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He couldn't walk in Saul's armor and with Saul's sword (Saul was quite tall, and David was still a young boy at the time). So he needed a) a weapon to use (because he couldn't use the sword) and b) preferably something with range (because he couldn't use the armor). So, since he had a sling, and was a pretty good shot with it from using it to scare predators away from the sheep.
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According to tradition, David was not a young boy (see 1 Samuel 16:18). He was in his twenties. Also, David did not kill the predators with his sling - he used his hands (1 Samuel 17:35). However, he was physically not a big man.
To address the question, the chief reason that David took nothing but a slingshot was to show his complete trust in God. The death of Goliath was a miracle in which God took part no less than did David.
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