Anyone try a slingshot for paintball?

[Chappy]

The People’s Republic of New Jersey protects us from these as well. May as well have a sawed off 10gauge under you car seat if you carry a slingshot lol.

[Chuck E Ducky]

NY they are as well. You know what’s not a flame thrower

[coyote]

I have seen it done at a handful of scenario games

Style points to those who try it. Style points squared for those who score eliminations. It's a difficult wonky platform to play with.

I have scored far more eliminations with barrel tags and training knives. I don't have the patience for a slingshot.

[cheapguitarscheapthrills]

This is a new experience for me because Slingshots are illegal in MA 😂

[cheapguitarscheapthrills]

Mark's got the Bart Simpson

[Chuck E Ducky]

I can get 260fps on a full draw with one of these. It’s definitely good enough to get an elimination.

https://www.amazon.com/Barnett-16043.../dp/B000HE8NL2

[markdem]

Yep. I keep it for days when the younger rentals are too scared to play against me. Tough to shoot from a crouched position

[Ramfaux]

It's challenging but doable. Getting a kill is extremely satisfying.

[redsquirrel]

Slingshot paintball is a great time. Have gotten a couple eliminations in rec ball that were extremely satisfying, but it’s very very difficult depending on the field. Gotta play fairly stealthily and only engage within about 10-30ft. Have only ever used a cheap Barnett or Daisy slingshot with 15 balls or so in a dump pouch up front.

1v1 slingshots on a speedball field is also a blast but can quickly become a funny running match of misses and bounces.

Some fields are weird about slingshots but I’ve probably never gotten a ball much over 200.

[Kit352]

We have sling shot paint all fights all.the time. I use the daisy ones from Cabela's I think? Just gotta be gentle on the squeeze. Have the sling wrap around the ball and pull from front of the ball. The key to a good slingshot is getting ones with bigger tubes and sling so your not putting a lot of force on just one area when you pull back.
We use them in close quarters almost exclusively. In abandoned buildings sort of thing. They are pretty accurate up to maybe 100ft. We never wear masks but I wear glasses so I don't care if someone gets hit in the eye lol

[Pumps4ever]

oh man that would hurt

[vijil]

I used to mess around in the backyard with a cheap one 20 years ago

Worked well - you can crush the ball on the draw but honestly that's just a technique thing. Pinch in front of the ball, not on it.

Velocity was in the 200s, so, playable.

[Pyrate Jim]

I've seen a couple like that. One guy had a pouch to hold the ball with a tab on the back to pull so you wouldn't squish the paintball.
Another guy made a paintball grenade launcher out a rubber band speargun. Saw it work, but it was never field legal.
That grenade coming down could knock a man off his feet.

[BrickHaus]

I've used a normal wrist rocket years back. With my crossmann wrist rocket balls had a huge arc of flight. Balls seemed to be a bit heavy for a usable velocity with that wrist rocket specifically.

[Pumps4ever]

Yep, we shot 50cal out of our slingshots as a kid when we ran out of Co2