# Using a power drill to create a high powered slingshot shotgun

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 19, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-power-drill-to-create-a-high-powered-slingshot-shotgun/666634 "2013-08-19T13:19:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-power-drill-to-create-a-high-powered-slingshot-shotgun/666634/1 "2013-08-19T13:19:05Z")

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[Interesting video demonstrating this concept](http://www.guns.com/2013/08/15/how-to-turn-a-drill-into-a-monster-shotgun-video/?fb_action_ids=531923440206360&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%22531923440206360%22%3A1384429875117970%7D&action_type_map=%7B%22531923440206360%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D)

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**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-power-drill-to-create-a-high-powered-slingshot-shotgun/666634/2 "2013-08-19T13:28:11Z")

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Didn’t watch the video- I wish there were pics. Sounds about like the steam-powered machine gun the Mythbusters built.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-power-drill-to-create-a-high-powered-slingshot-shotgun/666634/3 "2013-08-19T14:03:13Z")

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This guy’s a member of the slingshot forum, as I am, and has built some interesting stuff. One is a semi auto slingshot that shoots bolts made from large nails.

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**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-power-drill-to-create-a-high-powered-slingshot-shotgun/666634/4 "2013-08-19T14:06:42Z")

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Watched most of it, didn’t see an impact though just the shot being flung out. I want to see the super large one with a shot put for ammo.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-power-drill-to-create-a-high-powered-slingshot-shotgun/666634/5 "2013-08-19T15:54:55Z")

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Isn’t this hard to aim? Wouldn’t it be easier to build a drill-wound crossbow with superhuman draw weights?