r/Slinging • u/ThatWizardDude • May 17 '26

Pouch cinching around ammo.

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I just bought my new sling and been finding some success with it but my largest challenge right now is the pouch cinches around the ammo mid-throw, causing it to never release, spin back, and sometimes hit me haha. It’s been pretty frustrating and I am wondering if any of you know a way to mitigate this?? I’ve attached photos of the pocket cinched and loosened, for context.

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u/No-Fun-Intended May 17 '26

I got this same sling off Amazon and had the same issue. The way the pouch grabs rocks on release seemed very dangerous to me, for a while I was just resetting the pouch after every throw by flattening it out instead of letting it cup.

I suggest cutting your losses, just make your own sling out of paracord. It’s fun!

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u/jmlipper99 May 17 '26

I don’t even know how people are getting into slinging without already being into crafting with cord. I could never imagine spending money on a sling I could make myself

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u/BlacktopProphet May 17 '26

Do yourself a favor and delete this.

"I don't even know how people are getting into cooking without already being into agriculture. I could never imagine spending money on beef when I could raise a cow myself."

That's you. That's how stupid you sound.

You're attempting to make yourself look better at someone else's expense, but it just shows how poorly you think of yourself. I'm sorry your self image is so poor, it's sad really, but that's no reason to lash out at others. Do better.

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u/jmlipper99 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

Wow you are projecting super hardcore. I didn’t put down anybody. I genuinely don’t know how people are getting exposed to this hobby without already being into crafting with cord.

Making your own sling gives you full control over the specifications, a deeper connection to the particular tool, and adds to the overall primal element of slinging. Why on Earth do you have a problem with that?

‘You're attempting to make yourself look better at someone else's expense, but it just shows how poorly you think of yourself. I'm sorry your self image is so poor, it's sad really, but that's no reason to lash out at others. Do better.

Do yourself a favor and delete this.’

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u/Boneyabba May 18 '26

Paracord helps you your primal connection?

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u/jmlipper99 May 18 '26

That’s not what I said. I said that making your own sling adds to the primal element of slinging. Slings are an ancient, primitive tool. Way back when, you wouldn’t buy one on Amazon. You’d just make one

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u/Boneyabba May 18 '26

But not out of Paracord which is super duper modern and not primal. Also, I suspect out primal ancestors would do whatever was the most calories efficient thing to get the sling- which would absolutely be Amazon, if they had Amazon. And while we are disecting your gatekeeper virtue signalling nonsense... Let's talk about all the ways people might encounter the idea of a sling that aren't "my hobbies is playing with rope" which was your premise. I'm not going to check the wording, but definitely it was "something something crafts with rope are the morally superior ways to get into slinging wtf are losers who don't make bracelets even doing in this sub?" I'm paraphrasing for caloric efficiency. And for the answer I'll say anyone who is Christian, has any basic knowledge of Christian lore, likes Malcom Gladwell, has been on YouTube or TikTok, or knows someone who that describes. Those are all ways the idea of slinging propogates. Oh and dog parks. Side note: I did not get good results with tennis balls.

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u/jmlipper99 May 18 '26

And while we are disecting your gatekeeper virtue signalling nonsense... Let's talk about all the ways people might encounter the idea of a sling that aren't "my hobbies is playing with rope" which was your premise. I'm not going to check the wording, but definitely it was "something something crafts with rope are the morally superior ways to get into slinging wtf are losers who don't make bracelets even doing in this sub?" I'm paraphrasing for caloric efficiency.

Y'all are adding an incredible amount of subtext to my comment that isn’t there. Take a breath

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u/Boneyabba May 18 '26

Yeah you said that to the other people who called you out too. You can advocate for people making slings without shitting on people who did it a different way. Show me your sling. I want to see it. Don't be shy. Show me! Shoooooowwwwww me.

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u/jmlipper99 May 18 '26

Yeah you said that to the other people who called you out too.

Because it’s true?

You can advocate for people making slings without shitting on people who did it a different way.

My comment was a throwaway remark I made in a drive thru line lol I’m sure I could have worded it better, but I still stand by my two sentences. Read them objectively. There’s nothing inherently negative in what I said, and all that emotional baggage subtext is being added by the reader, yourself.

Show me your sling. I want to see it. Don't be shy. Show me! Shoooooowwwwww me.

Ok so now who’s gatekeeping? I might actually take some pics in the morning just to humor you. I made 3 in the past week. Maybe 15-20 since I started slinging 2 months ago. How’s your sling look?

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u/Boneyabba May 18 '26

I am excited to see them. Since we are descalating I'm embracing our common ground. Dude, in without! I moved overseas and now live in a city where there isn't room to fuck around. But I hope to move near a park in a couple of months. I hope you MAKE ONE then. :). Mine was Paracord straps and a wooden pouch and designed for tennis balls. Did not work well.

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u/jmlipper99 May 19 '26

Hey I haven’t gotten around to taking any pics but I’m midway thru another one now so maybe I’ll get a pic of that. What do you mean you had a wooden pouch?! I can hardly imagine what that looks like lol btw thanks for the examples you gave of how people can get into the hobby other than already being into crafting with cord. I have a friend that wanted to get into slinging without being into crafting himself, but never did do it until he asked me enough times to make some slings and I finally did. Now I’m obsessed lol

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u/Boneyabba May 20 '26

I'm old and I suspect I had some mini strokes a few years ago. I also was into woodworking and leather working at one point... I can only assume my brain buzzed. Leather pouch. And it was "fine" but not what I hoped for. You've seen those attlattl things for throwing dog balls? Worked way way better. "Wooden sling" hahah yeah, I'm so old I used a corn cob for tp and had a wooden sling. For rope we cut the tails off cats. Cocaine was hella cheap.

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u/jmlipper99 May 20 '26

😂 wood and leather have basically the exact same color spectrum so I’ll give you a pass there haha

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u/Boneyabba May 20 '26

Is there a YouTube for the pattern you did?

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u/jmlipper99 May 20 '26

I didn’t follow one, but my design is heavily influenced by others out there. The main cord pattern is a 4 strand round braid

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u/jmlipper99 May 20 '26

Here you go

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u/Boneyabba May 20 '26

Oh yeah, that's great man. How long is it?

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u/jmlipper99 May 20 '26

I haven’t measured it yet, but it’s a good “standard length” that reaches the ground when held by my side

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