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We Know You Want to See the ‘Crossbow Revolver’ That Lets You Shoot 4 Arrows Without Reloading

Jun. 29, 2012 3:55pm Liz Klimas

Joerg Sprave — a.k.a. the Slingshot Channel guy or the guy who has brought you information on how to weaponize office supplies and even trash — is pulling together another ridiculously unnecessary (yet still fascinating) combo weapon.

What’s up his sleeve this time? A crossbow revolver.

Slingshot Channel Guy Creates Crossbow Revolver

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Here’s how Sprave would describe the weapon:

Using rubber as energy storage for crossbows allows much more narrow outlines than steel. This inspired us here at The Slingshot Channel to make a four shot crossbow! The weapon can shoot arrows equipped with field tips as well as broadheads.

It is possible to fire all four arrows in quick succession, or to shoot them in two pairs. The accuracy is excellent due to a very practical arrow guide made from cheap toothbrushes.

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

Watch Sprave test out the weapon:

Sprave concedes it could use some cosmic refinishing — it’s only half finished so we’ll give the guy a break. Still, like many of Sprave’s weapons, “it is fully functional and reliable.”

Stay tuned and Sprave will show off the finished version soon.

(H/T: Gizmodo)

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Comments (37)

scrudge
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 5:07pm
Ah Yes…. he he he….. an assult CROSSBOW…. wait till fast and stupid pass these out.. he he he

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blair152
Posted on July 1, 2012 at 2:04pm
That’s nothing new. The automatic crossbow’s been around since Ancient China.

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- thop1960
  Posted on July 1, 2012 at 2:17pm
  I think the point is, he made it himself. Have you made one? Didn’t think so.
  
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SerikFox
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 11:37pm
It’s cool, but it’s not a crossbow. Crossbow means a bow that is perpendicular to the base. Those also appear to be arrows, not bolts.

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patricius
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 7:05pm
“Cosmic” refinishing … The Blaze’s nonexistent copy editor lets another idiotic malapropism slip by.

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HURRICANEPAUL
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 5:26pm
Hey…Mr. Inventer..I had an idea…

You know how you have that star-like thing at the ront end of the weapon?

Why not make that star thing…make it so each arrow point, when loading is pressed up against each of the legs in the star thing….hoding the arrows in place…with the pressure on the arrows…next…you create a trigger that ROTATES the star in the front of the weapon that is holding back the arrows so it rotates 1/8th turn…releasing all 4 arrows at once

The arrows are now free to be released inbetween the spaces in the star gizmo as the star thing rotates1/8th turn

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2conservative
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 3:24pm
Always thought someone should invent an autoloading crossbow….this is almost as good.

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sarcasticus
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 12:41pm
So now you know where your discarded toothbrushes ultimately end up.

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doodonkeydoo
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 10:32am
Acquire skills in food processing , defense and above all trust in the God that created this country. Maybe this blight will go away next January.

So many good Americans have given their lives for our freedom!!!!!

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CROCK-HANDLER
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 8:51pm
When crossbow revolvers are outlawed, only outlaws will have ……………

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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:39pm
With Obama going to outlaw guns – It would be nice if we could get the “Patriot” Party to share information on how to make your own weapons. (For Zombies, of course)
Youtube has a couple of great video’s on how to make a 60 pound longbow for about $10

(I just invented the Patriot Party – so if it catches on – then you can say you heard it hear first)

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- Zundfolge
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:06pm
  Naw … I’ll just stick with my guns … I don’t care what cockamamie laws Obama or others write.
  
  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
  
  But this does look like a cool toy … gotta appreciate the ingenuity.
  
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- 762x51
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:45pm
  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ indeed. With 100 million gun owners in America that is going to be a LONG day. Just confiscating mine is going take weeks, maybe months and cost dozens of lives. It’s gonna get real expensive for them to do this.
  
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- AndySchmandy
  Posted on June 30, 2012 at 5:48am
  Zun and 762, right there with you boys. come and take them, dare ya.
  
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MeteoricLimbo
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:16pm
You get clubbed to death while reloading the silly thing. Try stretching those rubber bands at 20 below zero

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- Weiners Wiener
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:42pm
  Lighten up, Francis. Nobody’s forcing you to make a semi-automatic crossbow out of office supplies.
  
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Godzgrl247
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:12pm
He has man boobies….just sayin’.

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RightThinking1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:07pm
I’m waiting for the revelation that a pick handle can be ‘weaponized’…

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- The-Monk
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:18pm
  “Pale Rider”…..
  
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Lt_Scrounge
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:07pm
4 shots? The Chinese had a repeating shotgun that had a 10 shot magazine over 800 years ago. It fired as fast as you cranked the lever bank and forth.

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RightThinking1
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:06pm
“Cosmic refinishing”?

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Individualism
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:59pm
its a good weapon if it can go through vests and body armor.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:06pm
  How come when I read your words I get the felling that they couldn’t beat their way out of a wet paper bag?
  
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Doctor Nordo
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:25pm
Not really anything like a revolver, to be perfectly honest. Revolving isn’t even a pivotal function of the weapon. All it is is 4 crossbows glued together, essentially.

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ronin_6
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:15pm
Creative, I’ll give him that.

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KickinBack
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:13pm
I wouldn’t call it an effective weapon like he does at the end…Unless of course you’re always locked and loaded and lagging it around…You definitely can’t hunt with it.

It is imaginative though, and if you were a teenager with one of those you’d be the coolest kid on the block.

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- DAVIDDUNN
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:41pm
  I could use something like that for zombie slaying!
  
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- USA5
  Posted on July 1, 2012 at 3:27am
  DavidDunn…yes, that what I was thinking..great for Zombie War!
  
  love fellow zombie kooks
  
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ozchambers
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:12pm
This article could also use a little cosmic editing.

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JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:08pm
Crowd control.

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762x51
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:03pm
Interesting toy, I think I’ll stick with my magazine fed, gas piston operated, 7.62mm assualt rifle.

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- ozchambers
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:14pm
  Mmmm one, eh?
  
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- 762x51
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:24pm
  OZ – As far as you know.
  
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- TSUNAMI-22
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 4:29pm
  @ 762×51
  
  Interesting toy, I think I’ll stick with my magazine fed, gas piston operated, 7.62mm assualt rifle.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  LWRC?
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 5:00pm
  @TSUNAMI-22
  
  Sent you some reading material there…. let’s keep it over there for now.
  
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- 762x51
  Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:42pm
  Tsunami – Yep. Fear the REPR
  
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- TSUNAMI-22
  Posted on June 30, 2012 at 12:42am
  I have an M6A3 5.56 with a Vortex 1-4×24 MOA scope. Love it. LWRC is the shiznit.
  
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