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(Not sure if it's a sport actually but would guess so?!)
Come on then - who else had one of these?!
Me and a few of my mates had these back in the early 90s.
There was only one to be had back then - the Barnett Black Widdow!
I had another one too - a big smaller without a wrist guard, think the shop threw it in for free when i bought the Black Widdow - think it was called a Striker or something like that?
Used to have some great times when we were early teens firing at tin cans and yoghurt pots.
Might have to have a root round my parents garage for it - sure the elastic will be perishing by now though.
Come on then - who else had one of these?!
Me and a few of my mates had these back in the early 90s.
There was only one to be had back then - the Barnett Black Widdow!
I had another one too - a big smaller without a wrist guard, think the shop threw it in for free when i bought the Black Widdow - think it was called a Striker or something like that?
Used to have some great times when we were early teens firing at tin cans and yoghurt pots.
Might have to have a root round my parents garage for it - sure the elastic will be perishing by now though.
Not much to say i suppose! Not like golf where thousands can be spent - these were about £8 back then and probably aren't much more now!
They were one of those things that we all seemed to have.
I think we all secretly wanted an air-rifle but being 9, this was the closest we could get. All completely innocent and harm-less - apart from the odd grazed wrist.
I think slingshot is the word, rather than catapult though. A catapult is something Bart Simpson has!
They were one of those things that we all seemed to have.
I think we all secretly wanted an air-rifle but being 9, this was the closest we could get. All completely innocent and harm-less - apart from the odd grazed wrist.
I think slingshot is the word, rather than catapult though. A catapult is something Bart Simpson has!
t the feral cats when ever i can. We used to make our own when we were kids. But that was a very long time ago.The Black Widow without the wrist guard was the 'Strike 9' - I still have mine somewhere.
http://www.abarchery.com/acatalog/barnett-strike-9...
I bought mine from a shop in the Clarence Arcade in Ashton-under-Lyne when I was about 12 years old. I remember it well - they couldn't give a flying f**k how old the kids were they sold weapons to. We were little f**kers with them too! A lad who lived next door but two to me (he was 3 years younger so would have been at primary school bought this bad boy without any problem!
http://www.abarchery.com/acatalog/barnett-diablo-p...
http://www.abarchery.com/acatalog/barnett-strike-9...
I bought mine from a shop in the Clarence Arcade in Ashton-under-Lyne when I was about 12 years old. I remember it well - they couldn't give a flying f**k how old the kids were they sold weapons to. We were little f**kers with them too! A lad who lived next door but two to me (he was 3 years younger so would have been at primary school bought this bad boy without any problem!
http://www.abarchery.com/acatalog/barnett-diablo-p...
Had blackwidow as a kid, despite now being 33 I got a new blackwidow last year from a camping shop, use it for something fun to do when camping out the back and beyond of mid/north wales with mates. Good fun, stick up some empty cans, select some decent pebbles from riverbank and hey presto!
Yep
I had a black widow and then when I saw the cobra I bought that.
We had loads of rats so me and a mate would attempt to shoot them with my catapult and a big lamp, never did get one. Shot a pigeon with it though. Very powerful, and with the bull bearings they supplied there's not many things that it wouldn't leave a hole in. I remember shooting a bull bearing straight through a road sign, which shows how powerful they are.
I had a black widow and then when I saw the cobra I bought that.
We had loads of rats so me and a mate would attempt to shoot them with my catapult and a big lamp, never did get one. Shot a pigeon with it though. Very powerful, and with the bull bearings they supplied there's not many things that it wouldn't leave a hole in. I remember shooting a bull bearing straight through a road sign, which shows how powerful they are.
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