b'PRODUCT REVIEWMAGNUMGLADIATORItalian maker LUMBRO serves what may be the worlds oldest slingshot target shooting cultureI taly is known as the cradle of the arts, from Da Vinci andIt has taken until LUMBRO have an OTT frame with sights, Michelangelo to sharp suits and shoes. My dad worked inbefore we got sent any slings to try, despite their advert in issue fashion and he knew about clothes and stuand once told meone. Perhaps their boss might have worried that we would not that with the wide and flat feet he had given me, to not botherget their products as our slingshot culture is so di erent? He even trying on Italian shoes. Italians are made svelte and tidy,may have a point.unlike my hulking self. Which is why I had di iculty testing theSo what have we got? Two frames, one very new sighted OTT, Gladiator frame here. My hands are simply too big. Its rear-pointingwith TTF bands fitted (!) and another a recent iteration of the prong does not reach far enough to do anything but dig into the webclassic LUMBRO target slingshot, with a big rear-leaning fork, between my thumb and forefinger and it feels like the whole handlelong looped tab connection and very short active band length. is going to slip out of my grip. No lanyard hole means I fret a bit. The Magnum and the Gladiator.038 SlingshotWorldSSW005.038-039.lumbro glad & mag.indd 38 26/11/2021 15:26'