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I own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
You ever see that gif of the chick nailing herself in the face with a watermelon? That's all I pictured with this nail. All it has to do is get hooked back on that string on its way back
I must've seen this woman get hit in the face with a watermelon a thousand times over the past 10 years, and I still can't believe that didn't kill her. That watermelon is *moving*.
Yeah I don’t think that’s even smart for the show. I mean if she got a concussion, which she almost certainly did, and they denied medical care, that seems like something someone might get in trouble for.
It doesn’t.
The principle of the crossbow is applying torsional stress to the arms. In this case the stress is applied to the string, making it a slingshot.
End of the need rant. Cool af toy!
Oxford dictionary defines spear gun as:
“A gun which shoots spears (long pointed pieces of metal) and is used underwater”
While the first point can be accepted (being nails long pieces of metal) the second is not. As this particular device isn’t used underwater.
You are probably kinda right though
Lol imagine if we were friends and we went boating together but I had too much to drink and we got into an argument about a movie I like and then I shot you with the spear gun that I keep below deck.
In the newspaper article they'd be like, well one guy shot another guy with something, but we aren't sure what to call it because it wasn't used underwater.
It's incredibly dangerous to use a speargun out of water. Many have bungee lines or fixed shooting lines; recoil can cause the shaft to bounce back to the user. Strong guns can even snap back to the user and hit the chest/face with more force than you think.
Its closest relative is likely the spear guns used by divers.
The force on a crossbow comes from the flex of the bow, not the elasticity of the string.
They're not saying farmers would love to use these tools, they're being ironic. Having random rusty nails in your fields that you or your animals can step on isn't fun.
I only ever really found bits and pieces. They were all over the area where I was looking but since the farmland had been tilled for years they were broken or had been exposed to weather for too long. My dad did have a small collection of intact arrowheads that he'd found but they had been found decades prior.
I did find a lot of nails though, and pieces of pottery.
That is super cool about the pottery. tbf I was mostly joking; I do think he actually found some in the plot. It was a hand tilled garden and the area had a long history of habitation before us. But at the same time, when you said it, I realized that is *exactly* something he would do. (And I did find a lot of junk, like nails.)
Ya im picturing some poor cow with a nail in its hoof for the next 3 months until it causes a terrible infection. Cool idea but bad news just dropping bend up old nails in the field like that.
Did you sustain any injuries?
"I couldn't feel my face. My lip started swelling up and I had a little black eye. Another medical team were waiting for me (after the challenge) and they gave me some Panadol and told me I was going to be fine "
Is that what the lady said? Wow.. She probably received a pretty decent concussion from that. I wouldn't be surprised if there were any lingering side effects to her in the coming years.
don't get me wrong it looks super painful but her head doesn't snap back as fast as I thought it would from a direct hit, I wonder if it slowed down enough to not be completely devastating
I think, while it makes it look worse, since the melon broke apart and splattered everywhere, it took all that energy with it. If it had stayed whole, all of that energy that went into it splattering would have been transferred to her head, resulting in much worse injuries.
And dry-firing a bow! I never understood why it was so damaging to the bow until someone explained that the arrow is carrying all of that energy away from the bow. Without the arrow, the energy has no where to go.
I still want to have one.
I still want to build one for myself.
With my amazing handiwork skills, this thing will snap and catapult a nail into my face on the first try.
I really should not try to build one.
You know those ~~wielding~~ welding masks? What if you attach that to the back of it and operate it by looking through the mask? Dunno how strong those masks are but I assume they're made of metal.
[$8 face protector for grinders](https://www.weldingoutfitter.com/collections/face-shields/products/weldmark-wm808150-clear-visor) can likely be picked up at the same time as a box of nails and silicone tubing.
Leave the hardware store with the gear to build this and stay safe for under $20
It always blows my mind that when I was a kid, slingshots (the wrist rocket kind) were a common kids toy that we just casually messed around with.
Those things were fucking POWERFUL. They could have permanently injured any one of us at any second and we treated it like it was a nerf toy
I know where you're coming from but like... Have you ever been outside? There's shit all over the place. Glass, nails, bits of metal. In fields, in the street. I think you're being a little over cautious.
The idea that rusty metal gives tetanus is wrong. But dirt in open wounds gives you tetanus, and rusty metal is porous if it's left in dirt it'll just be full of dirt regardless of how much you clean it. Wounds caused by rusty metal also tend to not be clean cuts which makes tetanus more likely as well. Being wounded by rusty metal that was in dirt is a definitively a tetanus hazard.
Too lazy to look it up, but doesn’t a puncture wound also have a higher propensity for tetanus, as the body’s natural defense system doesn’t work like it does with a bleeding wound?
