Originally posted by Treeman
While we are on the subject of Big Shots- what pole length is everybody using? I use a 10 foot pole- got rid of the 8 because I got tired of sitting on my butt. Anyone else use long poles?

Good one Treeman. I haven't used a Bigshot yet but thought that it looked uncomfortable and difficult to aim while crunched down low to the ground. Did you make a custom length segmented pole?

I still have the original 8 ft Poles from the manufacturer. I see the point that Treeman makes on sitting down to be able to release and aim the Bigshot. Using a trigger release you could potentially use it like a shot gun and hold it against your shoulder instead. Treetramp has a good set up like that and uses it with great accuracy. Lets see if he chimes in w/ a report.

To digress further but maybe stay in the Bigshot topic. Does anybody know the spec on the elastic tubing used for the Bigshot? I'm messing around with a homemade design.

Hello Moss, I was looking at the old postings and there was a long discussion we had about the Big Shot, parts, usage, triggers and component replacement parts. There is somewhere in there something that Treetramp posted about a company that sells the tubing for making the shot/slings and similar type of materials. Do a search for "Big Shoot " and see if you can locate the info there. Sorry, I did not take the time to get the actual post _link_ but I am sure is there.
Good luck / with Big Shoting.

I have made a least a dozen home made big shots and the ones the work the best use the replacement rubbers/pouch that I buy from Sherrills. To buy the tubing from a dive shop supplier for spear guns costs too much and you still have to sew your own pouch.

My heads are _meta_l rods brazed into a steel 3/4" pipe coupling and then the rods are heated to red hot and bent to shape. The head is then slipped onto a length of 3/4" electrical conduit called EMT. Drill a hole and secure with a _meta_l screw.

My trigger is a quick-release snap tied to the EMT with an accessory cord using a double fishermans knot the then slides down the EMT on a prusik.

Place an 8 ounce throwbag in the pouch with the quick snap on the web (cut the rubber gripper off the pouch handle). Slide the prusik down the EMT; ready; Aim- FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With 1.7mm Fling-it you can be a dead-eye shot with just a little practice.

I put a table leg end cap on the EMT's end and you are ready to go. I carry one in my pickup truck that I have cut to just the right lenght to fit along the side of the bed so it is always ready to go.

We string Christmas lights in a zig-zag fashion thru the trees and others around here are doing the same. They see my lightweigth sling shot on a pole and have to have one for their own. $100 and we are both happy. For long shots over 300 feet in distance we shoot electrical wire pulling string that comes in a 6500 foot bucket for about $40 and it pays out super fast.

See you at the top,
Dan

What is this wire pulling string stuff?

Moss- I bought two 5 foot poles.

TreeTramp: Have Sling- Will Climb.
Palidin, roving the country with trigger set for slingin'. A novel in the making or novel walking? Hmmmm.