catapults

[BWB 3]

great this is my first two page topic lol ( i know sad isnt it ) thanks for all the replys

[Guest oldskool]

Take a look at this catapult.....seems like some work has gone into it....

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...30992&rd=1&rd=1

 

 

indeed he has... if i had few shillings to spare i would definatley put a bid on it :thumbs-up:

[borderboy 80]

Edited February 2, 2007 by borderboy

[bigdan 11]

use them all the time always have milbro and deadshot were best hard to get hold of if anyone has any for sale pm me i do a lot of bushing very handy cheers dan

[witton 6]

Iv got a barnet diablo just use it to shoot the starlings when they drop onto the pairs on my garden. With practice they are good fun. I shot a marble at a basket ball from about 10 yards and it bounced back and hit me in the eye, i had a shiner and a blood shot eye for a week

David

[borderboy 80]

Edited February 2, 2007 by borderboy

[Paid 935]

 

 

Heres mine made from a bit of yew, that one on ebay does look a goodun.

[steve66 3,559]

Yep the one one ebay does look good wonder how it performs though ?

how have you attached the elastic onto yours paid ?

[Guest oldskool]

where do you get the elastics from?? i used strips from a bicycle tube. from what i remember it was pretty powerful, that is if you could pull it back

[steve66 3,559]

just buy barrnet replacements

[J Darcy 5,871]

If the elastic is too strong you will miss as this causes a shake as you release. i used to use latex from the local fishing tackle shop. Only medium strength. Mine seemed to do ok and was a constant companion on my many fishing trips in case the local geese came too close!

[mole catcher 1]

i tell you what,you boys dont know what a real catty is. take a look at mine.

 

To make 1 you will need 3 tonne of finest english oak, seasoned of course. 500 yrds of strong lashings and of course dont forget the projectile. The best being either a non compliant infadel, a 1tonne rock flaming for effect or, in the case of a siege a dead rotton cow (that gets the buggers out of their castle)

[guns 13]

the only thing I managed to kill with the sling shot was a squirrel and the marble hit the floor and bonced up and hit the little bugger under the chin killed him alright misses boght me a pro diablo for xmas and cant it bugger all wit it she had a go and was knocking cans down on every shot. The that was the 1st and last time I let her have a go seen the bloke at the gamefair who was absolutly brilliant with them

[Paid 935]

how have you attached the elastic onto yours paid ?

 

 

The good old cure all, the cable tie

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

he ducked and in goes the window of the house accross the road should have left the bird alone!

 

 

That did it for me!!!

 

 

Incidentally; Starlings are now Protected under british law. Not allowed to kill them any more. But I'm not getting on any high horses about it, because .....

 

 

Best man I ever knew of with a catty was an old friend of mine, Johnny W*llet. Mark A was, at that time, helping make ends meet with a spot of Taxidermy and he was none too fussy about where he got his specimens from. He'd sussed out where a Tawney Owl was roosting, in a local grave yard, and so enlisted John's help to 'aquire' this top selling piece of would be work.

 

Off they go, in the middle of the night. Find the tree. Mark gives it a good crack with a big stick and, sure enough, Mr Owl was at home and made a fly for it. Up goes Johnnys catty. Thaw Wack!!! Down comes the valuable owl.

 

Or Not so valuable, any more: John was So good, he'd instinctively done what he did with the pheasents; He'd shot it's f*cking head clean off!

 

 

My first old mentor. Very old man of generations of the Old poacher / keeper school once told me he still had the hand made catty he'd used for years. Very close and narrow ' V ' to it. He said, as his days were about over and I was just beginning, he'd like to pass this well worn, used and cherished piece down to me And then he shrivelled up and died.

 

I've never forgotten that. And how close I'd come. I'd have still had it now, I promise ye