Full auto slingshot, faster than the M16!

[JoergS]

Gatling guns have been the first firearms with a firing rate close to modern machine guns. Their principle is easy: A set of rotating barrels are fired by cranking a wheel. This makes them technically and legally a repeating gun, not a full auto one - but it is close enough.

The Slingshot Channel took the challenge to design a rubber powered version of Mr. Gatling's great invention. And here it is: Eight 20 mm balls, on their way to the target in less than half a second. The theoretical firing rate is 960 rounds per minute, slightly faster than that of the popular M16 assault rifle.

The video also shows how you can fire single shots with the weapon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxtHtPK2MH8

A presentation brought to you by The Slingshot Channel!

 

[conw]

This just in, Mexico takes Joerg Sprave to court for producing full auto slingshots - Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe, representing el demandante, threatens to "put his a** in a sling, legally speaking"; Sprave could not be reached for a comment but his Youtube fans report that he has been practicing with a 'top-secret experimental weapon' on yuccas, habaneros, and various miscellaneous peppers. Says Hernando Guerrero, head of PROFEPA (the Mexican EPA), "He can shoot peppers all he wants, but if his 'fun hobby practice' harms endangered species such as the Mexican Vole or Eastern Pocket Gopher, we will push for immediate extradition!"

 

[Rail Driver]

Joerg, you're always so polite in your videos. I find that refreshing

You do great work, and I love your slingshots! Keep it up!

 

[Vonderek]

Very cool! Leonardo Da Vinci and Joerg are "cut from the same cloth"

 

[mgregg85]

Joerg you could have been a king 1000 years ago building huge siege machines and crazy personal weapons.

 

[conw]

He is slowly but surely approaching the modern age. See his progression from simple technology to the Gatling slingshot...I give it 6 months before he has a laser slingshot.

No seriously though, it's cool how innovative Joerg is...I'm impressed with the quality of his mind. Slingshots aren't really my thing; I wish Joerg would branch out. But still, cool to see his innovation.

 

[JoergS]

Branching out is not easy, most weapons are legally restricted to gun ranges and making them requires a master gunmaker certificate ("Büchsenmacher-Meisterbrief").

This leaves me to slingshots and maybe bows, which I have looked at a bit already. Rubber as energy source is a lot more flexible, though - serious bows are always so big.

 

[Manco]

Excellent work--that is a rather intimidating weapon. Now all you need to do is take the next logical step: a volley slingshot.

 

[heavydluxe]

Thanks for these vids, Joerg... My family has had a real blast watching them. And, as another poster has mentioned, thanks for being so polite in the vids. It's nice to be able to watch things like this with the kids and not worry about what will come out of the person's mouth.

 

[Axel Larson]

Thanks for sharing. What have tried firing out of it other than the 20mm balls?

 

[451 Detonics]

I give it 6 months before he has a laser slingshot.

But can it be mounted on a shark?

 

[Shanghai Dan]

How about a full-auto slingshot that fires SHARKS with lasers on their head? I mean, he's already done a machete-firing slingshot, how much harder could it be to fire great white sharks?

 

[M-Cameron]

im just amazed at how many different thing you continue to make..........keep up the good work

I give it 6 months before he has a laser slingshot.

But can it be mounted on a shark?

unfortunately no.....sharks are an endangered species.......so unfortunately he will have to use Sea Bass.

 

[kozak6]

What an excellent contraption, JoergS.

I appreciate how simple and well thought out it is. Thanks for posting the video.

 

[General Geoff]

I think with some extended mechanisms, you could make an arm that automatically grabs the spent bands and re-cocks them, and a hopper mechanism to automatically reload the pouches, and tie them into the crank operation. What you would then have is a hopper (magazine?) fed repeating crank-operated Sling Shot of Doom.

 

[JoergS]

Ok, so many people wanted slomos and destruction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyqhjhekSW8

 

[bbuddtec]

Way to be, Joerg

PS nice "Jack Sparrow" sshot!

 

[BRad704]

Do you think it would be possible to modify your lever-type trigger concept to rotate the assembly by 1 notch at a time? That would give you semi-auto and you wouldn't have to turn the wheel manually on its own. Just a thought...

GREAT invention!

 

[1KPerDay]

Rock on, Joerg. Another winner!

 

[il_10]

I just saw this video on the G4 channel; they did a nice little bit about it.

http://www.g4tv.com/videos/52667/Around-the-Net-042711/?quality=hd

 

[19-3Ben]

Do you think it would be possible to modify your lever-type trigger concept to rotate the assembly by 1 notch at a time? That would give you semi-auto and you wouldn't have to turn the wheel manually on its own

Or perhaps rig up some sort of a tension spring device. You wind it up and as it would unwind it would spin the wheel with the bearings.

 

[Mp7]

AWESOME!

... your best device yet!


COngrats for 350k youtube views tooo.


Gruss aus Hamburg,
Mp7

 

[lizziedog1]

You need to make a tactical version.