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NYC_SKP

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1. You''ll put you eye out.

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 12:05 AM

Dec 2012

Seriously, they can do some damage, but I'd expect that the type with a wrist bar would be easier on the joints and more capable of a greater force draw.

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The homemade sling shot [View all] Kaleva Dec 2012 OP

You''ll put you eye out. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

I'd have to make one with a wrist bar Kaleva Dec 2012 #3

They told me they banned slingshots when I was a kid in the Sixties. bluedigger Dec 2012 #2

Try one of these rrneck Dec 2012 #4

Good slingshots can be bought for a low price Kaleva Dec 2012 #6

I've had a few like that, and they work. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #7

I think I'll buy one come spring Kaleva Dec 2012 #8

They're huge fun rrneck Dec 2012 #9

Wearing a glove and safety glasses are recommended by many. Kaleva Dec 2012 #10

I remember messing around Jenoch Dec 2012 #11

You could do stuff with them rrneck Dec 2012 #12

A video instruction on how to make the steel "W" Kaleva Dec 2012 #5

I think I can make this out of 3/8" black iron nipples and fittings Kaleva Jan 2013 #14

This is the type of sling shot I use. oneshooter Dec 2012 #13