slingshot

[Anonymous]

Hi I was hunting with my slingshot then it jammed how do I fix it and how the heck does a slingshot jam?

[Angela Christine]

I can't test it at the moment, but if I remember from last time I had a slinger it just means that your sling is unloaded.  If you try to fire an unloaded sling it isn't going to work, obvioiusly, but the jammed message is a little jarring.  

My guess is that at one point slings and crossbows were designed together using similar code, and the jammed message is a remnant of that.  Both crossbows and slings need to be loaded, different from the way long and shortbows work.  I can see a crossbow getting jammed, but it does seem odd for a sling.

Anyway, just removing the sling and loading it seemed to fix the "jam" for me.

AC