Sling Shots

DIY Weekend Project: How to Make a Slingshot
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/diy-weekend-project-how-to-make-a-slingshot/

The humble slingshot has been a fixture among boys across cultures and across generations.  The first modern-type slingshots probably didn’t make an appearance until vulcanized rubber was invented in 1839. 19th century boys used old rubber tire inner tubes as the bands to catapult their rocks and pellets at cans and unsuspecting cats.   ---CONTINUED---

Slingshots for Survival: How to Make and Use Them
https://urbansurvivalsite.com/slingshots-survival-how-to-make-use/

(SNIP) ... After World War II, the popularity of slingshots took off as commercially manufactured slingshots hit the market. It was some of the innovative ideas that came with these products that migrated slingshots from recreational toys for pinging tin cans to serious and legitimate hunting weapons. ---CONTINUED---