Wrist Rocket Slingshot | Vintage Barnett Black Widow

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  • @ChadeGB
    @ChadeGB 2 місяці тому +2

    Had one when I was kid, back in the late eighties, great catapult at the time, everyone wanted one. The original bands that came with them were very tough and lasted forever if you looked after it and didn't let them dry out and crack. My friend was deadly accurate with one, he could hit and break things a hundred feet away that were just a couple of cm's in width (branches and the like) with consistency, you'd always find him on the field behind his house practising.
    We'd tear apart anything we could find on the local tip and scrapyard to get the ballbearings out of them, sometimes go down to the beach and spend a few hours collecting the smoothest most perfect sized pebbles we could find, also using some nice flat ones to skip them across the water in a way throwing them could never match. We also had a lot of fun and learnt a lot building our own catapults, so much pocket money spent on insulation tape and rubber bands from the local hardware and hobby store. Good days.

  • @muddundee
    @muddundee 3 місяці тому +1

    I still got mine, Used to use .410 calibre lead balls with it. Bagged a lot of bunnies with it.

  • @buskingkarma2503
    @buskingkarma2503 Рік тому +5

    I've just put flat bands on mine! So accurate!! I didn't do it the way you showed in your other video,I couldn't bring myself to take a saw to it 😂 I've wrapped them round the nipples on the end of forks and I put a bit of tube band on to give it better grip shooting through the inside. Amazing accuracy👌

    • @bbwiebz3994
      @bbwiebz3994 5 місяців тому

      I done what U did, so much better n more accurate

  • @Lee.ELIXIR
    @Lee.ELIXIR Рік тому +3

    Got mine when I was 10....I'm now 46.
    Many a giggle with it...many a target...and moving targets too.
    The original thicker bands will last a long time.
    Some serious power in a pocket 👍🏼😉😎

  • @jmc0075
    @jmc0075 4 роки тому +4

    Great for plinking just bought 2 this morning can't wait to use them as the last time i had one was 1982. So looking forward to bringing back some boyish memories.

    • @timmymallet3809
      @timmymallet3809 Рік тому

      Wer do I buy the sling shot with sights any links

  • @TheGhjgjgjgjgjg
    @TheGhjgjgjgjgjg 4 роки тому +19

    Excellent survival tool.Ammo is everywhere,near silent,small,powerful

  • @iamdeath5297
    @iamdeath5297 4 роки тому +5

    I've never owned a slingshot when I was a kid I'm 24 now and I just got a daisy b52 powerline great new hobby

    • @aaronanderson7619
      @aaronanderson7619 3 роки тому

      36, found the one that came with my 760 pump master Crossman in 95 or so. New stretch tubes and its just as good as ever...which wasn't great but hey I still have it.

    • @isirachehansa4886
      @isirachehansa4886 3 місяці тому

      You need a better one than that lol
      I made my slingshot when i was 13 yr old . Im getting back to my old hobby currently

  • @fly1327
    @fly1327 Рік тому +2

    A friend I hunted with years ago saw I had a wrist rocket, him surviving as a kid in Jalisco Mexico hunting rabbits with a slingshot, asking to see me shoot. An empty shotgun shell nailed first shot at 20 yards. "You are a hunter!" Found that slingshot today and ordered a few new bands, the heavy tubes that last a year or so. Already have heavy ball bearings. Jeez, does this combo pack a wallop!

  • @JK-dn4pu
    @JK-dn4pu 3 роки тому +3

    My first projectile launcher and I’ve had one ever since, I’m 41 now. I use .45 lead balls to hunt squirrels.

  • @tonynapoli5549
    @tonynapoli5549 5 років тому

    Like your ferret Chris got half a dozen myself. Yes the black widow is ok I’ve still got mine bought it in 1979. It could tell a few stories however it’s now become more of a safe keep sentimental more than anything else my grandson uses it now and then, he’s a keen shot and he’s only 13, well I’m old school I like making my own forks and they work for me , thanks for sharing 👍

  • @forksandspoons7272
    @forksandspoons7272 4 роки тому +7

    I can answer the question as to why the stock tubes are so heavy, aka "shooting cannon balls", durability. Stretching smaller tube over the same size wrist rocket wire will absolutely increase the stress at that point and make it fail faster. I completely agree that the stock tubes are way too heavy for typical ammo.
    Secondarily, there is no mention of shortening the tubes to the shooters draw length in any wrist rocket instructions. So the quality of the experience entirely depends on the shooters draw length matching the factory length and that is pure luck. Tubes appropriately sized to the wire they stretch over and shortened to the shooters draw are extremely effective and durable. Tubes lack the customization that is possible with flat bands. You can play with length, thickness and taper forever. So you can never fine tune tubes as well as flat bands. All that said, I still feel tubes properly setup are more durable. If survival was the goal and functional bands means my next meal, tubes would be my first choice.

