Big SHot

I'm sure taht there are instructions on the Sherrill website.

There are two things that are critically important to pay attention to.

First, make sure that the tubing doesn't have any spiral or twist in it when you're done with the installation. Before installing lay the tubing down and use a marking pen to run a line as a reference between the pouch and the end.

Get the tubing installed on the horns of the BS equally. One of my installs had the tubing bunched up which shortened the tubing in that side. This meant that my shots would go off to one side instead of being straight. After I paid closer attention to the length of tubing on the horns and the length between the horn tip and the pouch they all shoot straight.

Mix up a tiny bit of liquid dish soap in water as a lube. Slog it on inside the tubing and on the horns. Do the install, make adjustments then wait at least 24 hours to shoot.
 
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Does anyone know how to replace the rubber on this thing. It's a pain in the.... Not sure how to do it. I have the tubing.

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You'll need rubbing alcohol, long nose pliers, xacto blade.

Work with a longer length of tube than you're going to need.

Look at the old tubing to see where to cut the hole where the tubing will girth the pouch webbing loop.

Here's one way to attach the tubing to the pouch (I have to make a drawing of another method that's a little easier to pull through):
Install tubing on pouch

It's a pain to pull the tubing through, use plenty of rubbing alcohol.

Once you have both lengths of tubing attached to the pouch, trim the length of the tubing to match the original tubing length, use the rubbing alcohol to work the tubing onto each side of the slingshot head. Try not to build any twist into the tubing when you're installing it on the head.

Good luck with it,
-AJ
 
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Does anyone know how to replace the rubber on this thing. It's a pain in the.... Not sure how to do it. I have the tubing.

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Before I posted should've asked, "Are you building the sling replacement from scratch or using the Sherrill kit?"
-AJ
 
It's raining with tornado warnings - so been doing some maintenance and giving the pouch connection problem some thought …

Recently received a Sherrill's "Sling Replacement Kit" for the BigShot. Apparently there has been some 'upgrade' since Moss did his excellent illustration of the pouch connection. I noticed the outer layer of the pouch connection was too thin to be the actual tubing. I peeled it back and found it was a sleeve over the end of the tubing that reinforced the connection. It can be seen in the picture below.
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Upon further analysis, it appears that the reinforcing sleeve is that same 'thin' tubing used in the 'finger' sleeve at the bottom of the pouch. The pouch attachment must be as illustrated below.
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Also been thinking of alternatives for simplifying this difficult assembly. I have <u>NOT</u> tried this but suspect that Sherrill's "Blue Bandit" tool could make the task much easier. After the hole through the sleeve and tubing is cut, insert the four prongs of the tool into the hole and expand it. Then, encircle the pouch webbing and thread the tubing through the expanded hole until tight - remove tool.

I'm just guessing it will work but probably won't ever know because Sherrill's "Sling Replacement Kit" is cheap enough that it's not worth the time to make the connections myself - plus it comes with a new pouch. Now Tobe ... don't be raising the price, LOL.
 
That's pretty interesting. I guess Sherrill has added the outer sleeve over the tubing cinch to help prevent the most common cause of big slingshot failure: the hole that is cut in the tubing to allow the pouch attachment enlarges over time and eventually fails. It's actually the best place for a failure to occur since nothing comes back at your face when it happens.

Once you get the hang of it it's not too difficult to install tubing on the pouch.

The method I use now is easier (sorry no drawing):
1. Work the webbing loop from the pouch up through the end of the tube closest to the hole and then pull it out through the hole as far as you can. Needlenose pliers and rubbing alcohol are essential to do this.
(Note: the webbing loop on the stock Sherrill pouch may not be long enough to do this method, I have a custom sling pouch.)
2. Take the other end of the tube and work it through the webbing loop end that you pulled through the tubing hole.
3. Now pull the entire length of the tubing through the webbing loop (a little alcohol is useful here)
4. Cinch it up tight, then take the tubing sleeve end and flip it back over the tubing cinch (this is frustrating to accomplish but very doable)

-AJ
 
I'm doing this from scratch with black tubing fom Treestuff.com. I didn't get my bigshot from sherrill, it was noteably cheaper at another site, go figure?? I will try mosses drawing method now. I have plenty of extra tubing just in case. I F it up, which I probably will.LOL
 
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That was too easy, OMG

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Awesome! Judging by the time of your posts it took you roughly 25 minutes, it took me much longer the first time I did it, nicely done!
-AJ
 
For us old timers it would be easier to do a replacement with the vendor. Turn in your old head for a rebuild.

Replacing those snubbers is a task I would easily let some young fellow do for me.

And I wouldn't even charge them for it.
 
When I was a kid I learned that hair gel was awesome for putting grips on handle bars.

I use hair gel on my kids sling shots too.

Hair gel is slick wet, but dries sticky. It will work well!
 
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