ไม่สามารถเล่นวิดีโอนี้
ขออภัยในความไม่สะดวก
Banding up the Wham-O Sportsman Slingshot
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2021
- Wham-O sold thousands of these oak boardcut slingshots and they are often available at garage sales, thrift shops, and other resale outlets. I make bands for mine from #107 office rubber bands. This vid shows how I mount them on the slingshot.
Years ago, Gary "Flatband" Miller made a couple of prototype National Slingshot Association commemorative slingshots, which strongly resemble the Wham-O, but has valleys on each side for a better thumb and index finger grip. This was for the 2nd iteration of the NSA, run by Chief AJ, and short-lived, when folks realized that the chief was only running the organization for the main purpose of selling his slingshots. He had little interest in target shooters, and glorified those who downed the biggest animals with a slingshot.
Gary gifted those prototype Wham-O lookalike slingshots to me.
I am VERY happy to be in possession of a made-for-me, handmade, Richard "Blue" Skeen slingshot which he made from a branch - I'm guessing Dogwood. He signed it for me. BTW - I never met the man, all I did was send to him a letter expressing my appreciation for his involvement in slingshooting - a champ in every way!
THWACK!
Thanks for dropping by and dropping some knowledge! Congratulations on landing Gary's prototypes! I really admire his early ergo designs.
Gary started making them again later, I have one of those later ones, it's one of my prized possessions, I have a couple of slingshots made by Gary, my wife has two as well I believe. Even though I seldom shoot anymore, those will be with me till I go.
Thanks for the info. I got my wham-O over 70 years ago. It was $ 1, and came with 40 steel balls and extra rubber bands.
I still use it today. I have over 50 other slingshots now many based on the Wham-O design. Stay well..
Thanks for the comment, Arnold! Do you hold with a hammer grip, or brace grip? And what is your current choice of band material? You clearly have a lot more experience with this slingshot than I do!
A classic piece! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for check in! You know it's a classic when it gets copied and copied and copied! LOL! But they are pretty much all relegated to the nostalgia bin now!
I tried the match stick method, it worked but the bands came loose after a few shots. Decided to go over the top. Didn't cut the slots off nor fill the slots with epoxy and saw dust. I put double sided tape over the top then covered it with very soft leather. Then just wrap and tuck OTT. Works great and is more consistent than ever before.I don't shoot the Wham-O often enough to get a box of 50, 107 office rubbers. Keep up the good work and stay well.
I suspect there are not many shooters who use the Wham-O as their main slingshot! Glad you found something that works for you!
Good tutorial!
Thanks! I knew you'd like this one.
How's the longevity of your bands ?!
How's it shooting rocks through it?!
I rate the longevity for these as very good. I estimate about a 1000 shots. My favorte ammo for these bands is 5/8-inch glass marbles or 1/2-inch steel. I don't shoot rocks as ammo, mostly because rock in my part of Kansas are rarely smooth or nicely shaped. Thanks for dropping by!