Are you shift right clicking?
If that's not the issue, idk what it is.
Also, on the note of ranged weaponry:
Did anybody else have the idea to make a TiCo bow early game?
I once heard mDiyo say that no matter how powerful your diamond sword is, your bow will
always be better.
Perhaps not always, but you get the idea.
All it takes to actually make a functional bow (minus the tinker's tables) is 3 sticks, some string (you know, from the huge spiders outside your door every morning?), a feather (or leaves or slime, they all work), and 2 bone meal (don't use a bone; using bone meal is more efficient. Every time.).
Use three string to make a bowstring, then two of the three sticks as tool rods to make a bow. I named mine the
PoopBow.
Then, use two bone meal to make an arrow head. Use the feather to make a fletch, combine with a stick and bam! Four arrows and a high-ish damage bow. The arrows can even be retrieved after you hit an enemy with them, at least if that hasn't been nerfed.
Presto! More damage than the needle gun (if Ig tweaks isn't lying), retrievable ammo, you can easily make
more ammo, esp. if you get more feathers from some of the mobs. I think I got mine from a skeleton...? And it's super easy to repair.
Now, I haven't
tested mine, but I think it will work pretty well.
I want to know how that's possible. I don't believe you. (Holes in the ground
are fancier, for the record)