Patent ID: 7900620

Claim:
A slingshot for firing a fluid filled pellet having a fluid containment shell of fragile material which is readily breakable upon impacting a target, said slingshot comprising a handle section with an upper end connected to two spaced arms, a pair of elastic firing members each having a distal end connected to a different one of said arms and each having a proximal end attached to a pellet firing breech means having a body portion with a firing axis, generally axially extending wall segments protruding from said body portion to form a distally opening pellet receiving cavity formed around said firing axis, said wall segments being flexible to allow a pellet to be inserted into said cavity and be held in place by said wall segments without said wall segments applying pellet breaking frictional resistance to release of said pellet upon firing the slingshot, pellet positioning stop shoulder structure on said breech means for engaging said pellet and preventing insertion thereof into said cavity beyond a point where said wall segments are out of contact with said pellet prior to firing, grip means positioned on said breech means at a location isolated from said wall segments such that a shooter will not apply pressure to said segments during firing of the slingshot, wherein 4-8 substantially equally circularly spaced wall segments are provided, wherein said segments are from about ⅛ in. to about ½ in. long in a generally axial direction and have a wall thickness of from about 0.001 in. to about 0.06 in., and wherein said segments provide an inner surface diameter to said cavity of from about ½ in. to about 1.0 in.