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RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - CharlesHarris - 31 December 2013
From my own boyhood experience, lead buckshot of SG or larger size are about optimum. If you already have a mold to cast buckshot or round balls for a blackpowder cap & ball revolver, any size from about 8mm to 15mm is effective. For birds or rabbits a group of six to ten No.2 lead shot works well at close ranges with 10 metres or so.
RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - Tartar Horde - 31 December 2013
I came across this bloke a while ago and he amazed me with his skill using a Catty, plus he wears Dungarees as every good ole boy should lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9ieWrWLjii0
RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - Mortblanc - 31 December 2013
Dungarees???
We "good old boys" refer to those coverings as overalls, properly pronounced "overhauls".
They are the most divine invention ever created by the clothing industry and every prepper should have a pair. Once you wear them for a heavy job of work you will be satisfied with nothing else.
They are an instant cure for the belt cutting one in half partway through the day due to weight in the pockets. They are also a remarkable instant cure for "plumbers butt", that syndrome where the pants creep down to expose the upper portion of the neither regions when bending over.
Be advised that if one orders a pair of "overhauls" on line they must be specified in a size several marks larger than the normal. They shrink severely when washed.
RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - CharlesHarris - 31 December 2013
The United States Navy, Merchant Marine and Marine Corps utility work uniform is still commonly referred to in the service as "dungarees." While the Navy bell bottomed old blue denims, blue chambray cotton work shirt and "Dixiecup" hat and Marine sage green herringbone twill of WW2 have long since been replaced with Marpat, drill instructors and Chiefs still call them "dungarees," sometimes "utilities," but never "fatiques" (the Army terminology) because a Marine is by definition physically fit and isn't permitted to be "fatigued".....
RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - Mortblanc - 1 January 2014
Never fatigued?
Marines are never fatigued because they do so little!
In the Army if you weren't exhausted you weren't working hard enough!
RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - Tartar Horde - 1 January 2014
For anyone wanting to source a good catapult from UK check out this bloke. He also has some good videos on youtube showing his considerable skill at hunting and target.
http://www.gamekeeper-catapults.co.uk/
If you want to check out his shooting then just search for Gamekeeper John in Youtube.
RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - Highlander - 1 January 2014
wow,... I must practice with my catapult,... that guy is amazing...
RE: Catapult, aka Slingshot or "Bean Shooter" - CharlesHarris - 1 January 2014
This chap is a great shot! Bravo Zulu!
On our side of the pond Rufus Hussey is known as the "Bean Shooter Man"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmE5zSIbkk
http://www.newseniors.com/rufus-hussey-the-beanshooter-man/
http://slingshotforum.com/topic/20147-rufus-hussey-video/