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I've been going back to basics and started making some crude weapons just for fun. Here is one of them. It consists of a 1" iron coupling with plugs threaded and welded into each end. One plug has a hole drilled through it, the other is ground to a rough 45 degree point. I tied a couple 4' lengths of thin rope to the plug with the hole in it and threw it like a football. At 25 to 30 feet out, the thing drag-stabilized pretty well and had no problem busting through an old pallet I had sitting around. I'll be trying it on sheet metal or a car door soon.

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This one is rather pointless but I'm really focusing on reusable "SHTF" type weapons like slingshots, bows, spears... etc. I figure it might be good to have some stuff like that to fall back on if need be.
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Since you've already tied a string to it...

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Shouting "ALLAH HU AKBAR!!!" at the point of release will make it fly farther :D
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Inmates use the same method however with a bar of soap inside of a sock :shock:
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Consider in a SHTF scenario you may not be able to retrieve a thrown weapon ;)
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I´d launch it with a big ass hybrid :roll:
CpTn_lAw wrote: :D "yay, me wanna make big multishot pnoob with 1000 psi foot pump compressor using diamond as main material. Do you think wet bread make good sealant? " :D
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Ya'll keep your slings.

I'll keep my guns.
Simulation geek (SDT/GGDT/HGDT) and designer of Vera.
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D_Hall wrote:Ya'll keep your slings.

I'll keep my guns.
I have my fair share of those too :wink:
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