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Old 08-02-2011, 01:57 PM   #1
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Oh wow, either I have no imagination or some people have way too much time on their hands.


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Old 08-02-2011, 02:52 PM   #2
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He's great. He also does a circular saw blade slingshot, a zombie beheading slingshot, and one that shoots 6 balls at once (through two pieces of wood, no less).


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Old 08-02-2011, 03:33 PM   #3
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I'm waiting for the chainsaw slingshot...


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Thought that it would have been interesting if he had stood more than 6 feet away from his target!


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Not sure the machete will go much further than that. He aimed it down to get it to go that far.


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I noticed on the last demo that it was already starting to turn. He probably could have thrown it further and with more accuracy before he took the big wedge out of it to accomodate the rubber.

I wonder why he stood so close with the slingshots? I think that 50 feet might have been a better selling point for their use and more entertaining if he had been aiming at something smaller like a shotgun shell than a huge piece of cardboard. I could have hit that piece of paper at 10 feet too! Just saying.........


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I agree but the guy is more of an inventor than a marksman.


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Laughing so hard in the book store that I'm crying. That just looks like a really bad idea waiting to happen. I need to build one now!


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