I know that topics on "weapons" have been done to death on here but I am asking for peoples opinion's on this as a recreational tool and a useful item in a SHTF situation.
I have always been one who has had bows/arrows and catapults growing up but recently came across a slingbow as being an compact amalgamation of the two.
Does anyone own one, or has owned/used one and what are your opinion s one them as opposed to having a bow/arrows and catapult as separate items?
For the benefit of the forum I am trying to get informed opinions on this as both a recreational tool and as something I may want in case of a SHTF situation but I don't want this spiralling into a zombie apocalypse thread please
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There was a guy on that new prepper show last night who used an arrow with a catapult.
I am assuming that is where this question comes from.
He was the guy with one eye and the gorgeous dog.
I thought it was a fox when I first saw it sticking it's head out of the window.
Ron Hoods, in his DVD's, uses a Carabiner clip and medical tubing to make a small bow and arrow which is quite accurate and lethal.
It would fit nicely in your pocket, the arrows would be a bit harder to get in there but that is one for someone else to figure out.
I used a cheap metal slingshot and made a arrow rest with bent wire. Hey presto, slingbow and dead cheap. Power was good when used with kiddie arrows with rubber suckers (using a cheaper version of theraband sliced thin). If my bands were longer i would have enough length for proper arrow shooting and I believe that the accuracy would be great. Not quite on par with bow power maybe, but still a good medium range weapon.
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Bladerunner wrote:There was a guy on that new prepper show last night who used an arrow with a catapult.
I am assuming that is where this question comes from.
He was the guy with one eye and the gorgeous dog.
I thought it was a fox when I first saw it sticking it's head out of the window.
Ron Hoods, in his DVD's, uses a Carabiner clip and medical tubing to make a small bow and arrow which is quite accurate and lethal.
It would fit nicely in your pocket, the arrows would be a bit harder to get in there but that is one for someone else to figure out.
Be lucky (and arbalested)
As long as you're sure he didn't loose the eye using the slingbow, then it seems like a viable hunting weapon, for small game of course.
It said the guy lost his eye in a paintballing accident.
He had what looked like a glass eye that was all black.
It looked quite cool but not cool enough to emulate.
I love the idea with the pipe and shooting through it.
Here is a link to the Ron Hood Slingbow I mentioned earlier.
I did have one, well still do sort of, made with a black widow catty with a whisker biscuit cable tied on, same setup Dave Canterbury used in one of his earlier youtube vids. Unfortunately I've lost the whisker biscuit insert, I can find no UK suppliers of them, seems they have to be shipped from America. It's a compound bow sight thats great for adapting for use with a slingbow.
Used carbon and wooden arrows with it, shooting at a martial arts kick pad from around 20 yards, great fun but not much good for anything bigger than small game which you would need to practise a lot to be able to hit.
I would of course only condone bow hunting in a SHTF scenario.
