Myth-Busters..Super "Ging" Slingshot

Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:12
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Bet some of you guys are buying "surgical" rubber today to construct your *(illegal) sling-shots,after watching those crazy guys on Myth-Busters Mon nite..They have jus so much fun and probly get paid for it as well..Just think of the applications in off-roading: Fire a six-pack to your mate on the wrong side of the flooded stream who is beer-less.Fire an anchor over an obstacle to winch out.Anyone on an expedition who falls out of line gets a free ride (umberalla supplied).Distribute meal from central catering to individual radiating camp sites in taped up TupperWare™ containers. * Last I heard,in Queensland,the weapon was illegal but,stocking and selling the seperate components was'nt..The red rubber that absolutley stinks,that they line pipes used for pumping sand is the best of the lot "so I hear" ;-) Warning! Do not try this at home. (Don't) have fun..RockyOne!MPG:6!
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Reply By: V8Diesel - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:46

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:46
RockOne, I missed it unfortunately, but I can vouch that a properly constructed, hair spray powered spud gun is a worthy addition to any camping trip. I'd consider a super-ging an excellent 'companion piece' to said item, and may have to investigate the manufacturing process further.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:59

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:59
Under arm deodarant works a treat also. My aim is to build one that can send spuds from WA to NSW and VIC...they wont see it coming:)
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Follow Up By: Scoey - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:58

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:58
A word of caution - after observing how much fun my mates were having with thier spud guns i decided to make one of my own. As soon as it was finished i chucked it in the boot of the car to head into the forestry nearby to test it (as you would). I got stopped by a member of the local constabulary for a "random RBT and licence check" which involved him going right thru my car. Obviously random means any youth (read 23 year old) that is driving a less than pristine car - but that's another issue. He found the spud gun in the boot and charged me with Unlawful Possession of a Category B - Muzzle Loading Firearm. After appearing in court I was convicted and relieved of $350!

I was probably just unfortunate to be caught but just be cautious! ;-)

BTW - Onions go alright and depending on the size of the pipe used, a tennis ball goes real good! ;-)

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Reply By: Nudenut - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:25

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:25
sling shots are allowed in SA....just so long as they do not have wrist support
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Follow Up By: Michael Carey - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:11

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:11
That's right, I handed my slingshot in to the police BEFORE I found out about the arm brace clause. I would have just removed the brace and kept it.
It was a lovely weapon, but t'was deemed illegal with some extremely radical penalties for having one. I could have been a car thief and received a lower jail sentence!!! I bet someone has some fun with it before it was "destroyed"!!
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:28

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:28
May I correct you...it is a Slingshot when used for peaceful purposes!
it becomes a weapon when one uses it for violence/agression.

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Follow Up By: Michael Carey - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:38

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:38
I stand corrected on this one. But I think there are exceptions to this rule (-:
I think a Los Angeles class nuclear submarine is still classed as a weapon even though it's used for "peaceful", "defensive" purposes and hasn't been used to rain down an atomic firestorm on an enemy (so far at least!)
But I digress enough, too far off topic I think!
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Reply By: Member - RockyOne - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:51

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:51
Carbide (accidental-almost) bomb..We were,way back,working in the wool-sheds about 160 clix out of Cunnamulla..Us common old workers (the ones that have the fun) were filling in time after evening mess..Carbide gas lites.One 1/2 radio stations.No TV.No fly screens so could'nt read.(though the open twin and single flame carbide lites make a nice "zapp" noise as they terminate the insects)..All us workers stahed in the shearers quarters while the contractor/wool classer (boss) was housed/dined with the sheep station owners some four mile away through the low mulga/gidgee scrub,typical of that area..Experiement! What if ? We decided to put some carbide rock fuel in a basin in the bottom of a 44 gallon steel drum,add some water to the dish,cover the drum with broken off tree branches,and for maximum effect,add our big galv steel,round clothes washing tub..A "volunteer" was given a 3 me long stick with newspaper on the end to lite the "experiement"..The rest of us heros took off for the scrub..We watched as he introduced the flame to the gases exiting the leaves on the top of the drum..W-H-A-M !!!! What an explosition and sheet of flame..The sound rolled away from us in the pitch dark,hit the scrub and came right back at us again..Someone yelled "the heavy tub is spinning up there somewhere-lookout"..We were all running around,arms above the head to lessen the impact of the earth bound projectile..(You campers know how black the nite is out there,no lites) The tub crashed down into the deck,a lifetime later..Someone got a carbide lite from the quarters..The explosion had split the steel drum wide open,luckily,at 45deg away from our volunteer..Then a powerful set of headlites snaked their way through the low scrub,from the homestead..The boss was coming in his big pick-up.. We knew we were in big trouble..The boss nailed us all as the noise was still loud the four miles away at the house..He threatened to sack the lot of us..Fortunately,teams of men were harder to come by in the middle of the shearing season..We never really trusted our carbide lites quite as much after that..Don't try this at home..RockyOne
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:07

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:07
ROFLMAO

Yonks ago we filled a balloon with oxy acetylene.
Stuck it under a tree in the back yard on a sheet of paper, lit the corner and stood back.

