Yikes. Im thinking an indexing tube is a must for these. Cool little darts, but my first look at them made me cock my head to the side and wonder, "Thats awful close to the hand" and low and behold a montage of cringe. Very cool channel though.

Turf

Well you know you can make a gun using a nail and a metal tube on turf wars just put a shotgun shell or any ammunation that fits the metal tube we call it "Sumpak" well creativity puts you some where 😆

@@jc_dimacuha12 we called them zippers or zip-guns

think about Armando Balite,the origin af armalight or M16,from 🇵🇭🎭

I think they are called Indian Pana

Im going to do it

@@shegotass240 same here

Idk man it looks fun. Worst case you harpoon yourself and that's what hospitals are for.

Good luck

Recommending that nobody does this is wrong. Every hobby has a certain level of danger while some have higher than most. It's better to recommend that the individual take proper safety steps and practice if they do partake in the activity.

Steel ball bearings.

That’s good too,but hard to come by sometimes.

@@davoa7028 Mcmaster Carr, I buy them by the pound. Any size you want.

Really, did not know they sell them like that.Those are a lot better rather that trying to find the perfect stones. Those bearings even go a lot farther as well.👍🏼

I was fired up about them, but then seeing the damage good grief 😳

Yes, just 1 accident and it ends your hobby

I'm guessing hammer grip is with a closed fist as opposed to open hand grip shown here?

You're not kidding about nerve damage, once you damage a nerve you're going to know it for the rest of your life. I lost all feeling in my thumb, ring finger and pinky on my left hand after a tablesaw tried to eat it, and though I still have all my fingers they don't do much of anything anymore (especially the pinky, the knuckles fuzed, it's curled up all the way). Playing Xbox? Not so much. Working with my hands doing hobbies? Better git gud with my right hand. Protect your nerves, your appendages don't work very well without them.

Do they have left handed gloves?

@@Rid_Of_Thee Yes, he's wearing one in the video. They have right hand gloves too.

I got a crossbow target for 25 bucks. Burlap material shoved with more burlap. Inexpensive and effective.

And the target will make a loud satisfying "slap" lll

@@zbruh7268 I have yet to own a crossbow (have like six bows and ten or so guns and a couple air rifles)... What did you end up with for 25 bucks? Something used or an eBay special? Just wondering.... Seems like a fun thing to plink with.

@@johnnygunz2300 I got it from our local sporting goods store. Called "Jay's sporting goods", so it was new. Can use compounds and recurve with it no problem too. But you can get the "yellowjacket final shot" crossbow target from cabelas for around 15 bucks online too. Can't remember the brand I got, it's at my property ATM for a shoot off target lol

@@zbruh7268 oh I miss read your comment...I thought you bought a whole crossbow (not crossbow target). Some of those cheapo crossbows off of eBay can be fun to blast cans and stuff.

You just ripped it out?!?

What a chad

@@Rid_Of_Thee Nope, Chad and Chelsea go to the hospital, they might be jocks but they're not that stupid. Kyles and Karen go to hospitals to, but demand to speak to your manager and get special service nobody else gets.

I stepped on a rusty nail once that somehow flipped around then drove straight on into the back of my foot, by just walking. The nail had been flat on the ground when I stepped directly on top of it and got it in the foot. It was in at least an inch, I pulled it out, went to the pharmacy and bought polysporin and bandaids.

@@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 yeah dude... couldn't move my thumb normally for over a month. I just never told my parents, let it heal and only told people when it had become funny to me!

wouldnt it help to use longer arrows?

Good advice, Murphy is my patron saint.

@@tjarkbernecker3847 yeah, but then you're sacrificing how portable the slingshot is. That being said, how short the handle is on these slingshots is terrifying, I wouldn't use these even with that dragon scale glove, I'd feel like I was tempting fate.

Agreed. I ordered their Kevlar lined glove and honestly it just kind of feels like theatre. Should have ordered another one for testing I think.

No way its going to stop it

I don't think it's stopping it either.

@@jojojaykay Kevlar is terrible for stopping cutting instruments (which those darts qualify as since they have sharpened tips). Kevlar works for bulletproof applications because the bullets are blunt, and deform further upon impact. You're right to be hesitant about the effectiveness of that glove... very likely that it won't stop anything from penetrating.

I own these darts and glove (old Kevlar version), put the glove against a stump and shot it. Less than one mm poked through, I was surprised how well it did especially considering it was strapped down to a stump. I trust my glove.

Uawgh .....