  • @smartassist9700
    @smartassist9700 3 роки тому +1

    I had one of those in USA. Very good one.

  • @Ojb_1959
    @Ojb_1959 Рік тому

    Your teaching your boy right. I’ll bet he’s a good shot. Greetings from New Orleans 🎭

  • @yumekojabami7408
    @yumekojabami7408 4 роки тому +1

    I honestly like tubes, granted that’s what I’m used to shooting with.

  • @ianmangham4570
    @ianmangham4570 4 роки тому +3

    I just got one, last time I had one was early 80s

  • @lothburke2243
    @lothburke2243 4 роки тому +7

    I remember making a slingshot from bed springs , we were poor 🤣

    • @theun-knownmusician5468
      @theun-knownmusician5468 4 роки тому

      Lothburke nice 😂

    • @wjf0ne
      @wjf0ne 4 роки тому +3

      Lothburke
      You weren't poor, you had bed springs which implies a bed and sleep. We weren't allowed to sleep in case we rolled out of the pot hole in the road we lived in and got run over. 😋

    • @ssimplerumbling
      @ssimplerumbling 4 роки тому

      My parent when they were kid did that in mexico

    • @TheGhjgjgjgjgjg
      @TheGhjgjgjgjgjg 4 роки тому +1

      My mom used to make us bouncy inflatable seats out of empty wine box bags.........Yea dude,I got you lol

    • @theun-knownmusician5468
      @theun-knownmusician5468 4 роки тому

      TheGhjgjgjgjgjg haha

  • @79_air-arms-shooter29
    @79_air-arms-shooter29 2 роки тому +1

    Bus stop and phone box windows back in the day

  • @madmoeljoritchie9872
    @madmoeljoritchie9872 3 роки тому +4

    Hey , i know this is old. But the tube band ripped so quick because it usualy comes with a protective yoke tip. Rubber tube doesnt go directly on metal.

    • @That0Homeless0Guy
      @That0Homeless0Guy 2 роки тому +1

      Mine goes directly on metal and it's lasted over a year. Thing is he's using light tubing making it essentially a toy. Upgrade the tubing and it'd be a legitimate weapon.

    • @bbwiebz3994
      @bbwiebz3994 5 місяців тому

      The tip of metal where the tube slots over need to be sanded down dead smooth. That's what the purpose of the plastic sleeves. If one choose not to use the sleeves he needs to sand the tip so it's rounded off at the end and super smooth. The tube is getting cut cos he just shoved tube straight on.

  • @1minutecomicswala750
    @1minutecomicswala750 3 роки тому +1

    Happy Sling'n!
    👌👌👌👌👌

  • @mangekong2951
    @mangekong2951 Рік тому

    Those are super fun and stabile.

  • @scottcaldwell7480
    @scottcaldwell7480 3 місяці тому

    If anything deserves destruction it is Diet Pepsi! Good video.

  • @GKJ-FISHING
    @GKJ-FISHING 5 років тому +1

    Good shooting 👍
    Gary Moxon who runs the Chatsworth comps pics up anything like the Barnett black Widow or Diablo and smashes consistent 70’s on a small bull lol....
    I have no idea how he does, he shoots the original thick tubes and 9.5 steels 😂
    I can’t shoot one to save me life 😂

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  5 років тому +1

      Amazing John

    • @tallen1628
      @tallen1628 5 років тому

      John the first slingshot I learned on was a barnett black widow, took the wrist brace off though. was drilling targets with that and it's original tubes, I actually had to learn how to shoot as good with a modern frame as I could with the black widow cos I got so used to it 😂

  • @bonydox9
    @bonydox9 5 років тому +1

    I have good results the strike 9 and the diablo by Barnet.
    I guess it's a case of what you're used to ,flat or tube bands.

  • @andyc1203
    @andyc1203 3 роки тому +1

    Those tubes are so much thinner than the originals. Mine were more than twice that thickness 35 years ago. I used to use marlies as ammo. Cheaper than the BB's 😆

    • @That0Homeless0Guy
      @That0Homeless0Guy 2 роки тому

      I have no idea where he found those bands because I can't find any that small anywhere.

  • @saldomino1639
    @saldomino1639 4 місяці тому

    I have one I put flat bands on it it works great !

