b'SUPER TO MEGA TO PRO+Pro+. The Pro bit indicating clips.Their site talks about how long Pro+ took to develop without giving any reasons why. I can tell you some of them. It has to do with the charm of handmade versus the perfect reproducibility of factory made.The process involves prototyping and prototype approval before that pattern is produced to create moulds for casting. That is, the shape has to be modelled and perfected. Basically, arsed about with, banded and shot to see, before they decide its ready to make castings from and make dozens of catapults. Once casted, the raw blanks need their surfaces fettling with flash removal and then a polish.Thats where the handmade element comes in as the final polish-up is crucial. The real fear was that the clips needed to be replaceable as folks will lose anything This is the Bentley Bentayga ofthat is not tied to itself and that by polishing catapults in Bronze. the clips whilst they were fitted to the frame, they would never be able to match any alone merely bad. Its why OTT is generallya Hammer Grip version called, yes, PPHG. replacement clip if needed. And they were more common I think. Thing is, while we are not like the carsright. In the end they went with both ideas.It is also why a whole slice of the less- and posh frocks market that must have newThe main story is the new frame being than-skilled shooters, including myself,stueach season, we definitely see trendsslightly fettled again as to shape with murdered their PPSGs with copious fork hits.and fashions in catapults. Convenience,improved ergonomics. That word means how It wasnt every time but I did keep on doing itdriven by both impatience and laziness is awell a thing is made to fit the body. Our hands until it looked badly abused. And part of thepowerful force. Many brands of slingshotsare amazing for our ability to grip things reason for a re-design was to re-shape thefrom Saunders to Simpleshot and fromof di erent shapes, and yet we still like to frame so the fork became harder to hit. TheWasp to Snipersling all o er clipped orhold things made to fit our hand rather than PP has continued to evolve in recent yearseasy-fix band attachment clamps upon theirjust rounded. The new form is more deeply and there are now OTT versions and manyfork tips nowadays. sculpted for each finger and feels more crisp colour ways of Pocket Poacher, if you checkApart from the MS Hunter, ProShot haveand less fuzzy-edged. The handle swells back out previous issues. always been champions of Wrap and Tuckinto your palm more and the base has a nice The biggest change was that Pocketfixing, with a good set of band groovescurved pinky-shelf all around the bottom. Poacher Super Grip became the Pocketaround the top of their catapults forks. ClipsEasier to experience than describe, it feels Poacher Mega Grip as the handle evolved tohave never been a thing they were muchbetter in the hand for a really firm hold-onto-be slimmer and easier to hold. The + versioninterested in. But now, all that has changedit grip (with the big supplied bands) under was another handle refinement. There is alsowith the new Pocket Poacher Mega Gripheavy draw than any frame I ever grasped. The pressure gets spread around your whole Better in the hand for a really firmpaw so you use all the muscles and bones equally. Maybe my hand just fits it? My hold than any frame I ever grasped. example has its number 137 laser-etched on the base. The model name is on the target The shiny clips on Ltd. Ed. Bronze ones are bespoke to each frame, so take care!022 SlingshotWorld021-023 SSW006 ProShot.indd 22 06/11/2022 14:42'