavier weight just took a little practice to get my aim figured out. I am using a wristrocket and a reel with 15lb mono simular to the picture that MNFarmHunter posted. Dyneema cord shoots equally as good from a rope cube but the reel makes line pick a breeze.

I never thought of that, I wonder if 1. A 3 oz will work with small throw line and 2. Since it’s a small sleek weight it should have no problem sliding on down with little hiccups.

 

[bfriendly]

Question on paracord. Is the 550 gonna be plenty strong enough or are y’all using the 750?
No doubt I’m gonna ditch the idea of a throw ball and cube and make the slingshot catapult reel. I make lead spoons and am thinking a 3/4 or 1 oz should be plenty heavy enough to shoot accurately and slide down the other side. With a big fishing swivel and clip, I can unhook spoon, and attach paracord, reel it in. Put a cheap carabiner on one end with a loop on the other to form a loop. . If I leave it like that, it should be good to go.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Question on paracord. Is the 550 gonna be plenty strong enough or are y’all using the 750?
No doubt I’m gonna ditch the idea of a throw ball and cube and make the slingshot catapult reel. I make lead spoons and am thinking a 3/4 or 1 oz should be plenty heavy enough to shoot accurately and slide down the other side. With a big fishing swivel and clip, I can unhook spoon, and attach paracord, reel it in. Put a cheap carabiner on one end with a loop on the other to form a loop. . If I leave it like that, it should be good to go.

I would think 550 would be plenty strong. That's what I have been using. Buy it in 1000-foot spools to save money and get a good camo color that matches your environment to avoid detection. I got mine from paracord planet.

 

[Iron_llama]

Question on paracord. Is the 550 gonna be plenty strong enough or are y’all using the 750?
No doubt I’m gonna ditch the idea of a throw ball and cube and make the slingshot catapult reel. I make lead spoons and am thinking a 3/4 or 1 oz should be plenty heavy enough to shoot accurately and slide down the other side. With a big fishing swivel and clip, I can unhook spoon, and attach paracord, reel it in. Put a cheap carabiner on one end with a loop on the other to form a loop. . If I leave it like that, it should be good to go.

Are you using paracord for a throw line or for preset loops? There are better things to use as throw line. As far as your loops are concerned, it seems a lot of people are using mason twine, so strength isn't that much of an issue. We're only pulling a few dozen yards of climbing rope over a branch, so we're talking a few pounds of rope and the friction from the tree bark and branches.

 

[Icedog]

Question on paracord. Is the 550 gonna be plenty strong enough or are y’all using the 750?
No doubt I’m gonna ditch the idea of a throw ball and cube and make the slingshot catapult reel. I make lead spoons and am thinking a 3/4 or 1 oz should be plenty heavy enough to shoot accurately and slide down the other side. With a big fishing swivel and clip, I can unhook spoon, and attach paracord, reel it in. Put a cheap carabiner on one end with a loop on the other to form a loop. . If I leave it like that, it should be good to go.

I am using paracord for presets I my start using mason line as I think it will hide better, with a throw bag and to pull rope and weapon up and down I'm using dynaglide, and when I use the slingshot/reel I'm using 12 or 15 LB mono in case I have to break it off. On a rare occasion the sinker will whip around branches if I over powered my shot.

 

[bfriendly]

Are you using paracord for a throw line or for preset loops? There are better things to use as throw line. As far as your loops are concerned, it seems a lot of people are using mason twine, so strength isn't that much of an issue. We're only pulling a few dozen yards of climbing rope over a branch, so we're talking a few pounds of rope and the friction from the tree bark and branches.

I’ll shoot fishing line like MNFarmhunter has set up on page 2. Then pull paracord back over and make a preset loop. I may only do a few, but I do see a 1000’spool of 550 heading my way soon.

 

[bfriendly]

I’m sure I’ll tweak it, but the first draft is done. My first shot went way too far, got twisted and broke the line. Replaced the line with some 14lb xt but haven’t shot it yet….this is gonna work. Wondering if I can just shoot the paracord attached to a 3/4 or 1oz spoon….I’ll try it. Need to get a spool of paracord now!

 

[bfriendly]

This might be too easy…this thing worked flawlessly! I got 500’ of paracord and an ascender on the way. Hopefully next week I’ll be figuring out how to SRT Climb. Don’t have a long length of rope yet, but I’ll start out low and slow anyway.

 

[bfriendly]

I touched it up

 

[Iron_llama]

I was wondering which cheapo fishing pole I could sacrifice to do this, then I remembered: I live in Minnesota, and we ice fish here. A cheapo ice rig (complete with compact reel) can be had pretty cheap at Walmart. Should work just as well. I think I'd go with an open spincaster, though.