  • @TimothyWalden
    @TimothyWalden Рік тому

    Had a Barnett strike 9 ,like the black widow with out the arm rest, this had thinner elastic than the black widow,

  • @adamvvs2644
    @adamvvs2644 5 років тому +1

    Fast Freddy 😂👍 Think he likes the Green bands!

  • @blackwolf8357
    @blackwolf8357 4 роки тому +1

    I have a original Barnett diablo it’s a beast

  • @richardharris5083
    @richardharris5083 5 років тому +2

    We have all had a black widow when kids .. do you find the fibre optics cut your bands on your GZK ??

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  5 років тому +1

      No mate never

    • @bobl.1044
      @bobl.1044 4 роки тому

      @@CatapultCarnage That's what always bothers me with sights in the firing plane while ttf. I'm seriously getting an urge to get at least one GZK but ott. Eyeing up his hammer pro ott. He does some gorgeous cattys.

  • @tuongtitan
    @tuongtitan 5 років тому

    I LIKE YOUR CHANNEL.

  • @Jaya365
    @Jaya365 3 роки тому

    Deadliest catapult of the 80s if you listened to kids round our way. Thing was we weren't strong enough to pull them back ha ha ha the bands were really thick

  • @glenross9467
    @glenross9467 3 роки тому

    Where you firing just .38 ball bearings out of it?? Just wondering why the bands snapped so quick.. I made that mistake years ago., started off firing the normal steel .38s but then started firing lead fishing weights out of it lol and was too heavy for the bands..it stretched the bands and broke them. I’ve just recently hoked out my old Diablo and put new bands on it. Might stick a wee video up of that 🎯 see how I go.

  • @pompeylad1977
    @pompeylad1977 3 роки тому

    Hello mate, I’ve just bought a new black widow for rat control in my allotment, I’ve had many over the decades but now I just can’t seem to shoot it anywhere near the target, I set up some targets and it was like 2 foot off!!
    Why do you think that is? Can I ask you where abouts on the BW do you sight? Is it where the band attaches to the frame? Or just guess somewhere in the Y bit? Any tips would be great, even with that vintage one (I had that in the 80’s!!) you was getting them cans, just wondering what I’m doing wrong.
    Also where do you buy a different type one like the one you showed with flat bands?
    Thanks mate, great video 👍🏻

  • @robertmcqueen7314
    @robertmcqueen7314 2 роки тому

    Just digging through my old toolbox yesterday and came across my old Black Widow going to order so.e new bands for it and give it a crack again LOL
    PS think your missing the plastic locks for the tubes

  • @rsa420
    @rsa420 5 років тому

    got my self a trumark late70s its a keeper for sure

  • @danielgreen3715
    @danielgreen3715 3 роки тому

    I love my Black Widow catty and can hit pretty much owt with it still..But the Bands just don't seem to have much power where can you get better and faster rubber bands??

  • @cyberbid
    @cyberbid 4 роки тому

    Ive just bought one of these. The elastic on it is 4mm internal diameter and 8mm outer diameter. What lighter elastic is the best size? Does the internal size still need to be 4mm? Thanks

  • @Norbipro50
    @Norbipro50 Рік тому

    You can repair it with rubbing alcohol.first you cut the bands where you tied it then pour some rubbing alcohol in the tubes and its Just going to slide on and dry

  • @richardowden5546
    @richardowden5546 5 років тому

    Have you tried the black widow with flat bands? I've got mine banded up with gzk black. 76 with a small pouch

  • @dimex3362
    @dimex3362 3 роки тому

    I had one of these in california in the ‘80s

  • @jaybaughn8090
    @jaybaughn8090 4 роки тому +2

    I'm old......but I'm pretty sure flat bands came first.

    • @blackwolf8357
      @blackwolf8357 4 роки тому

      Jay Baughn natural red rubber inner tubes I remember the good old days

  • @servantsoldier5207
    @servantsoldier5207 Рік тому

    Great aim! Any Pointers?

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  Рік тому

      Yes
      How to Aim a Slingshot: ua-cam.com/play/PLTu2demHat6SRueP21RcC2i6gxkWpkUrV.html
      How to make Slingshot bands: ua-cam.com/play/PLTu2demHat6TlJlE20CtDAKZVeRSbcgbq.html

  • @tonynapoli5549
    @tonynapoli5549 5 років тому

    Chris just a thought not so much for me but up and coming hunters maybe do a video ferreting my grandson likes your channel and he’s an expert in handling my ferrets you are putting on good videos keep them coming 👌

  • @dablaugntximntxub2318
    @dablaugntximntxub2318 4 роки тому

    i have a question to ask about what size tubular band should i use so it's not too hard to draw or not to easy and weak.. i'm truly new to slingshot shooting, i've always used the old traditional Y frame and really good at it, but never shot these new modernize slingshots..
    i wanted to learn how to shoot the tubular band as well, but i don;t want it to be too hard and can;t hit the side of the barn, but not too weak where can't even carry the steel ball bearing 3/8.. please anyone give me an advice please?!!!

