Gamekeeper catapults

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Never seen anyone use a catapult like this guy, check out the shot at 3:19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5YduDAQloA
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Jesus, thats some shooting alright :eek:
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Can that be real? most people wouldnt be able to hit that with and air rifle and scope?
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Seems bloody accurate!!! :suspect: :scratch: :suspect:
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Have a watch of this fella Dave. Sadly passed away now but a slingshot legend. :wink:
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Two beetles making love on a leaf then bang :laughs: fantastic shooting yet again.
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ChristopherH wrote:
Have a watch of this fella Dave. Sadly passed away now but a slingshot legend. :wink:

The first vid wouldn't work (on phone) but that guy Chris is good, who needs guns eh
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Thats unreal... he dont even seem to aim!! Thats obviously real but still have me doubts over the other vid....
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ChristopherH wrote:
Have a watch of this fella Dave. Sadly passed away now but a slingshot legend. :wink:
Yep that is some shooting, he appeared to be shooting with irregular shaped lumps of rock. Keeper John always uses the same size ball bearing which must help accuracy.

Lead moulded into the pocket on a pair of pliers :thumbs:
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DizzyDave wrote:
ChristopherH wrote:
Have a watch of this fella Dave. Sadly passed away now but a slingshot legend. :wink:
Yep that is some shooting, he appeared to be shooting with irregular shaped lumps of rock. Keeper John always uses the same size ball bearing which must help accuracy.

Lead moulded into the pocket on a pair of pliers :thumbs:
I mould my own lead balls Dave. I have 11 and 12 mm moulds. I can get a pretty limitless supply of scrap lead from work so the only cost is the gas to melt it.
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Nice when a plan comes together :thumbs:
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DizzyDave wrote:
Nice when a plan comes together :thumbs:
To be fair Dave at the moment I'm a hopeless shot with it. :laughs:

I'm on a bit of a mission to shoot my dinner with one. It's not something I spend much time doing but I know of lads who can take out a pheasant at will. I would love to be competent enough to bag the odd bit of game for eating purposes but if it is going to happen I'm going to have to get around to practicing with a catty. Obviously it would be irresponsible to be shooting at live targets without a reasonable level of competence.
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Great videos, I want one!!
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:wink:

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Bagged a rabbit from about 20 yards on my syndi' water in the summer, in the dark. Head torch, bright eyes, twang!!
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When I was a young'un we made all our own catty's from cut branches and inner tube rubber (it had to be red rubber from bicycle tubes and of course a leather shoe tongue for the stones (or marbles).
We lived on the beach so we had loads of ammo and me and my cousins were pretty proficient at killing small rodents and birds back then, we did also get into quite a few fights back in the day and they were lethal then.
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I got into making a few 'naturals' a year or two back. This was my first home made catapult. I'm not certain of the timber but I think it may be Ash.

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I used to be a crack shot as a kid with a catty and after coming across these videos on YouTube, I thought I got to have a go at making one. I knocked up a decent hardwood fork and sourced some theraband gold on ebay. After plinking up the garden, I soon brought back that child in me. :laughs:
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