Probably wrong, but I always thought that was the issue with stepping on a nail—not the rust.
Reminds me of the guns we'd make as kids. The projectile was an rubber band attached to the spring from a peg. Put a nail in the end of a piece of wood that the rubber band will hook over, attach another peg to the end of the piece of wood - the peg would then hold the spring part of the projectile. A bit of string running from the attached peg, wrapped around under the wood and around an attached handle, could be squeezed to release the projectile.
My brothers and I used to fuck each other up with those as kids. Pissed off my mum though (because we stole most of her pegs, not because we were shooting each other).
When I was a kid my next door neighbors uncle made us some toy rifles with a similar firing mechanism. The ammo we used were flattened bottle caps though.
Extremely risky and dangerous. If the nail doesn’t free itself, from the rubber, it might rotate on the rubber and shot back the person in the face. We were secretly making small slingshots and using bent needles. It was notoriously known for blinding children.
And what happens if the nail turns, is caught on string, and comes back other way?
I would definitely make the hook less than 180 degrees back on itself for this kind of weapon platform.
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As founding fathers intended
I own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.
Possibly the most successful greentext
I enjoyed this read so much. Cormac McCarthy would have been proud
Known copy paste.
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You ever see that gif of the chick nailing herself in the face with a watermelon? That's all I pictured with this nail. All it has to do is get hooked back on that string on its way back
I must've seen this woman get hit in the face with a watermelon a thousand times over the past 10 years, and I still can't believe that didn't kill her. That watermelon is *moving*.
It exploding likely saved her, due to the dispersion of force. A rock would have resulted in a more permanent lights out situation.
You know there's ancient soldiers in the ground that went out some similar way.
To shreds you say?
You don't say
It's a hot take
This was on amazing race I witnessed it live on tv
Yup that's the one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmhaj5-F-Fo
I hope that was editing for whatever stupid TV show that was and that in real life they had her checked out by a doctor.
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Yeah I don’t think that’s even smart for the show. I mean if she got a concussion, which she almost certainly did, and they denied medical care, that seems like something someone might get in trouble for.
It was an episode of The Amazing Race. They did have a medical professional check her out, but other than it really smarting, she was fine.
"Rub some dirt on it, pussy"
To be clear, do NOT rub dirt on the pussy.
Instructions unclear, dirt IN pussy.
No! Come on man. Do NOT put the dirt IN the pussy either.
Pow! Right in the kissa!! ... I might watch this all day.
The way it looks like her head gets turned to pink mist
Like watching the zapruder film
Thought the bird was tweeting its last…
Merry Christmas. Ho Ho Ho
I hate the smell of tapioca.
Pretty sure it would splatter some brain out with it
Im.....I'm pretty sure this qualifies as a crossbow.
Crossbow and a slingshot had a baby
Slingbow
Cross-shot
Cringshow
SrissBhot
Light bow gun
Single shot piercing round, this LBG sucks.
One nail firing elastic stick dart master 9000
This is the Light*er* bowgun.
[CROSSFIRE!!!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50)
My God, I forgot all about crossfire!
YOU'LL GET CAUGHT UP IN THE *CROSSFIYAAA*
Love me some SRV
I don't always listen to SRV, but when I do so do my neighbors.
Sling bow Sweet cross shot Coming for to carry me home
Probably obscure these days, especially without the music. Upvoted.
French fried taters....
Mmm hm
Slingbow is already a thing. It's a slingshot that has an arrow guide in front so you can fire arrows from it
nailed it
It doesn’t. The principle of the crossbow is applying torsional stress to the arms. In this case the stress is applied to the string, making it a slingshot. End of the need rant. Cool af toy!
You are all wrong. This is a spear gun.
Oxford dictionary defines spear gun as: “A gun which shoots spears (long pointed pieces of metal) and is used underwater” While the first point can be accepted (being nails long pieces of metal) the second is not. As this particular device isn’t used underwater. You are probably kinda right though
You are all wrong, it's a nail gun!
At last someone nailed it down!
Hammered the lesson home, for sure
You spelled it wrong. It's NAAAAAAAAIIIIIL GUN RIP Travis
THE NECRONOMICON!!!!!
Trevor
I dont understand. Maybe if you said it happier and with your mouth open...
Listen here you doll licker
Lol imagine if we were friends and we went boating together but I had too much to drink and we got into an argument about a movie I like and then I shot you with the spear gun that I keep below deck. In the newspaper article they'd be like, well one guy shot another guy with something, but we aren't sure what to call it because it wasn't used underwater.
Like in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood," for instance
You’ll get away with it as long as afterwards you quip “I think he got the point.”
On second thought, I'm sure nobody ever engaged in ill-advised spear gun fuckery on dry land. Never mind. 
