Heads Up Gents,
I'd like to inject a modicum of realism for the UK here.
Even though I'm not a moderator, the discussion of the suitability of a slingshot for precuring live prey is getting very close to call.
For day to day use, a slingshot is most definately not suitable for the purpose that this thread is supposing. In a survival situation, the opposite might be true though your chances of a kill would be greatly enhanced by plenty of inanimate target practice.
Further discussion of pest control or meat procuration with air rifles might also be better suited to another forum dedicated to that topic. There are laws in the UK which cover these topics very clearly and the members here should not be advocating the misuse of anything, other than to point the questioner in the right direction of law abiding advice.
Neither Tony, the other members nor the site as a whole wants to be burdened with the bad reputation that such discussions can leave. We all know that in a life or death situation, anyone could justifiably do pretty much anything to stay alive, that is the exception to the norm. That norm, for daily life, says we have to obey the laws that cover the killing of wild animals and the use of weapons on owned land.
Leon, in answer to your original post,
hi i am more than likely going to buy the black widow slingshot and will use it for hunting small game - Don't it is illegal.
what is the biggest or hardest to kill animal you have bagged with this slingshot? A Policeman.
do you think the slingshot is any good for a first time hunter? No, a camera would be much better.
if not what is the best and most powerfull slingshot i should buy for hunting? Don't - you'll get yourself branded a thug, no better than the torturers of pets that make the headlines every so often.
Now here's the crunch - I've shot for a few years with both air and live ammunition - I do it because I can see at least two benefits when I take each life -it keeps my friends livestock safe from broken limbs, and it provides my family with organic meat that does not get passed around from pillar to post before laying on a supermarket shelf for a week.
Ogri the trog