b'DESIGNER DELIGHTSA beaten-up PPSG, the PPMG Pro+ and its actual prototype pattern!WHERE HANDMADEMEETS PRECISIONProShots clipped version of the fabled Pocket Poacher took over a year to perfectP roShot Catapults are the world- out there on a product more permanentimpressed upon seeing it and I had a go at wide kings of the cast metalthan one sculpted in multiplex marine ply. Atshooting it. I drew back, aimed roughly at a slingshot. Not for them the uglyProShot Catapults HQ, the original patterntree and released. There was a DOINK! and rip o s made in a backstreetor the the one they used as a positive to makeI had no idea what had happened. Looking from bicycles and beer cansthe moulds of that first PPSG to cast it indumbly at the frame, there was a new ugly with bubble pits all over them! Nope, theymetal, is proudly on display in a cabinet as adeep round dent in the edge. I tried again are proper foundrymen, melting ingots ofhumble reminder of where it all began. and again and over and over before giving up. pure metals with skill and accuracy to makeBack when I got back into catapults, I knewIt wasnt until some time later that I realised objects of such perfection so gorgeous, thatnothing about flat bands, nor OTT versuswhat I was doing wrong.they inspire passion all over the world. TTF and only shot upright. Id made a coupleAnd while that is the single most awfully They are the leading makers of theof bad buying decisions and been rippedabused catapult in my collection, it turns finest slingshots in aluminium, brass andoroyally by a lad who charged me 80out that I was not alone. If your stance is even bronze. secondhand for a very early un-numberedgood, without any weird frame cant or slant Despite a rich choice of classic designsaluminium PPSG. (55 new today, I wasgoing on, then TTF or Through The Forks of their own, ProShot are most famous fordone!) I banded it up with my own absurdlycan be incredible in repeatability and thus their faithful recreations of celebrity makersbadly-tied Theraband, with a big pouch. has deadly accuracy for competition. All frames. You can search the website by theirI took it to my friends for a little cookoutpart of Gamekeeper Johns competition names. The original John Webb Pocketand a bit of a plink on the land behind hissupremacy for so long. But unlike OTT or Poacher Super Grip was one of their earlyhouse. I was looking forward to showing o Over The Forks, that TTF thing is unforgiving e orts which got Gamekeeper Johns namemy awesomely cool new slingshot. He wasof anything less than perfect technique, let 021021-023 SSW006 ProShot.indd 21 06/11/2022 14:42'