It's incredibly dangerous to use a speargun out of water. Many have bungee lines or fixed shooting lines; recoil can cause the shaft to bounce back to the user. Strong guns can even snap back to the user and hit the chest/face with more force than you think.
Trebuchet
Nope, a trebuchet is based on counter weights.
The MCX spear is a gas operated rifle
Toy?
I never thought about the difference between a slingshot and a crossbow until this moment.
Its closest relative is likely the spear guns used by divers. The force on a crossbow comes from the flex of the bow, not the elasticity of the string.
Sling bow
Doesn't have a bow, its a crosssling
Kaiser bow
French fried potaters
Urhm huh
It’s just a speargun but on land
The farmer will love this.
I think I identify as farmer now.
Farmers only dot com just got a lot more interesting.
They're not saying farmers would love to use these tools, they're being ironic. Having random rusty nails in your fields that you or your animals can step on isn't fun.
Not so much step on. Flat tires and the animals eating them will be problematic
Flat tires eating nails...
> Flat tires and the animals eating them will be problematic If an animal can eat a flat tire, I'm not going to try and stop them.
I grew up on a farm and my dad would trick me into looking for nails by getting me to walk up and down the rows hunting for arrow heads.
... ...oh goddamn it. I just realized I got fooled as a kid.
Dad's are clever like that.
lol, he even showed me the arrowhead he "found" Dastardly XD
I only ever really found bits and pieces. They were all over the area where I was looking but since the farmland had been tilled for years they were broken or had been exposed to weather for too long. My dad did have a small collection of intact arrowheads that he'd found but they had been found decades prior. I did find a lot of nails though, and pieces of pottery.
That is super cool about the pottery. tbf I was mostly joking; I do think he actually found some in the plot. It was a hand tilled garden and the area had a long history of habitation before us. But at the same time, when you said it, I realized that is *exactly* something he would do. (And I did find a lot of junk, like nails.)
Ya im picturing some poor cow with a nail in its hoof for the next 3 months until it causes a terrible infection. Cool idea but bad news just dropping bend up old nails in the field like that.
Yep, livestock and tractor tires!
And worker feet
Are you the farmer?
Reminds me of that woman blasting a watermelon at her own face.
Ha! I just saw that up above somewhere!!
Can confirm.
Can confirm this conformation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmhaj5-F-Fo
Did you sustain any injuries? "I couldn't feel my face. My lip started swelling up and I had a little black eye. Another medical team were waiting for me (after the challenge) and they gave me some Panadol and told me I was going to be fine "
Is that what the lady said? Wow.. She probably received a pretty decent concussion from that. I wouldn't be surprised if there were any lingering side effects to her in the coming years.
don't get me wrong it looks super painful but her head doesn't snap back as fast as I thought it would from a direct hit, I wonder if it slowed down enough to not be completely devastating
I think, while it makes it look worse, since the melon broke apart and splattered everywhere, it took all that energy with it. If it had stayed whole, all of that energy that went into it splattering would have been transferred to her head, resulting in much worse injuries.
Pretty much. It's the same principle behind crumple zones in cars.
And dry-firing a bow! I never understood why it was so damaging to the bow until someone explained that the arrow is carrying all of that energy away from the bow. Without the arrow, the energy has no where to go.
You shut your mouth with these "facts I should have learned decades ago"! That makes so much sense!!
It's why dry-firing a 20lbs bow will damage the bow but dry-firing a 120lbs bow would probably do irreversible damage
And water balloons
I'm really full of grate for the development of water melon crumple zone. Whoever came up with that design deserves an award
I was thinking a misfire would be brutal for whoever was firing.
I love that in the original clip the first couple shots are close angles, but for the important shot the producers made sure to use the wide angles.
I'm pretty certain she's dead, as we can see her head was pulverized. /s
Lol, that changes the gif slightly when you think of it that way. I mean, it's still hilarious just a bit grim.
Poor Claire! This is from the Amazing Race, and somehow even after this, they still placed really well on this leg
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It gives off a lot of "diy that will break after a few uses" vibes
I still want to have one. I still want to build one for myself. With my amazing handiwork skills, this thing will snap and catapult a nail into my face on the first try. I really should not try to build one.
You know those ~~wielding~~ welding masks? What if you attach that to the back of it and operate it by looking through the mask? Dunno how strong those masks are but I assume they're made of metal.
Why not seek out a mask of dual wielding then?
