The owners of the Slingshot YouTube channel were challenged by it’s rather devious subscribers to build a slingshot that can fire machetes. And so they did just that. The phrase, “If you see this, chances are you’re already dead”, applies to this situation probably more than any other. The thought of a man running around through a forest with a Machete Slingshot is terrifying enough as it is before you even see that Machete fly for real on video.

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A new challenge arose from the clouds of the youtube community: Can you shoot a machete with a slingshot?

Now a machete is a very heavy weapon, and strong rubber plus a very long draw was called for. This had to be a slingshot crossbow because the rubber had to be so strong that you can not draw it out with one hand. Also the danger of hitting your hand had to be considered.

The result is actually pretty impressive: The weapon sent the machete all the way up to the hilt into six layers of very thick cardboard. Try to do that by throwing a machete! No way.

The video also shows two very conventional slingshots, both handmade by Jörg Sprave.[/info_box] – The Slingshot Channel

The slaughtering starts at 2:27.