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Review: The Pocket Shot - Its not a Toy
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 10/20/2016 | D Breteau

Posted on 10/20/2016 5:31:01 AM PDT by w1n1

What is The Pocket Shot? Well, it is what I call a modern-day sling shot, but a little cooler, has an interesting design and is quite portable – but make no mistake, this is not a toy!

Let's get the statistics out of the way first: The Pocket Shot is a closed pouch made of latex with a base and locking ring that compresses the latex ends. This design allows for a solid grip on the front end and a clear line of projection for your ammunition – in this case a steel slug.

Loading is easy and while the Pocket Shot comes with about 100 ball-bearing rounds, the imagination runs wild with other options: pebbles, confetti, darts, paint balls, pepper balls, etc. Noteworthy: Pocket Shot also makes an arrow-specific unit called The Pocket Shot Arrow. (Note to self – must get one of these!) Changing bands is ridiculously easy – If you know how to put your socks on, you should be good to go, however you must also understand that there are two rings at the mouth of the Pocket Shot, not just one bulky one – I will not go into depth on how long it took me to figure this out, but suffice it to say I saved you at least 30 minutes of precious time.

There is a locking ring that unscrews from the base ring. This releases the mouth of the pouch/band so you can readily change it out. Read the rest of the review here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: banglist; pocketshot; slingshot

1 posted on 10/20/2016 5:31:01 AM PDT by w1n1
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To: w1n1

You’ll shoot your eye out!


2 posted on 10/20/2016 5:34:04 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
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To: w1n1

If society collapses, every weapon counts.


3 posted on 10/20/2016 5:37:07 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: w1n1

My son has the arrow version on his Christmas list.


4 posted on 10/20/2016 6:00:23 AM PDT by cyclotic
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Now doesn’t that make you just want one even more?


5 posted on 10/20/2016 6:08:22 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: w1n1

Needs a laser sight.


6 posted on 10/20/2016 6:11:03 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: metesky

Lookie.


7 posted on 10/20/2016 6:18:28 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: smokingfrog

Needs an angled foregrip and a red dot. Where dou you mount the red dot without a picatinny rail? Single-point sling would be handy, too. ... Does this thing float?


8 posted on 10/20/2016 6:52:00 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for spiritual discernment)
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To: w1n1

Slingshots are illegal in New jersey, believe it or not.

Under state law, manufacturing, transporting or possessing a slingshot without “an explainable, lawful purpose” is a fourth-degree crime, punishable by up to 18 months in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.


9 posted on 10/20/2016 7:19:18 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: JimRed

Only in NJ and I was thinking about getting one to take a deer in my back yard. I hate NJ and now that they passed the .23 cent gas tax they took the last good thing about NJ away.


10 posted on 10/20/2016 7:25:34 AM PDT by Edison (I don't know what irks me more, the lying or the incompetence.)
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To: JimRed

Only in NJ and I was thinking about getting one to take a deer in my back yard. I hate NJ and now that they passed the .23 cent gas tax they took the last good thing about NJ away.


11 posted on 10/20/2016 7:25:35 AM PDT by Edison (I don't know what irks me more, the lying or the incompetence.)
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To: JimRed

I got busted using on in the middle of the woods in CT too. Right behind the Naugatuck shooting range / club.

Cop car came right into the damned woods. Caught up with my jeep.

I faced $500 in fines and of course the slingshot made its way into the cop’s pocket.

Speaking of CT, I saw your post in the Yale thread, where you mentioned Calhoun hall - are you in CT ?


12 posted on 10/20/2016 7:33:04 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: JimRed

That’s crazy.


13 posted on 10/20/2016 7:44:42 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: w1n1

Cost?


14 posted on 10/20/2016 8:16:18 AM PDT by Wneighbor (Deplorable, livin in a swamp of crazy and lovin it)
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To: Celerity
I saw your post in the Yale thread, where you mentioned Calhoun hall - are you in CT ?

No, that was a joke, but not really recognizable to younger FReepers who might not have ever seen or heard the old Amos & Andy radio and TV shows...

I joked that it was named after Algonquin J. Calhoun, esq., the lawyer on the show, and to object to the name would therefore be racist.

15 posted on 10/20/2016 12:06:54 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: JimRed

OH yeah, I got that. I just hoped you didn’t really think that :)

Jim Calhoun is a LEGEND throughout CT and they’ll put you in jail for speaking his name in vain.

The place is falling apart like Detroit but basketball is just fiiiiiine.


16 posted on 10/20/2016 5:32:50 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: w1n1

eBay 21 bucks,


17 posted on 10/23/2016 4:40:48 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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