BANG !!!! Little did we know the cat was sleeping in the tree. I reckon he travelled half the width of the yard without touching the ground.

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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:34

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:34
Rocky...I Would have loved to have been there hahahahahaha

and Rosco....been there done that....but not with the cat....mum's sleepout glass louvres bleep tered all over the sleep out....did dad and I run....
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Follow Up By: Sky Pilot - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:52

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 13:52
Reminds me when I was a kid about 11 years old on "cracker night". We went to a mates place for a big bonfire - this was in suburbia, not out in the bush. We did the normal things with lots of tom thumbs, double happys, penny bungers and the bigger tupenny bungers. The kid's father had promised us a bit of a thrill this night. He was a miner and had brought home some gelignite from the 'pit'. He stuck it under a 44 gallon drum near the bonfire, lit the fuse and lowered the drum and then we all ran inside. The whole yard was bathed in the glow of the bonfire. There was an almighty bang, which broke some windows in the house. The 44 gallon drum accelerated straight up like a rocket bound for Mars. It was soon out of the circle of bonfire light and we all hung out the door and windows with bated breath. Many seconds went by and we assumed it had not gone up straight and had landed elsewhere. Just a bit later there was an almighty crash on the road outside the house as the remains of the pristine 44 gallon drum arrived. The block aided by many willing hands dragged it into the back yard and asked us all to go inside. We were not sure why, that is until the police car cruised slowly by, looking at the bonfire. It passed the house about 4 times in 10 minutes and finally disappeared. I will never forget that night. It stands in my memory along with blowing my uncle's letterbox to smitherines with several tuppeny bungers with the wicks twisted together. Oh to be young again. :-)
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Follow Up By: V8Diesel - Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 10:02

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 10:02
Good post!!!!

Re: the oxy balloons. We used to tape them to brick walls and shoot them with an air rifle loaded with a rifle primer. I think the 'large rifle' size primer fits a .177 from memory.

Most humourous 'stealth ignition' on demand technique.
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Reply By: Member - Reiner G (QLD) - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:54

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:54
Any good camping store sells slingshots, I think they are legal here in Qld too.
One day we wont be able to buy a pocket knife anymore.....hmmmm
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Follow Up By: Mike DiD - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 23:06

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 23:06
There is no restriction on the sale of knives in NSW if you are over 16.

Cunning of the government - that way they collect $550 when they fine you for posession of a knife in public without lawful excuse, and they don't alienate their business sponsors who don't want sales affected.
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Reply By: Motherhen - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:12

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:12
We used to make them when we were little kiddies - it was i recall not illegal to have them, just illegal to use them. A bit of an issue about taking them to school though. I think we missed all the parrots we aimed at, so didn't commit the crime of shooting native birds, and no school teachers died. These days you'd probably get arrested as a suspected terrorist. Don't try Rockyone's experiment these days - a sure route to jail!
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 21:35

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 21:35
I am not sure about the parrots but I know of a couple of pidgeons and more than one cat that stopped my marble going over the fence.

This was cruel and I would not recomend anyone use one of these terrible weapons against any animal.

But then again, given the choice of hitting an unsuspecting animal or punching a hole in the fibro wall of Dad's shed ........ Just let me say I know what hurt more.

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Reply By: Member - Russell B (SA) - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 16:59

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 16:59
Geeeeeez yous guys sound like a bunch of yahoos with your sling shots, home made bazookas and carbide bombs. My kinda folks eh!

In the old army days we used to have water heater "chuffas" fueled by dripping petrol. You let a few drops drip into the base and placed a lighted rag on a wire stick down the appropriate hole and woof up it would go and a constant drip would keep the whole thing going bringing the barrel of water to the boil in no time. We were warned if too much petrol was put in in the ignition phase it could explode with a bang. Well when we scored sentry duty and had to light these things at dawn we never could judge how much fuel we put in and we always woke the camp with a bang. It usually woke the camp and the RSM always wanted to know who lit the chuffas but we always explained it was too dark to tell how much fuel had gone in. He knew/we knew (turn the tap on for 5 Min's before lighting).

Ah they were the days eh!

