We here in Northeast PA , were more proficient with home made sling shots, l usually made it out of a crook from a branch of a tree and an old tire inner tube some string and a worn out tongue out of an old shoe, don't laugh , i'm serious , later when we started collecting popbottles and cashing them in for change did we advance to a production model. we were like the U.S. ArmedForces over seaswe adapted and improvised .
I'm from the old school