Rufus Hessey is D Man with the sling shot back in the day. He's also known as the "D One – Bean Shooter", which translates to modern day "bad ass" with a sling shot. Posted on 08/09/2017 11:16:14 AM PDT by w1n1
Rufus Hessey is D Man with the sling shot back in the day. He's also known as the "D One – Bean Shooter", which translates to modern day "bad ass" with a sling shot.
Watch what he can do with a sling shot. Accuracy is a big thing with sling shots, be amaze of where he can pinpoint better than most with a .22 rifle.
It's a fact that he's been a bean shooter since the age of 10 years old. What funny is that he was the youngest from a poor family of 13, his oldest brother was allowed to use the shotgun. Being the youngest meant you couldn’t have the shotgun, so he got real good with the sling shot.
He states, "it was survival" putting food on the table for himself and siblings. What's his secret to great accuracy? Rufus saids he doesn't aim, he just looks at the target and points the hand holding the slingshot at the target and lets go with the other hand.
Rufus may be one of the last Bean Shot slinger of modern day. See the full footage of this Bean Slinger here.
Color me impressed!
Me too. The man knows what he’s doing with that thing.
I’m not bragging, but I seem to have similar (not as good though) aiming techniques and accuracy with a rubber band as this guy does. I can’t explain it except for muscle memory and good eye-hand coordination.
That being said, that guy could probably shoot the you-know-what’s off a fruit fly.
I was DAMNED accurate with a sling shot when I was a kid. And, even though I’m right handed, I shoot a sling shot left handed.
Like Rufus, I never aim. I point at the target with the fork. And let go quickly. Don’t take to long.
As good as Rufus? Ha! Not even close. But far better than all of my grade school friends.
Reminds me of my days on the Serengetti Plains bringing down rinoscurreses with my trusty slingshot.
Yep.
Got a trophy one hanging on the wall. His antlers must be like 147 points.
Rufus had some serious skills - I thought that video looked ancient, and it is. The man died in 1994 at age 74 and was a guest on the Tonight Show in 1986, where he shot an object out of Johnny Carson’s hand. All of the slingshots he made over the years have serial numbers and some are for sale on Ebay.
It ain’t the weapon, it’s the person wielding it.
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You mean as you’d aim a rifle? Left arm at the barrel, right at the trigger?
Yes
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