I think that gloves dont stand a chance lol

Yea I'd really love to see the glove shot point blank with one of these, to see how much it protects. Something tells me those thin scales are gonna get wrecked and they're merely gonna reduce the damage, unless they're hardened high carbon steel, which somehow I doubt with it being 40 bucks and already tediously hand sewn individual scales. Plus, the guy that shot himself in the thumb, shot himself in a part that would've been unprotected anyway.

If you look in the comments someone has already do that test. However the point of the scales is not to take the impact head on they are designed to deflect the projectile and the design works very well. Scales were used for undress of years to deflect arrows from war bows with a draw weight in excess of 100lbs so I think they will do well with a dart from a slingshot.

I would imagine not well. Because of the resistance of the water, any deviation in the retraction of the bands would be amplified and not allow the darts to shoot properly. This is why harpoon gun bands run the entire length of the barrel so they have a "guide" to allow the projectile to increase in velocity without deviating.

The don't. Try shooting a gun underwater, the bullet goes about 2 feet and drops. A dart isn't making it off the elastic before it drops. That's why harpoon guns are fired from the ship deck, and not underwater.

@@darrylkinslow5613 Uhhhhh, there are underwater harpoon guns bro. Look it up.

@@darrylkinslow5613 ya I don’t think you fully know what you’re talking about

@@darrylkinslow5613 You clearly have never watched any Scuba Spearfishing videos. lol.

😯

Yeahhhh I could kind of see that one coming

@@_WyreTheWolf And not meant for shooting rusty nails from either ..... apparently 😄

@@dwighthayes4738 Yeah, I never claimed to be the sharpest crayon in the tool shed 😄

@@_WyreTheWolf Wrist rockets were big fun.

Could make an extension for the handle.

@@Insecthouse not really, I believe the torque on the wrist becomes pretty significant with longer handles.

Maybe some sort of a metal shroud bolted to the slingshot?

@@chriskolb3105 That's actually a great idea. I wonder why that's not more common?

@@chriskolb3105 i was thinking about using a demi gauntlet if i played with this thing.

Please learn to shoot very well with balls before trying something like this. I have about 4-5 years of slingshot experience (got obsessed), and I don't think I'd mess with these darts even with that glove. A sling bow would be way safer. FYI you can built your own frame out of half inch ply in about 15 min, and order decent band sets on Amazon. Cost probably 10-15 bucks.

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WTF does studying have to do with not buying a slingshot? A slingshot costs maybe $6 at most.

@@johnnygunz2300 Darts may drive in, but ball bearings break bones. I'm not sure which is really better, but they should practice with foam balls.

@@darrylkinslow5613 I've personally hit my own hand with 1/2" steel balls and 50 cal lead. My band setup will shoot the lead at about 250 feet per second (pretty zippy and about the power of a good 22 Cal. Airgun.... Maybe a tad more). It bruised my thumb and index finger real good! I got meat paws for hands so someone with less meaty hands could very likely shatter bones. I was lucky I didn't. I also shoot with tiny frames. If you step down to what most people shoot to target shoot which is like a 1/4 to 3/8 inch steel or maybe a marble the energy is far less and even skinny hands likely will get a minor bruise. With bigger frames it's not likely to happen. Wear a work glove if your still a bit nervous. Still got to watch your eyes though!!!

Safety first, and dragon skin just sounds nest.

Good man Steve thanks mate 👍 👌

it doesn't need to take the force of the dart, it just needs to be able to prevent penetration and deflect the dart away from your hand. I would be more worried about the stitching on the scales coming apart.

easy, measure speed with and without, and compare

Fu**!

Did you hook the dart on the bottom of the string??

they are actually quite great, due to the way you grip the sling, the scales are pointed torwards the target, and the risk of the bolt slipping under a scale is next to none, the scales will end up deflecting the bolt forward, and the most you'll get is a good old scare and the realisation "i think i've shot enough today"

I like your idea. It seems superior to a forked slingshot.

@@wutntarnation back then we just use no. 4 or 5 nails and feathers form chicken or broom as fletching, this has been used in the Philippines since the 60’s by gangs and prisoners and we called it Indian PANA

@@huemungus1491 I am going to make one of these. What did you use for the elastic? My son's muay thai teacher is from the Phillipines. Some of the finest people I've ever met.

@@wutntarnation he’s from the Philippines? Just ask him about Indian pana, most Filipinos knows what that is

@@wutntarnation but be very careful of using this weapon, I’ve heard many stories that after releasing the dart, it get stuck on the wire that holding it and rotate back to the body of the shooter if not made correctly.