Anybody ever made a home made big shot to place ropes in tree?

ForTheAction

I'm thinking about saving the money on a bigshot and the gear there by making a home made set up for a while.

Conduit pipe
Devised fork
Fitness device rubber tubing
Twine of some sort
Big, lead fishing weights

I know to order a proper set up from Sherrill or what not I would spend at least $250. I could get into this rig for $50-$75, and have all of the reserve strings and weights for when I get hung up in the trees.

Anything similar to this done before?

Cole

mmmm i saw a homemade big-shot snap this dude in the head it was the laughing stock of the weak got 5 sticks was a total pisser.....maybe a warning just go buy a new one and be done with it

ForTheAction

I wonder what the guy made it out of. One guy told me to make it out of a forked stick. Yikes! I can only imagine the pain. I'm thinking I should just improvise with a ordinary sling shot, or buy and weld/torch some metal for the fork to slide securely onto the pole.

I already bought a few rolls of string from the DIY section at the dept. store. 225' for $2.50 US each. Just for experimenting sakes, I'm going to see this thing through.

Garry Brockley

you could try this one Arbor Harpoon

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Gunslinger

Doesn't seem like it would be terribly difficult to make one. You can even buy the replacement pouch and tubing set for $23 From Sherrill and fabricate the rest.

ForTheAction

Oh ya? I'll have to check that one out.

Ekka, the Harbor Arpoon is too far out of my league. The police really would roast see that in my hands and motioning my hands at them, "No, no, it's not what you think."

v34

hi ,

this is my first post in this forum
and here is a pic of my home made "big shot" , costed me $14

the pole and the "three fingered" rake was $0, the latex tubing costed about $7 and the other $7 was for the pouch and some other small stuff.

Therrin

Ahh Galbee, you've done me proud. Those test shots make me look like a total redneck. The really good photos of the equipment are found here:

12 guage Line Launcher
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Good luck to your home-brew system! Hope it turns out well!

Don in LA

Hey guys. Very interesting discussion about launching devices. When I was with the fire department we had a Line Gun, or Lyle Gun (named after the guy that made the gun practicle, not the original inventor). It's purpose was to launch a brass projectile, 45 caliber if I remember correctly, about 3/8 inch (45 cal.?) in diameter and 6" in length. The projectile was loaded directly in the end of the barrel. A heavy cotton cord was attached to the projectile and the cord fed out of a "can" mounted under the barrel. I've only fired the Lyle gun once in practice. The gun was aimed at about 80 degrees. The cotton cord was burned off from the muzzle flash. The projectile went over the 5 story fire training tower and landed at 2nd base of the junior college baseball field, about 500' away. We reloaded, wet the cord and the cord stayed attached to the projectile. The gun's purpose was to get the cord to a victim; the victim can then pull the cord up along with a rescue line attached to the end. There are many references to line guns on the internet. Just type in Lyle Gun or Line Gun.

Good Luck,
Don