Quote:This illustration of a slinger confuses me greatly! No slight on your artistic talents here, It's a lovely illustration.
My question would be.. Whilst he is holding the grip of the shield, how the devil is he supposed to reload the pocket of the sling?
I don't find this to be a problem and doesn't require setting down the sling at all. I feel odd about posting this as it seems natural to me, but I've seen this come up a couple of times on RAT. I have two slings one 48" and the other 72" total length. I try to use glandes weighing 1.5 - 2 ounces (42 - 57 gr) Lead is nice but has some environmental issues.
1. Hold shield in left hand.
2. Hold end of the sling cords in right hand with finger through end loop.
3. Bring hands together, hooking the cords behind the thumb of the left hand while still holding shield handle.
4. Draw hands apart while allowing cords to slide between thumb and fingers of left hand.
5. Stop when the pouch of the sling reaches fingers of left hand.
6. Hold pouch and shield in left hand. Hold cord ends in right hand.
7. Reach into projectile (glandes) bag with right hand while continuing to hold the cord ends.
8. Select the glandes you want by feel, while continuing to hold ends of cords.
9. Withdraw right hand from bag.
10. Bring hands back together.
11. Using both hands, place glandes in pouch, wrap pouch around glandes.
12. Pinch the pouch or cords where they meet on the opposite side of the glandes, thus holding glandes tightly.
13. While continuing to hold shield, use left hand to hold/pinch sling pouch with glandes pinched inside.
14. Draw hands apart with right hand moving upwards at a diagonal.
15. When cords are taut, release the pouch and glandes from the left hand.
16. Pouch and glandes will swing free but glandes should stay in the pouch.
17. Check for stray civilians and such.
18. Begin your wind-up and release.
Well it works for me.
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