b'IN THIS ISSUECONTENTS3EDITORIAL 40THE WASPS NEST: XOPHOXX EVOLUTIONHollywood movie prop makers, Italian exotica, a 5ft sling rifle and crazy darts!INSIDER track! Follow the evolution of WASPs newest exo-skeletal XOPHOXX and its Welcome to the The Tweaky Tech Issue. super-rare prototype.7OUR SLINGSHOT WORLD 43SAUNDERS CBS: The Pro-X STABILISERBonkers bits. Shroomboom from Skylanders; Greg Pitmans sculpture; African art;Did you have a Barnett Diablo with sticky-out stabilisers? This weight accessory is for Gualdo Tadinos sling festival! the mighty Saunders Pro-X.8SLINGSHOTS N STUFF 44THE WORLDS MOST AWESOME COLLECTION!Our pages of lovely slings. From a shop-stock natty whipped with string, to gorgeousMr. N. Bird knows more about catapult history than anyone globally and his drool-worthy custom sets. collection is backed up by provenance.12MULLAH THAT MULLET! 47ACCESS ALL AREAS! JERG SPRAVEEver gazed down into the water and had your thumbs itch seeing the fish? TheseThe most famous sling shooter in all the Western World. Let me show you his new fish rigs are specialised killers! features!14COMPETITION SCENE: TARGET SHOOTER PHILOSOPHY 49THE RUBBER BOUTIQUE GETS TECHNICALKeith Dighton reveals his inner thoughts about the discipline of target slingshotWe apply degree-grade scientific rigour to rubber! Eleven kinds of 0.6mm, all in the shooting. This one goes deep. same cut, chrony tested.17HOW TO AIM 50SIMPLE SHOT: SPARROW, BEANFLIP & POSH!Asa Wilson demystifies the mystical. How to work out YOUR perfect set up for utterLimited edition anodised billet-carved PRO slings from Simpleshot, plus brand new accuracy. Sparrows and reborn Beanflips.18STAR DESTROYER SLING RIFLE! 53SHARPSHOOTER BANDS - TARGETS ONLYGloriously daft! The longest flat band slingshot rifle in the world, which gives you theLee Harrison was getting asked to make purely target bands for his mates, until it reach of a butterfly shooter. became clear he had a niche to fill.21PRO-SHOT:GAME FAIR CLASSICS 54NASTY DARTS & OTHER ILLEGAL PARTSFrom Harvey Rabbit to the Viper, long dogs and hares, we show you the ProShotEvil broadhead slingshot darts with massive killing power and magnetic-grip frames beloved by the old school. pouches for archery triggers. BANNED!24FOWLERS STUFF! 56HOW TO: MAKE: A BELAY CATTYZachary Fowler! The 1m-subs YouTuber and winner of ALONE series 3, has a coolYou can just cut the tops othe circle or you can hire the company that made bits for shop. We swagged stuto try! C3PO and Indiana Jones.27HOW TO SET UP A CLUB 57TARGETS TESTED: SAUNDERS SACO DUELLER!Sick of nowhere close by to go shoot with your chums? Why not set up your ownSpeed and accuracy are both needed in real time to win with one of these targets. club? We explain the boring bits. The FIRST ever slinged-at in the UK!29HOW TO MAKE A PINCH POUCH 59CATAPULT ARTBy no means an original idea but it makes all your release issues go away and canSlingshot photography. This issues talented photographers include: David Crooks, Jay transform your shooting. Morgan, Reggie MacDonald, Gernot Mller and Jack Taylor.30ON THE MOOCH with THE KING OF THE WEALD 64CLUB CALL: LVSA - VIVA LAS VEGAS!We go Pheasant hunting on a damp Novembrous day and take fresh phezzy homeBrian Motarrero sent us this account of a fun nights slinging in a Las Vegas suburb for the pot. at night.34COMPETITION SCENE: ANDOVER THE RETURN! 65WASSAT?At last, post-Covid, we had the most popular family oriented camping event withA Glossary of Catapult Terms. With PFS, OTT, TTF, RTS, and all those, you could get catapult shooting - BACK! confused. This helps.37MAKERS MARK 66ADVENTURES, SCRAPES & MISDEMEANOURSFamous Fabricators. The now legendary John Je ries, his collab with EmberleafOF MICE & MEN: We bring you the first chapter of Mark Clarks upcoming book. KING Workshops and all his OTHER stu . OF THE WEALD38LUMBRO FIONDE!We finally get some hardware from LUMBRO in Italy. Meet the MAGNUM Titanium OTT & GLADIATOR Italian classic.COMING NEXT ISSUE!The last two of these little sections have proven to be the onlyall the time and we find out only a little bit before it is public. So source of utter hogwash in the magazine, ever! I have beenall I can assure you is that if its to do with slingshots and is NEW, hunting for Slingshot Stig for two issues, even bragging thatif its hardcore, if its rubber powered by people, then its going in we would find him. And have failed. Some say he has gone intothe mag! A huge thank you to those who helped make this one hibernation, then woke up, ate a LOT of slugs and finally estivatedsuch a Texan fruit cake of an issue and may I wish a damn solid in a pocket of his own dried slime. But I just dont know. Thing is,thumb-hit upon those who didnt! (Better that, than a fork-hit as Id love to be able to see the future but they bring out new stu that is just not funny.) You guys are what this is all about.To discuss editorial contents, features or book an ad, please email Adam on: [email protected] SSW005 contents.indd 5 02/12/2021 10:43'