  • @devlieg72
    @devlieg72 5 років тому

    The reason that the tube tore was because you didn't have the plastic fork end protectors in the fork ends. Barnett doesn't properly finish the ends of the forks, and provides both on the slingshot and in their band set, the plastic fork tips....And there is nothing wrong with the Barnett tube slingers, or the Marksman or even the Daisy. They just shoot differently than flatbands. They've popped a lot of rabbits, squirrel and birds before you knew the word slingshot. It's like being skilled with a percussion rifle as opposed to an M-16.

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  5 років тому

      ok you are obviously much more knowledgeable than I

    • @devlieg72
      @devlieg72 5 років тому

      @@CatapultCarnage I apologize if I came across as a wise-guy. Didn't mean to..

  • @johnyr5931
    @johnyr5931 5 років тому

    Will have to make us another vid pls of how you make up the pouch and band cos am mythed how to make tube set. Thx ur vifs are awesome

  • @tobealionyoumusttrainwithl1645
    @tobealionyoumusttrainwithl1645 5 років тому

    i am new to this and looking for a dencent catapult may i ask what make your other catapult is ? and where would i get one from thank you

  • @paulhampson8496
    @paulhampson8496 5 років тому

    hi cris had an original black widow back in 1983 all shot then was anything I could find peples was the best nicking bottles out of recycling bin at tip good old days always remember the bands would fuck up very quickly then was tossed too the side top vedio pal

  • @lukecreed4858
    @lukecreed4858 5 років тому

    Its good to see you uploading more.

  • @alternativeperception6949
    @alternativeperception6949 4 роки тому

    I had a Diablo and could I fuck hit anything with it 😂 .
    Mind you we only shot stones out of them back in the day , anything smaller than a apple was regarded as ammunition

  • @stevebaker9341
    @stevebaker9341 5 років тому

    Well done Chris! I tried mine about a year ago and I couldn't hit a pig in a passage 🤣

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  5 років тому +1

      Hahaha

    • @HurricaneMiltonsDad
      @HurricaneMiltonsDad 10 місяців тому

      ha simply start off almost pointblank, get your aim calibrated with every few hits, and move a few paces back each time. Do it quickly, 5 shots, and with every couple of hits or all 5, move back again...repeat until you're hitting your targets from 40 ft or more away.

  • @whitefeatherslinger8194
    @whitefeatherslinger8194 5 років тому

    Jeez ! Pal although there a lot lightertube u defo should of got a lot more shots with it! I’ve a moded widow there no brace and I’ve the same set on since last year and there not nearly as beefy as the old Barnet’s , good vid all the same and u shot well with it 🤘🎯✌🏼

    • @whitefeatherslinger8194
      @whitefeatherslinger8194 5 років тому +1

      Granted it doesn’t get shot everyday , but I cut the corners off the top of the forks and just tied the tubes on like normal ott ,it’s made me more accurate with it not that I’d advise u too change a oldschool original , it is what it is and shouldn’t be changed imho. I had a later version so I didn’t mind as I still have my older original 👍🏻

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  5 років тому +1

      I liked the mk2 widow the best you could get a camo handle one

    • @whitefeatherslinger8194
      @whitefeatherslinger8194 5 років тому

      Catapult Carnage by the time I got a new catty in that standard was the Diablo and it was the pro I think , it came with screw in bars on the handle that went on a v shape with big metal bolts if u like lol what they were suppose to do ive no idea, but I think it was for balancing the catty or so I was told but u could screw them off, defo wasn’t for me. At the time Barnett tubes were the bandset to have and there was a new version out and I can remember swapping the whole Diablo after a couple of mths for a new set of the tubes to attach to a ashcup lol , but looking back now once u looked after the tubes they’d last for years and with serious use they would breakin kinda, so if a end got a hole etc u could cut it that bit shorter and reattach. But thinkin back once you’d a good forkset in your hand and aiming at a angle u still got your reference off the tip end so you had some control over it , were with the widow etc it was aim in the middle of the cup and hope for the best lol. But for us a ashcup and tubes never changed for atleast 15 yeArs as back then we couldn’t source the flatband,lol goodtime tho 👍🏻

    • @bobl.1044
      @bobl.1044 4 роки тому +1

      @@whitefeatherslinger8194 if it's the version that's held together with screws instead of rivets have you considered packing out the hollows in the handgrip with something like hot glue or resin?