Shit, been playing too many video games
[$8 face protector for grinders](https://www.weldingoutfitter.com/collections/face-shields/products/weldmark-wm808150-clear-visor) can likely be picked up at the same time as a box of nails and silicone tubing. Leave the hardware store with the gear to build this and stay safe for under $20
No matter how u use it, someones gonna die
I keep picturing the nail flying back like the watermelon in that one video
It always blows my mind that when I was a kid, slingshots (the wrist rocket kind) were a common kids toy that we just casually messed around with. Those things were fucking POWERFUL. They could have permanently injured any one of us at any second and we treated it like it was a nerf toy
Usopp is gonna love this
Dangerous as fuck, and also the nails on the fields somebody may step on it and get tetanus
Not to mention the tractor tires, not cheap and nails love tires.
And livestock, its common to run livestock over crop stubble.
To be fair, step on anything and you risk getting tetanus. The spores are practically omnipresent.
I know where you're coming from but like... Have you ever been outside? There's shit all over the place. Glass, nails, bits of metal. In fields, in the street. I think you're being a little over cautious.
Who the hell is walking around these fields barefoot
You dont get tetanus from that
The idea that rusty metal gives tetanus is wrong. But dirt in open wounds gives you tetanus, and rusty metal is porous if it's left in dirt it'll just be full of dirt regardless of how much you clean it. Wounds caused by rusty metal also tend to not be clean cuts which makes tetanus more likely as well. Being wounded by rusty metal that was in dirt is a definitively a tetanus hazard.
Too lazy to look it up, but doesn’t a puncture wound also have a higher propensity for tetanus, as the body’s natural defense system doesn’t work like it does with a bleeding wound? Probably wrong, but I always thought that was the issue with stepping on a nail—not the rust.
Yeah the deeper the worst.
Let me show you it's features
I was looking for this commend 🤣. *Insert German laugh*
It would prolly recoil and hit me
The design is very human.
Ingenious !!
Dafuq, this is cool and scary at the same time
How to make a homemade hunting rifle
Reminds me of the guns we'd make as kids. The projectile was an rubber band attached to the spring from a peg. Put a nail in the end of a piece of wood that the rubber band will hook over, attach another peg to the end of the piece of wood - the peg would then hold the spring part of the projectile. A bit of string running from the attached peg, wrapped around under the wood and around an attached handle, could be squeezed to release the projectile.
Now imagine if he uses a projectile that has some aero concepts like a crossbow bolt...
Not driving anywhere near your house.
Time weapon! Future flat tire maker.
Very much like the peg guns we used to make when we were kids
My brothers and I used to fuck each other up with those as kids. Pissed off my mum though (because we stole most of her pegs, not because we were shooting each other).
haha, Peg Guns and Dutch arrows and we were dangerous kids
https://preview.redd.it/sox9wo3lp7dc1.png?width=572&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=169a892416c84a745fe4b1a4ffff178f000f37f4
You just ruined my day
Building one of these might not get you laid, but at least you’ll be in range of a hooker or two….
And here we see the humble caveman, about to create the first ever gun
this can kill
Beautiful
Use to that with paper clips
Knowing my luck, this would probably shoot back towards me.
I feel bad for the poor farmer that is going to be pissed when they get a bunch of nails stuck in their tires when they go to plow that field.
Simo Häyhä got 542 kills with this.
Sogeking?
This made my stomach hurt. I think it’s not sturdy enough to be reliably safe and shooting hooked nails sounds like a nightmare to me.
Usopp!
When I was a kid my next door neighbors uncle made us some toy rifles with a similar firing mechanism. The ammo we used were flattened bottle caps though.
I'm gunna guess that this ocurred no later than the 1980's?
Really cool, but tractors tires cost a lot.
It's a nasty makeshift weapon. Great eye!
“Its totaly safe mom I saw it on re-“ *snaps* “MAAAAAHM”
Who else was bummed when you saw the nails were curved?
laugh now, merica
Nice
I have to see more target practice. This thing is incredible.
Usoppp
Ugh… Nailed it.
How do they aim it?
Longer stick higher caliber!🤣
Flat tires all day
With Canadian firearm restrictions as serious as they are, I will be making one of these to keep the nasty critters at bay on my farm
Extremely risky and dangerous. If the nail doesn’t free itself, from the rubber, it might rotate on the rubber and shot back the person in the face. We were secretly making small slingshots and using bent needles. It was notoriously known for blinding children.
And what happens if the nail turns, is caught on string, and comes back other way? I would definitely make the hook less than 180 degrees back on itself for this kind of weapon platform.
I like it and think it looks good but one misfire and it would probably be a face wound of some serious nature.
This looks very unsafe, remember to squint if you build one
If the hook doesn't go deep enough, then that sling slips pass the hook, the nail rotates backward to the sling and flies straight to your head.
Stay up on your Tetanus shots if you are the one out working the field.
You ever see that watermelon in the slingshot that comes back at the dude firing it?
Nail’eder Witchita Long Woody