It's a Trap! 002: Swiftsure Projector
Added 2020-12-15 01:36:49 +0000 UTCEver so slightly early access.
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It's an atlatl for clays.
David Bock
2020-12-29 18:28:27 +0000 UTCMae Responding: I can't tell which one wore me out more though. This one gives you no aid in the throw unlike the dupont, but then the dupont requires the initial effort of cranking the arm back. It's a tough call.
C&Rsenal
2020-12-23 15:58:31 +0000 UTCMae Responding: We debated that, but ultimately decided for a number of reasons not to shoot them, 2 big ones being youtube can't get butthurt if there are no gun shots so they won't suppress this vid and the audio, trying to talk while gun shot booms were happening on range was destroying our audio. I mean we could've waited to talk after the boom, but we're dumb, would get excited, and immediately start jabbering.
C&Rsenal
2020-12-23 15:55:35 +0000 UTCMae Responding: Most authoritative right here.
C&Rsenal
2020-12-23 15:51:08 +0000 UTCMae Responding: Neat! Glad we might've helped! Happy hunting!
C&Rsenal
2020-12-23 15:50:37 +0000 UTCMae Responding: But look at that metal, stamped neatly with its name everywhere, the top of the handle is wrapped with brass, they really tried to make it look elegant.
C&Rsenal
2020-12-23 15:49:34 +0000 UTCI may have posted this afore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wKA-mWJjZw It's a Michael Pain tv show from the Ripping Yarns series. It has 77 y.o Joan Sanderson shooting a beater instead of a grouse, and claiming some of them enjoy it, and later her character fires a real Lewis. Loads of SMLE's as well; and a b&w bit that could have 'War were declared!' over it; no questions.
Bradwan
2020-12-16 18:16:40 +0000 UTCThats alot of of money for metal on a stick
Gage
2020-12-16 07:21:23 +0000 UTCIf you fling that clay hard enough and bean someone square in the head, I promise it will hurt them. Maybe not kill them, but definetly stun them. So it could have been employed as a trench weapon
Gage
2020-12-16 07:18:30 +0000 UTCWorks better than that spring thing.
Gerald King
2020-12-15 19:08:04 +0000 UTCAre you going to expand this series to include the history of the clay pigeon? Or perhaps this projector was actually used as a trench weapon to reach out and snag an enemy by the throat? ...or maybe give it to him, and after he uses it a few times, he bleeds to death from cuts to his hand? =o)
William Russ
2020-12-15 15:45:44 +0000 UTCThe rabbit hole of shotgun sports would be politically incorrect to duplicate the origins of the “trap” release of birds for targets but target balls would provide a great narrative of its development from Bogardus and Carver competition (saving Carver’s Buffalo hunting renown for another series). The visual of feather filled balls exploding with a shotgun blast would make for great video - Yes antique balls would be too costly to blast to heck - but assuredly an alternative would suffice for demonstration purposes - 3D printing perhaps? Your curiosity to expand your coverage of other historical shooting, even if only snapshots, will strengthen the expansion of your audience - kudos!
Moos
2020-12-15 14:46:23 +0000 UTCProof positive that Anything you delve into is a home run! Having delved into the hand trap of the shotgun sports - might it be time to go a bit further down the rabbit hole ?
Moos
2020-12-15 14:37:57 +0000 UTCI like this series, thanks for presenting them. Would be fun to stand there with the Shotgun and try to break a few Clays.
Ryan Case
2020-12-15 14:27:34 +0000 UTCAbsolutely loving this series! Very much looking forward to the shotgun series, as well. Great work!
Jim Short
2020-12-15 14:21:15 +0000 UTCWas the the alternate title for this series "That's What She Said?" and if the Swiftsure Projector appeared in a French magazine are there any ramifications for Ian?
Andrey Gardner
2020-12-15 13:34:02 +0000 UTCIn fact I can remember the half crown coin (2/6, or two shillings and sixpence) being call half a dollar in Cockney slang,
Bradwan
2020-12-15 09:34:36 +0000 UTCTen shillings, or 10/-, was half a pound, or 50p now. Six pence, or 6d., now 2.5p. Total 52.5p. In my dad's youth (the 1920's) it was $4 to the £.
Bradwan
2020-12-15 09:27:07 +0000 UTCThis is a great series and I can't wait to see more of it!
Matt Haught
2020-12-15 05:36:32 +0000 UTCI can't say I've ever given hand traps much thought and haven't even used one in the last half century or so. At least you all have picked a topic that nobody (and I mean nobody) can claim to be the world's most authoritative expert.
