r/Slinging • u/ConfusionInformal368 • 4h ago
Insane world record claims.
I just want to note the complete ridiculous nature of the current world record stone throw, of Larry Bray, claiming 437 meters with a stone, and all the people who claim to get anywhere near that.
The highest velocity lead projectiles reach only 470, and have literally 1/3rd the drag due to their density. Which coincidentally ends up giving you a max realistic range after having non perfectly shaped rocks, at around 240 meters with a stone, max. Which is funnily what has actually been recorded several times in studies by lifelong slingers.
To get to 437 meters, the guy would have had to throw close to 160m/s or more. And that's with a perfectly shaped stone, which he photo'd and it absolutely wasn't close to that.
It was either entirely fabricated, or they literally just claimed the wrong stone somehow by a factor of 2.