Catapult Dangers..!!

[Greg]

Came across this Home made Catapult video on Facebook...Real or Fake it brings home the dangers of using a catapult..or any projectile weapon at close quarters..!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuSJJSk5ws4

 

[Shewie]

I took a rusty ball bearing to the side of my head from a mates Black Widow when we were kids, still got the scar now

 

[Coldfeet]

Lucky that wasn't a few inches lower, otherwise that wouldn't have been a glancing blow. I wonder if all the red on his shirt is blood?

 

[Greg]

I wonder if all the red on his shirt is blood?

Like I said...not sure if its real or fake..but it is certainly a very real threat.

 

[Badger74]

This video has been shown before, and I think it came out as a fake in another video where the guy explained how he did it.

But the point is STILL very valid, fake or not!

 

[Tank]

That is from the sling shot channel, Joerg Sparve
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZlxkKqlvVqzRJXhAGq42Q

It was a demo / fund raising for a movie he is doing "Zombie Wars". the video was to show what effects they could do for $300 if remember correctly.

Making of - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc5HUS8dLN0

 

[Coldfeet]

This video has been shown before, and I think it came out as a fake in another video where the guy explained how he did it.

But the point is STILL very valid, fake or not!

Absolutely! Deadly in the wrong hands/conditions.

 

[petrochemicals]

Mmm, the ball bounced rather well, but I get the impression that if you where standing in front of it would be similar to the effects suggested. I don't think ball bearings bounce that well.

 

[GGTBod]

i fire 10mm steel ones from my barnett and they bounce like crazy if they hit a bouncy surface like a tree and can come right back at you

 

[GGTBod]

That bloke from the slingshot channel is great, i find it hard to not really like people with his level of enthusiasm

 

[21st century pict]

Yup its a fake, its a good one but never the less it's a hoax by Jorgen Sprave on the Slingshot Channel .
having said that I surprise he never cut himself in half with his "machete thrower shlingshot" now that was a nasty looking thing.

 

[petrochemicals]

I take it back, I've just had youtube spit this one up at me,if he was using this one he might just get that sort of bounce.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5YOYrRejY

 

[GGTBod]

The slingshot channel is the best thing i have found on youtube in years, the fully automatic pencil repeater makes me smile from ear to ear, also the video where he takes on the best handguns in the world is brilliant

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