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Follow Up By: Member - RockyOne - Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 08:54

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 08:54
You wicked beast Russell B..Guess if you knew how to play reville on yer bugle,you would have done that instead..Yeah! Rite;-) We were on exercise Grand Slam,Nth Qld and on "latrine duty"we had to burn out the S#@t trenches. We used the highly volitole "range fuel",you would more likely know it as "Woofer Wood" for obvious reasons..As we poured in the fuel,matches were cactus,so went away to get more (non-smoker)..A smoker took up a comfortable position on the pew (there was a line of six thunder-boxes on the long trench),lit up a durry,flicked the match into the trench..As Batman would say "Ka-Pow! Singed his eye-brow (singular) "Smoking is a health hazard..Hurts sometimes"..Bet he thought "this methane gas is powerful stuff"..Have fun..RockyOne
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 10:51

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 10:51
and you call us yahoos Russell!
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Reply By: Redeye - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 19:23

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 19:23
Sling shots are legal in Queensland. All camping stores have them.

My boys are getting one each for XMas.

Hope they enjoy them on Fraser.

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Follow Up By: Member - Trevor R (QLD) - Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 21:35

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2005 at 21:35
At least the dingoes will be nowhere to be found round your camp hehehehe.
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Reply By: Member - RockyOne - Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:01

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:01
Hey Nudenut,just realised that you and your son running from the scene of the crime would make a good commercial like the dad and son ringing the just fixed door bell in insurance advert..Love that and the "Whick charter boat? " one..Have fun (without the explosions) RockyOne
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 03:32

Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 03:32
Might have to make one up myself. Should go really good with 1/4" ball bearings.

One of our clever neighbours brought home a couple of rabbits 2 or 3 months ago and obviously doesn't have a secure cage to keep them in.
At the last count their were 8 of the little critters grazing on the neighbouring lawns. Then one got run over, then my wife saw 2 new kittens, so that probably means there are nine of the buggers at present.

I can't believe it is still possible to buy "breading" rabbits from the Pet Shops, or wherever she got them from. They are still a vermin whatever the colour and certainly not acceptable in suburbia.

Might see if I still have "the talent" with a sling shot. The 303-25 is too noisy.
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Follow Up By: Member - RockyOne - Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 08:37

Thursday, Nov 17, 2005 at 08:37
Hey Sandman..Why waste a good rabbit! Get on the www and get a rabbit recepie..Least you know they have'nt got myxo (can't spell the rest) and will possibly short circuit the breeding cycle..They saved many a life re food during the "depression" The cooks dished up rabbit once when I was in the army in Pucka..Seemed ok..Would make a good stew..Reminds me of a National Geo (USA) mag I got..Had article on Sth Korea..Out front of restruant was a cage with two dogs in it..You know the rest..(Hope my dog can't read..Razor-blades springs to mind.)...Great game Soccerroos I don't normally watch sport except motorcycle road-racing..Reckon Mick would'a made a good soccer player..Have fun..Embrace the "wild life" RockyOne
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Follow Up By: Sand Man (SA) - Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 01:41

Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 01:41
Rocky,

I used to shoot or trap, skin & eat the buggers when visiting the girlfriend (now SWMBO) down on the farm in the Southeast of SA.

Would only eat them now if I was starving!!!

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Reply By: Member - RockyOne - Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:55

Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:55
Hey SandMan ! You are just living too well mate :-)..Have'nt seen any on my plate in our kids (grown up) life time either..Guess they *(bunnys)would be ideal for these "low fat" diets that we are plagued with daily,if not hourly..The real secret to fat,go to Ethopia..Reckon Les Higgins (Landrover-BushTuker Man) diets would keep us all trim between eating it and the exercise involved in just getting the stuff..* It's ok to eat Rabbits but not Bunnies..Bit like my ladies seven cattle (was 5 but two are off the "pill"..Calved !) The five original cows she has are all named..Fat chance of them ever seeing a cold room..Our neighbour also has named cows..Tried to convince her to do a swap with neighbour..Nope! They are enviro mowers/slashers..Least they dispence with the fire hazard..No fossil fuels..Have fun..RockyOne
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Reply By: Member - David 0- Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:43

Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:43
While working at an engineering shop we made a pipe gun about 1 metre long that was a perfect fit for a golf ball. we pushed the ball almost to the bottom leaving a small space for combustion. A small hole at the base allowed us to fill with stoiciometric mix of oxy acetylene and to light it.
The golf ball was fired at about 45 degree angle and cleared a 100 foot radio mast 400 metres away...we never saw it again.
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Follow Up By: Member - RockyOne - Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 18:04

Friday, Nov 18, 2005 at 18:04
Wow mate! That's serious stuff! Almost a WMD as in Iraq..We were in tanks (I was a gunner..Now that's real fun ) We went out bush and no beer allowed for next few days..One of the guys filled the barrel of the tank gun with tinnies..Alas! They did a gun inspection and pulled the breech block lever..Rained tinnies into the empty shell basket..He never saw them again..
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