Richard Anderson
2020-12-15 05:34:45 +0000 UTCThank you for the tip on the Hathi Trust! I hope I can use it to find out if a family story is true about a turn of the century magazine (1900-04?) that had my grandfather on the cover.
Matthew Gibson
2020-12-15 04:30:41 +0000 UTCThe first patent was in the 1870s. By the 1890s, they were common enough to not be a surprise. By 1900, clay targets or glass ball alternatives were the norm.
Sopwith Cameltoe
2020-12-15 04:01:55 +0000 UTCIs that spring tension adjustable? Because if it is, how could you not adjust it? Also, when did the frisbee-style clays become a thing? I recall shotgun records being set with wooden blocks or glass balls back in the day, but it looks like a somewhat standard clay existed by the turn of the century.
Leonard Heinz
2020-12-15 03:26:41 +0000 UTCI think these are interesting and a break for you guys from hammering away at the WWI stuff. It should be fun sometimes, no?
John Thomas
2020-12-15 03:08:33 +0000 UTC£1 was worth just under $5 in 1900 ... so 10s 2d is a bit more than $2.50 at the time. Per the 1897 Sears-Roebuck catalog, you could buy a Model 1893 Winchester pump in 12 gauge for $16.88, or a single-barrel 12 ga shotgun (with automatic ejector) for $6.75 (down to $5.56 for the cheapest models). A very nice double 12 ga from Sears would set you back $40 to $100 (for a fancy engraved Parker). A new "Colt's Single Action Army, Frontier or Target" revolver, in .32, .38, .41, .44 or .45 caliber, $12.95. Four boxes of 25 smokeless 12 ga #7 paper shells (1-1/4 oz of shot) costs $2.29. .... so, this hand trap costs a bit more than a box of 100 shells.
Michael James Blum
2020-12-15 03:01:14 +0000 UTCI love these. Can't wait for more.
Matthew
2020-12-15 03:00:59 +0000 UTCHistorical currency conversion makes that $2.56 USD. Or about $66 USD, today.
Sopwith Cameltoe
2020-12-15 02:40:22 +0000 UTCwrap the grip with duct tape + fix the rubber. It'll still be tiring but it'll work more consistently and won't cheese grater your hands Found a nifty currency convert for UK cash from the 1200's to today: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/#currency-result 10 shillings 6 pence works out to 41.25GBP in 2017. Or about $54.56. So really not cheap at all for that thing. Not super expensive either of course but $4 it aint'.
tibbish
2020-12-15 02:34:46 +0000 UTCThose are Whamos first and second laws of aerodynamics, printed on the underside of most Frisbees.
Matisse Enzer
2020-12-15 02:29:21 +0000 UTCFloat flip flies straight, tilted flip curves.
Matisse Enzer
2020-12-15 02:28:12 +0000 UTCIt's certainly at least least lived up to my expectations, if not more so. If that's ambiguous, that means I like it, and was hoping for just such a series
Alfred Wallace
2020-12-15 02:28:06 +0000 UTCEasily your most professional and technically demanding project yet ;) Keep up the fun videos.
Brendan Sullivan
2020-12-15 02:18:16 +0000 UTCNew over here, but these are fun to watch! Also, quick search indicates that s10 d6 in 1900 should be comparable to £66.17 now, or $90.76 in freedom bucks. .. I guess it was for a niche market?
Erdanya
2020-12-15 02:16:59 +0000 UTCMy instinct on how to use this thing is like a flick throw in ultimate frisbee
David Herman
2020-12-15 02:08:28 +0000 UTCI'm surprised you can even find these things considering they are well over 100 years old. It's weird, wild and wacky stuff.
Josey
2020-12-15 02:03:26 +0000 UTCI like this light-hearted hand trap series, keep 'em coming!
William Jensen
2020-12-15 02:00:06 +0000 UTCOne other than Mae, I mean.
James McKenzie
2020-12-15 01:52:35 +0000 UTCYeah I’ve been enjoying them also.
PeterJim Mc
2020-12-15 01:52:27 +0000 UTCKevin *really* needs a beard.
James McKenzie
2020-12-15 01:52:21 +0000 UTCNice, both swift and sure projecting. Fun videos, thanks.
Gary Newman
2020-12-15 01:52:06 +0000 UTCIt’s an early 20th Century atlatl for clays.
Ryan D Thorne
2020-12-15 01:49:25 +0000 UTC
