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I don't sling a thing if I ain't got my sling!
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I used to say, "Give me a pipe, some mach headfs and a rock, and I'll have a firearm, if I want it!" which is quite TRUE! There are many good books on the safe construction of such weapons from publishers such as Paladin Press, and anything from repeating shotguns to pistol-like weapons can be built using gas pipe, or plumbing pipe. The "trombone shotgun" is the simplest, but I wouldn't bother to build one even though I can (make of that whatever you will, because that's all I'm going to say about that!) if I have to. HOWEVER: Your sling, or similar improvised NON-firearm weapons are QUIETER, MORE ACCURATE with greater range, and are JUST AS DEADLY (and often MORE so!) than any zip gun. They are less cumbersome, less conspicuous and more likely to get the job done without landing you in the hospital, jail or even the morgue.
Home made blackpowder rifles (see the Foxfire Book series) are more useful in a resistance or survival situation than "zip guns", and the best ones were turned out in SOE/OSS (wellrod, liberator), CIA, KGB,MOSSAD (the infamous "bicycle pump" martyr-maker) or other labs of serious government assassination bureaus, usually equipped with noise suppressors and primitive sighting systems.
Since their primary use in serious work is normally to kill an armed enemy and take his weapon and escape with it, these are NOT intended as primary weapons, or weapons of choice, but as last-ditch desperation tools.
I, personally, am NOT a fan of them. A good slinger or archer with a metal bullet to launch, or better still, a PROPERLY equipped person with a modern firearm properly modified if neccessary by a government technician can do the job cleaner, quieter and better.
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