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Post by Marty on May 15, 2023 10:15:15 GMT -5
Don't get your bloomers in a bunch, I just needed a clever title.
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Post by drlj on May 15, 2023 10:22:53 GMT -5
I quit wearing bloomers a few years ago.
I read about the kid. I shudder to think what would have happened to his sister had he not been there.
He deserves a new wrist rocket. I have one. They are powerful!
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Post by Dub on May 15, 2023 10:22:55 GMT -5
Do you think a wooden slingshot could pass through airport security? (Asking for a friend.)
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Post by Marshall on May 15, 2023 10:31:45 GMT -5
Can you 3D print a slingshot?
(Asking for Dub)
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Post by John B on May 15, 2023 10:32:25 GMT -5
My bloomers arrive pre-bunched.
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Post by Marty on May 15, 2023 10:51:39 GMT -5
Can you 3D print a slingshot? (Asking for Dub) You just need to buy $100 3D printer. |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 15, 2023 10:53:55 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure ghost slingshots are illegal.
Mike
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Post by drlj on May 15, 2023 10:54:50 GMT -5
Can you 3D print a slingshot? (Asking for Dub) You just need to buy $100 3D printer. What’s wrong with cutting a forked branch and using sliced inner tube for the pulls like we did 60 years ago? |
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Post by billhammond on May 15, 2023 11:09:14 GMT -5
What’s wrong with cutting a forked branch and using sliced inner tube for the pulls like we did 60 years ago?  |
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Post by TKennedy on May 15, 2023 11:10:48 GMT -5
Latest reports leaked the brother’s first name - Dennis
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Post by epaul on May 15, 2023 11:27:44 GMT -5
That kid was a great shot.
I bought a target-grade slingshot along with a box of clay pellets last year with plans to do a little rabbit plunking in the backyard. I couldn't hit a damn thing and the plan went to the same place so many of my other plans have gone to.
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Post by Marty on May 15, 2023 12:10:00 GMT -5
A Wrist Rocket is illegal in some places. Those things can hurt like hell using a clay ball and deadly using a steel ball.  The range is overstated, 100 yd using a 3/8" steel ball for a effective hit. While the speed is quite understated, 430 fps @ 30 yd, using a 3/8" steel ball for a damaging hit. Pretty much like a .22 short. You can even get a arrow adaptor. |
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Post by drlj on May 15, 2023 16:51:02 GMT -5
A Wrist Rocket is illegal in some places. Those things can hurt like hell using a clay ball and deadly using a steel ball. The range is overstated, 100 yd using a 3/8" steel ball for a effective hit. While the speed is quite understated, 430 fps @ 30 yd, using a 3/8" steel ball for a damaging hit. Pretty much like a .22 short. You can even get a arrow adaptor. It’s not a toy. I have heard that some hunt rabbits using them. I wear mine in a holster at all times. You never know when a desperado or a rabbit will appear. As is true with everything else you might need, they are available on Amazon for $20 or less. They are illegal in the following places: Massachusetts. Duluth, Minnesota. St. Louis, Missouri. New Jersey. New York. Columbus, Ohio. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island I expected them to be outlawed in NY. Some can openers are illegal there. Rhode Island made the illegal list because the state is so small the projectiles fly into neighboring states and hit those residents. |
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Post by Marty on May 15, 2023 18:09:35 GMT -5
They are illegal in Duluth because all shots are either uphill or downhill. Uphill you can't hit shit and downhill you always aim too high.
Sideways doesn't exist, you have to visit there to understand.
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Post by james on May 15, 2023 18:27:13 GMT -5
In the UK, slingshots are usually called catapults. Amongst other uses, anglers use them for casting bait for carp and other fish. Using ball bearings as ammo, fancy catapults can be a formidable weapon.
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Post by jdd2 on May 15, 2023 18:36:02 GMT -5
True street red went to anyone who got surgical tubing instead of using inner tubes.
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Post by Village Idiot on May 15, 2023 21:30:44 GMT -5
I had a couple wrist rockets when I was kid. We'd ride our bikes to the Isaac Walton League and dig up lead slugs out of the dirt rifle range embankment. My Dad had a mold he'd used to make jig heads (people used lead for that in those days) so when he wasn't home my brother and I would sneak it out of the house, build a little fire and use it to make slingshot ammo.
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Post by TKennedy on May 15, 2023 21:35:19 GMT -5
When my kids were in high school they had this monster sling shot where one guy would hold each end and the third guy would pull it back with the load. (Like a pumpkin or watermelon) and it would launch them amazing distances.
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