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Ginny @ginny65.bsky.social

More of a rocket launcher I guess. Go big or go home πŸ˜‚

aug 30, 2025, 10:19 am β€’ 2 0

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Judge Darkness @marvth3martian.bsky.social

This is the way

aug 30, 2025, 10:24 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Ginny @ginny65.bsky.social

Definitely. He made me a crossbow when I was 6 and I had a 20bore shotgun at 10. Didnt do me any harm at all.

aug 30, 2025, 10:26 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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David Porter πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”ΈπŸŒˆ 🐈 @porterd.bsky.social

The apprentices at a company where I worked made a crossbow using a vehicle leaf spring as the bow. And yes the projectile hit the target and went clean through the brick wall.

aug 30, 2025, 10:33 am β€’ 3 0 β€’ view
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Judge Darkness @marvth3martian.bsky.social

Haha AWESOME

aug 30, 2025, 10:39 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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Ginny @ginny65.bsky.social

I’d hold the wooden limb with my feet to pull the cable. Probably far too powerful for a 6 year old me.

aug 30, 2025, 10:43 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view
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Ginny @ginny65.bsky.social

Fab. That’s some ingenuity. Mine wooden and he cast the arrowheads and made the arrows. It would go through a biscuit tin packed full of newspaper. I remember making targets for it.

aug 30, 2025, 10:40 am β€’ 2 0 β€’ view
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David Porter πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ”ΈπŸŒˆ 🐈 @porterd.bsky.social

Like a bazooka me thinks πŸ˜‚

aug 30, 2025, 10:20 am β€’ 3 0 β€’ view
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Ginny @ginny65.bsky.social

πŸ˜‚

aug 30, 2025, 10:23 am β€’ 1 0 β€’ view