    • @whitefeatherslinger8194
      @whitefeatherslinger8194 4 роки тому

      Bob L. I recently replaced the handle with a lovly piece of very old bog oak wood , that can easily be moded for any brace hold or hammergrip slings, I do have plans to change the tips tho as the quality of the handle deserves it.but by all means u can fill the plastic handles with whatever , I’ve kept my ®️widow as is tho. A classic 80s retro sling from a era I grew up with 👍🏻

  • @tomtokeley7373
    @tomtokeley7373 5 років тому

    Really nice vid

  • @cubotpowerphip834
    @cubotpowerphip834 5 років тому

    Good channel Chris 👍 (phip eph)

  • @andyhudson2016
    @andyhudson2016 2 роки тому

    will it kill a pidgeon?

  • @Arturito0350
    @Arturito0350 4 роки тому

    honest assessment, I would not recommend this days

  • @Famo59
    @Famo59 5 років тому

    Hi Mate
    I love rabbit 🐇 🐇 hunting with Ferrets..
    Hope your doing well.
    Cheers Famo59.👍🤓🍺⛏

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  5 років тому

      Freddie the ferret will be back in action soon mate cheers Tony

    • @tallen1628
      @tallen1628 5 років тому

      @@CatapultCarnage I'd love to see another ferreting video mate

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  5 років тому +1

      @@tallen1628 Definitely in the pipeline mate the Rabbits are just breeding at the minute so Freddie will be just munching young ones if I took him out now. I'd constantly be digging him out

  • @ukokepaoa5536
    @ukokepaoa5536 2 роки тому +1

    Plastic zip tie could be cutting

  • @madalin7875
    @madalin7875 3 роки тому

    I got one today and cost 1 Dollar and is so powerful

  • @dominicmcloughlin8463
    @dominicmcloughlin8463 3 роки тому

    mental bruv x

  • @rajusubba2616
    @rajusubba2616 3 роки тому

    how much

  • @AMP__shorts
    @AMP__shorts 4 роки тому +1

    He sounds like he is from Stranraer in Scotland

  • @secretsquirrel6718
    @secretsquirrel6718 3 роки тому

    Id hate to be the guy who has to mow that lawn.......

  • @namodio12
    @namodio12 5 років тому

    Cannon balls! Hahahahaha

    • @bobl.1044
      @bobl.1044 4 роки тому

      He's right though. The supplied bandsets come with horrible pouches that are huge and made from leather that must be made from tyrannosaur hide. The Barnett ammo is steel ball about 8mm. You need a sledgehammer to mould the pouch around such small ammo every time you load it 😉
      You almost always drop the shot out of the pouch.
      Then, it all feels so stiff and unyielding in use.

  • @hawkface9558
    @hawkface9558 4 роки тому

    Bought a jack pyke tornado anyone no if there any use

    • @CatapultCarnage
      @CatapultCarnage  4 роки тому +1

      Not really tbh mate

    • @hawkface9558
      @hawkface9558 4 роки тому

      @@CatapultCarnage took few flower pots out the day so the wench has confiscated it was fun while it lasted

    • @bobl.1044
      @bobl.1044 4 роки тому

      @@hawkface9558 Confiscate her potato peeler or her lipstick. Tit for Tat 😈

  • @serialseatsniffer5610
    @serialseatsniffer5610 Рік тому

    Chubes

  • @yousufcottrell6772
    @yousufcottrell6772 4 роки тому

    black widow slingshots are cheap and the bands break in 1 second in there new models

  • @samhancock268
    @samhancock268 5 років тому

    Great shooting but what a fucking waste of Pepsi lol just shoot empty cans? 🤔

  • @docd-monik4380
    @docd-monik4380 4 роки тому

    I've shattered right thru a windshield with one of those. I promise you, you will be seriously injured or possibly killed if you are shot from an effective range by one of those...

  • @ooyginjardl4037
    @ooyginjardl4037 4 роки тому

    There always gotta be silly music.

  • @That0Homeless0Guy
    @That0Homeless0Guy 2 роки тому

    Get a newer style one of these and some actual heavy duty bands my man. My bands have lasted over a year of shooting and can still kill small game at a decent range. What you have there is a toy. A modern one would kill a man with .33 cal steel BB's if you accidentally shot them with it at medium range.

  • @robertmcqueen7314
    @robertmcqueen7314 2 роки тому +1

    Just digging through my old toolbox yesterday and came across my old Black Widow going to order so.e new bands for it and give it a crack again LOL
    PS think your missing the plastic locks for the tubes