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The Pocket Shot: An Innovative, Dangerous Circular Slingshot

I thought this was a toy, but I was wrong. The Pocket Shot is an inventive reimagining of the slingshot, replacing the Y-shaped handle with a ring, and replacing the sling with a sort of latex sock. And good golly this thing looks dangerous, particularly with the steel shot they use in some of their videos.

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The advantage of the sock-type arrangement appears to be greater reloading speed vs. a regular slingshot. (I’m not a slingshot user so I’m not sure why you’d need rapid-fire, but what do I know.)

They even make a speedloader for the thing. It holds the shot in a rotating ring around the mouth, and drops in a fresh shot with a click:

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Oh, and they also make a version that fires arrows:

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But yeah, if I had kids I’d be keeping them well away from this thing!



https://www.core77.com/posts/113803/The-Pocket-Shot-An-Innovative-Dangerous-Circular-Slingshot