Slingshots / Catapults

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Many, and fun.

Dollar store marbles and internet ball bearings are the way to go...

To me, slingshots work in three dimensions. Pocket arty. Drop always has to be considered, not a factor in short range pistol work.

I do enjoy breaking up crow raiding parties, when they are attempting to remove and kill baby birds from local nests. Never a chance of actually hitting one, but their shrieking when their gang tactics are broken up is worthwhile.


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Many, and fun.

Dollar store marbles and internet ball bearings are the way to go...

To me, slingshots work in three dimensions. Pocket arty. Drop always has to be considered, not a factor in short range pistol work.

I do enjoy breaking up crow raiding parties, when they are attempting to remove and kill baby birds from local nests. Never a chance of actually hitting one, but their shrieking when their gang tactics are broken up is worthwhile.


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There was a couple of very large crows, dive bombing and attacking my cat just yesterday. He’s only a teenager in age and size, but my cat is half feral and half tame and is mean as hell.

He jumped up and grabbed one of
those crows and almost wrestled it down before it got away.
They left him alone after that.

 

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There was a couple of very large crows, dive bombing and attacking my cat just yesterday. He’s only a teenager in age and size, but my cat is half feral and half tame and is mean as hell.

He jumped up and grabbed one of
those crows and almost wrestled it down before it got away.
They left him alone after that.

I'd'a paid money to see that...

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I'd'a paid money to see that...

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It was pretty great. I had a bit of pride in my step after watching that.

 

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I love watching our fish-eating ospreys and our squirrel-catching hawks, but I hate the ugly black death-birds. March is the month crows return here; one of my neighbors actually asked me last week to start shooting them. I'll have to check local laws, think they are agricultural pests or something.

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I love watching our fish-eating ospreys and our squirrel-catching hawks, but I hate the ugly black death-birds. March is the month crows return here; one of my neighbors actually asked me last week to start shooting them. I'll have to check local laws, think they are agricultural pests or something.

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I have seen more crows as of late. Gives me an Alfred Hitchcock kinda vibe.

 

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There was a couple of very large crows, dive bombing and attacking my cat just yesterday. He’s only a teenager in age and size, but my cat is half feral and half tame and is mean as hell.

He jumped up and grabbed one of
those crows and almost wrestled it down before it got away.
They left him alone after that.

My big boy (14 pounds) would have done the same. He is scary fast when he wants to be, and can easily jump up on one of our window sills that is almost five feet off of the ground. He’s not fat, just furry as hell (though he doesn’t shed on furniture or clothing)

 

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First it’s sling shots and catapults, then it escalates to trebuchet

 

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My big boy (14 pounds) would have done the same. He is scary fast when he wants to be, and can easily jump up on one of our window sills that is almost five feet off of the ground. He’s not fat, just furry as hell (though he doesn’t shed on furniture or clothing)

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That is a big boy...

Here’s my little but very mean guy. But he don’t look so mean when he’s lounging.

 

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That is a big boy...

Here’s my little but very mean guy. But he don’t look so mean when he’s lounging.

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Appears to be kin to my own (lazier) familiar...

Mine has her own cannon (.50) to take out birds, though.

Too lazy to hunt.


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First it’s sling shots and catapults, then it escalates to trebuchet

I saw a trebuchet fire a flaming cauldron during a tour at a castle in England, it was wholly spectacular!

Thus:

Legend of the Trebuchet | Warwick Castle

Unleash the Legend of the Trebuchet as Britain’s biggest siege machine is back in a brand-new show!

www.warwick-castle.com

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That is a big boy...

Here’s my little but very mean guy. But he don’t look so mean when he’s lounging.

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For scale, here he is with his “wife” (one day our granddaughter came up and very seriously told us that they were married). She is 9 pounds.

 

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I saw a trebuchet fire a flaming cauldron during a tour at a castle in England, it was wholly spectacular!

Thus:

Legend of the Trebuchet | Warwick Castle

Unleash the Legend of the Trebuchet as Britain’s biggest siege machine is back in a brand-new show!

www.warwick-castle.com

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I’d love to see that live.

 

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For scale, here he is with his “wife” (one day our granddaughter came up and very seriously told us that they were married). She is 9 pounds.
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Yeah, he looks big, she looks fat and pregnant.

 

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Cats and catapults; love it!

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I’d love to see that live.

Man, that flaming pot sailed! Just vanished in the distance. I have pix somewhere.

Safe to say, you could build a catapult, like a classic Roman onager, but a trebuchet... Easier to make a building.

Onager (weapon) - Wikipedia

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Yeah, he looks big, she looks fat and pregnant.

That was just after we got her on Dec 31, 2019. She gave birth to a litter in the shelter. She is finally adapting a bit- she let me hold her for 10 seconds. She loves scratches behind the ear from me, but doesn’t care to be picked up. She has trimmed down a bit since she has been with us- lost the baby fat.

 

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Cats and catapults; love it!

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Nothing like a good derail.

Man, that flaming pot sailed! Just vanished in the distance. I have pix somewhere.

Safe to say, you could build a catapult, like a classic Roman onager, but a trebuchet... Easier to make a building.

Onager (weapon) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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I will have to remember this should I ever get lucky enough to get over there.

 

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Appears to be kin to my own (lazier) familiar...

Mine has her own cannon (.50) to take out birds, though.

Too lazy to hunt.


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Do you give them catnip? I read it’s supposed to calm them, but it makes my guy act meaner and crazier?

 

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Nothing like a good derail.

I will have to remember this should I ever get lucky enough to get over there.

Derail? Or conversational evolution?