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A Weapon That’s Half-Shotgun, Half-Bow? Here’s the Video!

It’s a weapon combination so outlandish that some have called it the “craziest weapon mashup” they’ve ever seen. Others don’t believe it is real and some who do believe it find it “cool but pointless.” It’s a combined compound bow and shotgun.

YouTube Video Demonstrates Combined Compound Bow and Shotgun

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

A YouTube video shows a man testing out the hybrid. Check it out:

In the comments, some question the recoil because his elbow didn’t bend.

Although how this item was made is not specified, Every Day No Days Off’s gun blog (via Neatorama) has an idea on how these two weapons could have been put together:

It looks to me like there’s some type of plunger at the back of the shotgun, which is likely in contact with the firing pin. The cable then whacks that and… BOOM.

What are your thoughts on this weapon? Let us know in the comments.

[H/T Gizmodo]

Comments (82)

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 5:32pm

    They have an exploding arrow head ; but, it was outlawed.

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  • Personalforrest
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 5:24pm

    why?

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  • Ming The Merciless
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 5:21pm

    Seems like alot of effort to pull a trigger.

    I can squeeze a trigger with my finger – it takes this guy his arm and shoulder – not very practical.

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  • Conservophiliac
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 4:06pm

    There is no way he could fire a shotgun (except maybe a 410) with one fully extended arm and not have it fly back into his face. Also it didn’t sound like a shotgun (again unless it was a 410). 410′s are useless unless you are shooting something the size of a bird.

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    • mongastanman
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 5:00pm

      I’m no superman, but I am 6′3″ and 225lbs. I can hold up my pistol grip 12 gauge like a hand gun and shoot. As long as your arm is locked straight(just like you do with a bow) your elbow doesn’t bend. Not like those skinny drunk girls you see on youtube shooting Desert Eagles.

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    • creepshow
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 6:17pm

      conservo-
      You must have the strength of a ten year old girl.
      I can shoot a 20ga with one hand pistol style all day long.
      The 12ga starts getting old after a couple of boxes.
      Just because you’re a p***y doesn’t mean everyone else is too.

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    • DGuy
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 7:25pm

      A lightweight 410 CAN and WILL kick…

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    • urnokid
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 8:45pm

      If you take the shot out of a 410 shell, insert an arrow into the barrel until the feathers rest inside the shell, you will be surprised at how easily it will kill
      a deer.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 10:19pm

      LOL, Conservo- methinks you watch too much television.

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    • Eleutheria
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 7:45am

      You’re wrong.

      My advice?

      Less TV, more actual firearm use.

      PS

      When you shoot people in the chest with a firearm they also don’t fly backward across the room, as they do on TV.

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    • goofyfoot2001
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 7:46am

      Have you ever even fired a shotgun?

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    • GA_dandelion
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 8:28am

      I’ve been shooting 12 ga(00-buckshot) one handed for years. The gun is not modified. After a stroke 16 years ago I had to learn a new way to shoot, the barrel has never gone past 12 o’clock straight up or been pulled from my grip.

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 12:55pm

      CONSERVOPHILIAC… Obviously you have not seen the Taurus “Judge” being used with a 410 round at close range. I wouldn’t want to be a car jacker at the business end of that gun.

      MONGASTANMAN… Lol   Those are funny vids.

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  • asmurff
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 4:05pm

    What is it for, I can think of no practical application. You use a bow to be quiet, if you’re going to make noise why bother.

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    • Barbarian
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 4:18pm

      Duck Season. Rabbit Season. er….
      Duck Theathon! Wabbit Theathon! FIWER! (sproing-boom)

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  • freelancer91
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 3:38pm

    By any chance is this guy named Clint Barton?

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 4:10pm

      And… Ben Franklin said… I’m going to place a Key on my Kite… to attract Lightening…

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  • Big Mickey
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 3:26pm

    When something like this occurs to me I ask myself: Would people laugh at me if they saw it? If the answer is yes, then I just forge ahead and do it. More power to this guy — I‘ve had shotguns that have lived their last and weren’t worth more than scrapping or parts, and bows that were in pretty much the same shape — sorry this never occured to me, though.

    Good job, I say.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 3:49pm

      I love innovation… but it always produces Criticism… so just do it!

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  • DAL223
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:54pm

    Redneck………Hold my beer cause’in , I’m gona try somthin……What a waste of a shotgun!

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    • Eleutheria
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 7:48am

      There is no reason why he cannot reassemble the shotgun, so long as he didn’t break it in the bow/gun fabrication process.

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  • lantzh
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:30pm

    This guy has way too much time on his hands… it can’t even be fired accurately with such a delay in dynamics. I think he just shot down a airliner…LOL

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:49pm

      Well he could never use it. Bow Season, Gun Season . a idea with out thought.

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  • Tom K
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:24pm

    Is this invention covered by Obama and Hillary’s United Nations Treaty Banning Firearms Ownership in America ? If not, we may all need one or more of these !

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:24pm

    Now if he had an exploding arrow I.E. – First Blood – maybe

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  • Nickallsopp
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:21pm

    it’s pretty cool, but I question the accuracy on it. I wouldn‘t doubt it authenticity because I’ve fired a 12 gauge single handedly without the recoil bending my arm. I still don’t see the purpose of such a tool though.

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  • Shakespear
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:21pm

    ‘This guy obliviously has way too much time on his hands!

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  • Wigan
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:18pm

    Looks like someone wants to get their shotgun out there during bow season….

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  • MittensKittens
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:16pm

    Would account for too much time on your hands

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  • code green
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:12pm

    Totally usless, no real purposeful application, Can’t legally hunt with it, a club or rock would be a quicker weapon for defense. Summary???????????????? way too much time on his hands, for other than some good ole boy redneck fun . Git er done and have some fun

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    • markinstl
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 6:32pm

      It might be fun to use this for trap shooting, since you don‘t call for your target till you’re ready to shoot.
      You‘d be the only guy at the gun club to have one that’s for sure!

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  • wewantchillywilly
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:12pm

    when i think of doing something, i ask myself, would an idiot do this? and if the answer is yes, i do not do that thing.

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    • Dishevel
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 5:15pm

      I think that sometimes it is fun to say “screw it” and do the thing the idiots would do.
      After all the idiots seem to enjoy themselves.

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    • Taskready
      Posted on May 29, 2012 at 9:53pm

      I don’t believe you. Continue.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:09pm

    Hey….you’re showing people how to protect themselves. Thaaaaats raaaacist.

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  • Teufel Hunden
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:08pm

    Stupid is as stupid does!

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  • Ultra_C_
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:06pm

    I wish that I had that much time to waste. If he were a friend of mine, I’d say “dude, don’t be THAT guy.”

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:04pm

    Interesting.

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  • RLTW
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:02pm

    From the makers of the football bat!

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:01pm

    Next week, see an M7 Bayonet attached to a can of dog food.

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  • Tulsatime
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 1:59pm

    That’s what happens when you combine Rednecks and Beer….. “Hey Y’all, watch this”

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  • NuRelic
    Posted on May 29, 2012 at 1:54pm

    Kinda cool but … ‘Meh’.

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