this had to hurt

[cuznjohn]

this has blood in it so PLEASE if you are faint of heart or don't like to see pain PLEASE don't look

http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=24113d89dfd8

[SNOOPY]

:yikes:

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: I'm wondering what he was using as a backstop, to get that sort of ricochet back at him? :shocked:

[cuznjohn]

i am wondering if it is a put on

[Bob Denman]

That looked like a pretty decent wound; there was also a definite impact noise... http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_11_1.gif

[wyliec]

He's lucky he's not missing an eyeball.

[Bob Denman]

That was my FIRST horrific thought... :yikes:
Then I saw that huge bloody lump, and thought; well that ought to teach him... :shocked:

[wyliec]

i am wondering if it is a put on

That was definitely a flap of skin at the wound site. If it was a put on, he did a good job.

[SNOOPY]

Okay, I'm getting sick now....thanks...

[Dan McNally]

I've seen some of his videos, before . . . he does a lot of "toys" on You Tube . . . . I believe this was real.

[cuznjohn]

Okay, I'm getting sick now....thanks...

sorry snoop but i did warn you

[Dan McNally]

Found him . . . he is "The Slingshot Channel" on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/user/JoergSprave

[cuznjohn]

Found him . . . he is "The Slingshot Channel" on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/user/JoergSprave

i tell you this guy is dangerous if some kids find his site, i could see some kids making some of this stuff and hurting people

[Dan McNally]

i tell you this guy is dangerous if some kids find his site, i could see some kids making some of this stuff and hurting people
We were making dangerous stuff as kids long before this guy was born . . . one of our favorites was taking empty CO2 cartridges, cutting the end off with a hack saw, and stuffing them with match heads . . . then we'd set up a length of pipe as a barrel, aim it and touch a match to the end of the cartridge :trike:. . . made a great blast and we never did find a cartridge we had launched . . . they really took off! Yet, at 65, my cousin and I still have all our eyes and fingers . . . . amazing, isn't it?

[Spyder_Cowgirl]

:shocked: I'm wondering what he was using as a backstop, to get that sort of ricochet back at him? :shocked:

Bob ... I don't think it was the backstop that bounced it. More likely the champagne bottle -- those suckers are thicker than a regular bottle and made from some VERY hard glass. They have to be to hold pressure, especially if the champagne is carbonated using "old world" methods with a dosage in each bottle. Even champagne made with modern methods (charged with CO-2 gas) is still bottled in the traditional thick / hard glass bottle.
Based on how that wound looked, I'd say he's lucky if he doesn't have some bone fragments in his brain! nojoke Pretty gruesome ... but we WERE warned!

Best Regards ... Ann

[cuznjohn]

We were making dangerous stuff as kids long before this guy was born . . . one of our favorites was taking empty CO2 cartridges, cutting the end off with a hack saw, and stuffing them with match heads . . . then we'd set up a length of pipe as a barrel, aim it and touch a match to the end of the cartridge :trike:. . . made a great blast and we never did find a cartridge we had launched . . . they really took off! Yet, at 65, my cousin and I still have all our eyes and fingers . . . . amazing, isn't it?

we used glass cigar tubes to do the same thing when we were kids

[Bob Denman]

Okay, I'm getting sick now....thanks...
Snoopy, eat some grass; clean your guts out, and go roll in a dead animal a bit... You'll be fine! :thumbup:

[ValCruzSpyder]

This brings back memories! Bad ones, albeit!!! Happened to me as a youngster. I was as fortunate as this guy...only got a splitting headache, and kept both eyes in my sockets. Mom wasn't too happy, though! It's amazing how something like this gives you a new respect for slingshots!!;)

[Bob Denman]

:lecturef_smilie:
"You'll shoot your eye out"". :roflblack: