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Dawesome21 Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 66 Gender:	Trebuchet Back in Action! Oct 13^th, 2021 at 9:14pm Threw a bowling ball 1,000 feet dropping almost 2,400lbs. Aka, how to make a bowling ball disappear!
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Lightning Jack Ex Member	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #1 - Oct 13^th, 2021 at 10:22pm Wow that went really far! Do you even know where it landed? I’ve always wanted to build a trebuchet, they are one of my favorite weapons.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1742 California Gender:	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #2 - Oct 14^th, 2021 at 1:02am Are you going to be posting more youtube videos? (i.e. longer vidoes?)
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2618 Australia Gender:	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #3 - Oct 14^th, 2021 at 3:56am But did you knock all 10 pins over ??? No seriously great stuff, I’d love to see one in real life.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3395 PA, USA	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #4 - Oct 14^th, 2021 at 7:57am Great to hear! Although why does the date in the corner of the video show 2019? I'm guessing the camera just doesn't have the date set.
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Reply #5 - Oct 14^th, 2021 at 10:58pm

Yeah, my dumb action camera resets the date and time every time I change the battery. This was taken last Sunday.

We found where it landed, the field was damp and so it kicked up a lot of mud and left a good crater.

I couldn't hit 10 pins with this thing to save my life, the spread 300 meters downrange is like 100 feet and wind was playing a big role.

I've got a bunch of footage I'm sitting on, just need some time to edit things. I'll definitely post a bigger vid in a few weeks!

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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4465 Finland	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #6 - Oct 19^th, 2021 at 4:46am Can't wait to see! I do love some trebuchet action.
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Dawesome21 Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 66 Gender:	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #7 - Nov 2^nd, 2021 at 11:52pm Made a vid https://youtu.be/l4hB3bsM1eg
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13980 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #8 - Nov 3^rd, 2021 at 1:54pm Way cool!
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3395 PA, USA	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #9 - Nov 3^rd, 2021 at 10:56pm Agreed. Awesome! I do want to get around to putting one of these together some day. Just a small scale one that I can use in the yard. Every year the plan is to get all the wood cut and ready to go over the Winter so I can just put it together the following Spring. Maybe this year. Maybe next...
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4465 Finland	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #10 - Nov 4^th, 2021 at 11:05am The sheer power of one of these is terrifying. I can't even imagine being on the receiving end of multiple of these. Even with stone walls...
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8239	Re: Trebuchet Back in Action! Reply #11 - Nov 4^th, 2021 at 2:01pm I would love to see destruction videos with one of these some day. The power really is astonishing.
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