What do you do if you have an extra stock from a Weihrauch HW95, and a trigger guard, and a slingshot ?
Buy a slingshot rifle trigger and you build an SSR (Sling Shot Rifle) !
@jim_in_swmo Thanks ! Tinkering is a lot of fun, especially when it turns out well !
I rediscovered slingshots this past summer... I like feeding the visiting grey/black squirrels shelled peanuts (they prefer the salted ones, as I do)... I call them my "survival" food (squirrels and peanuts)... HAH !
I dug out an old slingshot that I bought many years ago as a kid... the tube bands were dry-rotted, so I bought a long length of tubing and replaced them... I figured I would try shooting the shelled peanuts at the squirrels or at least try to get close to them... they loved it... my wife gets a kick out of it too !
Then I fell down another hobby rabbit hole and started browsing the internet for slingshot info, and YouTube videos... HOLY CRAP ! Amazing how good some of these guys can shoot them... and the variety available, along with the bands... and you can shoot arrows too !
I have another idea for an SSR where I can load the ammo in the pouch and into the trigger easily, then push the slingshot out to the stretched position for firing... there's a guy on YouTube who has all kind of ingenious ideas !
Luckily, I have another air rifle stock from my R9 that got replaced with a custom stock... works a lot better than a 2x4 piece of lumber !
Here is my old slingshot, and a few visitors...
You've got black squirrels? Cool. Wish we had some of those here. All we have here are the grays with a rare sighting of a fox squirrel now and then.
BTW, I know of another member here who also spoils his squirrels with peanuts and also uses a slingshot to chuck them out to the squirrels, lol. But I'll admit that I had a little gray that got pretty spoiled here too, lol. He came up to me on his own one day when I was feeding the birds and we ended up being buddies for a little over 5 years, lol. He used to jump up on the handrail of the back steps and look thru the window to let me know he was here. LOL
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen.
After this channel, anyway 😉 scroll a bit, wow this guy is prolific!
https://www.youtube.com/@CAMBOLIFESTYLE/videos
The black squirrels started showing up several years ago, and now they outnumber the grey and little red squirrels.
Some of the squirrels will come right up to me and take a peanut from my hand... some will come up to the back patio door and knock on the window looking for a peanut !
And they will drink out of my wife's watering can that she has sitting on the patio sandstone wall !
When I shoot my air rifles outdoor, I usually setup my little shooting bench, lawn chair, and little radio playing MP3 music... I also keep a container of peanuts by my chair because the squirrels would see me and come right up to me looking for peanuts... while I'm shooting... HAH !
They are amusing... the chipmunks are a different story... they best not get in my line of fire !
Wow ! The rabbit hole just got deeper... HAH !
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen.
After this channel, anyway 😉 scroll a bit, wow this guy is prolific!
Wow ! The rabbit hole just got deeper... HAH !
That's what I do 😉
Uh oh... just noticed there is no chrony shown.
Dunno if'n you saw that last thread but...
I think I missed the chrony thread... but the idea of setting up my chrony (ProChrono DLX) for slingshots has crossed my mind... maybe this winter when I get snowbound and curious (or bored) !
Wow ! The rabbit hole just got deeper... HAH !
That's what I do 😉
Uh oh... just noticed there is no chrony shown.
Dunno if'n you saw that last thread but...
