My wife's grandmother used to talk about popie hunting rabbits with his flip. They were dirt floor poor and got married under 16.

I assumed it was a sling shot but did asker her about it and she confirmed it. He made it out of a forked stick and old bike tubes.

Some of my ancestors used slingshots as weapons. There was no rubber or tubes for them to use.




Some of my ancestors used Colts for weapons. They weren't very good with slingshots but they were very good at slinging lead.




There is one thing I can guarantee for certain and that is who won.

When I was a kid we'd make slings (like David slew Goliath with) out of leather boot laces and a chunk of leather. We made them the same length as our arms. I was never very accurate with any of mine, but holy crap could you fling a rock forever with them! We liked looking for oblong stones, or ones with a sharp edge on them, because it would whip them so fast that their spin made a loud buzz as the stone rocketed away. Ditto RR spikes, they'd make a heck of a racket as they buzzed away downrange.

This thread got me to thinking.

So, I grabbed one of my old Wrist Rockets. Is that a brand name? Anyway the one I grabbed is Daisey®.

I cut up a worn out leather work glove for pouches, and grabbed a bag of #32 office type rubberbands. I am now experimenting with different combinations of chaining/braiding/knotting the rubberbands. Lemon Drop hard candy is my ammo for the moment. Dang, I ain't had this much fun since I was a kid.

I know.
I'm having a blast with mine too.