Anyone making and selling Slingbows in the UK

[bigpaul]

C,mon old chap think laterally, being able for fire full length arrows or even long crossbow bolts at ranges up to say 25 yards from a LEGAL device you can keep in your leg pocket , its just another useful improvised food provider for our lists Instead of striking a firm but possibly not lethal blow to a pigeon, rabbit , partridge, pheasant or chav at modest ranges to putting an arrow through it has some advantages.

On a bushcraft forum a British lad from the east midlands says he got himself 12 of those natty screw together take down arrows and a Slingbow that uses a Whisker buisquit as the arrow guid and when folded / unscrewed all live in a pocket inside his Jack Pyke jacket.

you don't need any of that "whisker biscuit" stuff, that's only for people with too much money you need a split ring(the sort you put your keys on) about one and a quarter inch diameter(available from most Hardware type shops) and a pack of short cable ties(zip ties to our American cousins) put the ring in the middle of the Y of the catapult using the cable ties-1 on each side, job done..about 2 minutes work. the split ring is used purely as an arrow rest, the length of your arrow is dictated by how far you can pull the elastic back...in my case that's 26 inches. when not in use just fold up the catapult and put it in your coat pocket. you can get cheap quivers on line for the arrows, either a back one or a waist one whichever is your choice.