b'LEGENDMILBRO go green-light) ProShot Catapults. They even used the M-word. For many years, they sold reproductions of all the old patterns, from the USA and UK, like the Warden andMilliganandZip-Zip.Beforelong,though,they were working with all the best designers, turning their plywood shapes into gorgeous cast metal. With world-class detail that previously meant patent numbers, which A CLASSIC RETURNS stood proud on original castings, could still be read on reproductions.To cut it short, SMK bought the Milbro brand and later sent ProShot a legal How very dare you! letter or a cease and desist admonishment, hence ProShots renaming. It took two years to come round from planning toFact is, ProShot kept that brand name cooking for SMK delivery but the old classic is back, with brethren for the years prior and I see that as a massive slice of the goodwill that SMK bought, without even realising. W oldgruntersgetdewey-eyedLooking on a forum, I learned that, Luke Nash who owns henSMK, bought the name and goodwill of Milbro. His father about classic catapults, they talk aboutwas their top salesman back in Milbros heyday.the DeadShot, Goliath and above all,I can see why it was personal as well as business.Milbro. There are very few DeadShotsAfter two years and an advert that said coming soon, and Goliaths left but theres always oldover a wrongly-banded (no pouch) image, SMK have Milbros for sale. The elastic was held into the frame withfinally delivered the first of their new classic catapults as a little wooden semi-circular collett. These were usedwell as four others that use flat bands for the first time to squeeze it so hard, it jammed in firmly. However, theever on a UK mainstream brand. The slingshot world has wooden bits didnt last long and I dont think you couldchanged.buy spares, so you just got another catapult. Thats whyWeweresenttheseassampleslastyearfor thousands lay in man-drawers for decades. consultancy. They came to the Game Fair and Mark and The Milbro name is owned by Sportsmarketing/SMK.Johntriedthem.Iwroteabouttheirconclusionsand Ontheirwebsite.MillardBrothersLtdwasoriginallyrecommended changes. Yet these look to be exactly as established in 1887 by Oliver and Samuel Millard, hencewe tested them and have come to market at a very low the Milbro name. price. I guess making changes would have increased cost Now,elephant-in-roomtime.Foralongtime,theand the suggestions were a bit fancy about lowering Milbrobrandwasassociatedwithcatapultsmadebyforks. As is, they are harder to hand-hit yourself with and my OG advertisers, (the folks that made this magazinethat is probably part of why the tall forks.028 SlingshotWorld028-029_SSW004 Milbro.indd 28 02/08/2020 14:20'