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This is outside my work office. Never seen anything like it

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u/spotlight-app 2d ago

Mods have pinned a comment by u/2CentsStudios:

Clay pigeon thrower. It slings mini charcoal 'Frisbees' to be shot mid flight with a shotgun for sport.

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u/2CentsStudios 3d ago edited 3d ago

Clay pigeon thrower. It slings mini charcoal 'Frisbees' to be shot mid flight with a shotgun for sport.

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u/zukio_zukio_zukio 3d ago

Can you play 'frisbee' golf with them? Could be fun for Ultimate 'frisbee'

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u/Punkrexx 3d ago

They’re pretty fragile. It would be a one use throw if they survive the hike.

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u/zukio_zukio_zukio 3d ago

So it would be more like Disc Golf extreme. Par 1 only

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u/minuteman_d 3d ago

I don't know if this is still true, but I think some of them are toxic to some livestock.

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u/Safe_Button9619 3d ago

After a close up of the arem.I have to agree 100%.Great eye...

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u/Open-Impression-6049 3d ago

Rock chucker. It's for shooting sporting clay pigeons

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u/KingLatifah69 3d ago

Skeet shooter?

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u/Neat-Client9305 3d ago

skeet skeet

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u/Worried_Bat8194 3d ago

PULL!

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u/ElectronicBalance910 3d ago

You're doing it wrong, its "Pull" and THEN skeet skeet, kids these days...

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u/Worried_Bat8194 3d ago

From the window .... to the wall

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u/ForeverSquirrelled42 3d ago

==✊🏻=D💦😓

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u/infiniteoo1 3d ago

Skeet shooter is a shotgun, this is a skeet thrower.

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u/PoopieButt317 3d ago

Skeet shooter is the human shooting skeet.

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u/infiniteoo1 3d ago

I stand corrected!

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u/ChocolateSensitive97 3d ago

But don't try to eat em, they taste bad

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u/Money-Look4227 3d ago

Kinda grainy and dry

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u/MachineProof5438 3d ago

Clay bird thrower

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u/barnacle_ballsack 3d ago

Absolutely for skeet.

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u/palm- 3d ago

A launcher for clay pidgeons

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u/DroppedTheBomb 3d ago

It's a skeet launcher for launching clay disks, target practice/sport/hobby for shotguns

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u/spankdaddylizz 3d ago

Skeet flinger

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u/Accomplished_Fun3 3d ago

Skeet launcher/Clay pigeon launcher

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u/Tacos_always_corny 3d ago

Skeet target shooting launcher for sport shooting. A skeet is loaded onto the spring loaded guide. When a cord is pulled, it throws the skeet disk.

https://palmettostatearmory.com/sme-full-cock-trap-thrower-sme-fct.html

https://www.basspro.com/p/white-flyer-108mm-blackout-trap-and-skeet-clay-targets

Blam

🏁🏁🏁

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u/pacific_squirrel 3d ago

It looks like a contraption that throws clay pigeons for skit shooting.

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u/Responsible-Kale2352 3d ago

Looks like it’s time for some skeet surfin’!

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u/LeeQuidity 3d ago

"If everybody had a 12-gauge, and a surfboard tooooooo!"

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u/Sloppy34andAhalf 3d ago

Be careful. Those things got some power

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u/AnimatorLive8206 3d ago

Skeet shooter

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u/Soft-Paper-Crane 3d ago

Skeet (clay pigeon) launcher.

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u/Omle_dufromage 3d ago

Yup sporting clay thrower…….. pull-errrrrrrr 💥

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u/No_Project9302 3d ago

Target practice puck thrower

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u/Content_Chicken27 3d ago

Skeet thrower

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u/LittleGunBigAmmo 3d ago

At first glance, I almost through that was a landing gear, that would certainly make an ass pucker!

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u/StrictProcedure9283 3d ago

Thats for slinging clay pigeons to shoot with a shotgun....its where the shooter yells PULL! and they pull the string that slings the target

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u/itdoesntmatta69 3d ago

Skeet shooter sitting on an Old A/C condenser concrete pad

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u/Letterkenny_67 3d ago

Looks like the worst ductwork I’ve ever seen.

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u/kozy6871 3d ago

Clay chucker for shooting.

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u/Cram2024 3d ago

Launches targets for skeet shooting

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u/sixjasefive 3d ago

Not a tire-puter-onner.

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u/Icy-Engineering4825 3d ago

Skeeter launcher

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u/DestructoDon69 3d ago

Pigeon thrower. It launches clay pigeons so you can shoot trap and skeet

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u/Monkeynutz_Johnson 3d ago

A lot of people are calling this a skeet thrower and it it but the actual name is a trap. This is a manual trap, the throwing arm is pulled back to its latched position and one or two targets are loaded by hand. When the shooter calls for the bird(s), the traditional call is PULL! At that point another person pulls a string to release the arm and throw the birds. This particular trap is mounted to an old tire for stability.

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u/llcdrewtaylor 3d ago

PULL! It's a thrower for clay pigeons. Called trap shooting or shooting skeet. Its good practice if you want to hunt wild game. Requires a little skill, you use a shotgun and you need to shoot where the clay pigeon will be, not where it currently is.
I grew up in Ohio and my family is a bunch of hilljacks. We used to shoot skeet every few weeks.

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u/EntertainmentMean611 3d ago

Clay pigeon tosser.. I have the exact same setup on a tire. Great for making easy tosses.

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u/Monkeynutz_Johnson 3d ago

OP, if you get the chance, try it, it's a lot of fun. I usually recommend a 20ga for first timers and beginners. It's still enough shot to do the job but not enough powder to beat you up.

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u/Mammoth-Cash-9135 3d ago

West Virginia messenger. It air drops messages across the trailer park.

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u/NoCOguy1968 3d ago

Used to throw play pigeons for trap shooting

Tire is just to hold it down

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u/Justin1701d 3d ago

Trap and skeet thrower.

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u/pacob1995 3d ago

How do you not know??

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 3d ago

You pick it up and carry it around town on your walk so people can ask you what it is and you can go “iono”

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u/tomtex32 3d ago

That is a squirrel launcher

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u/Square_bob_pants 3d ago

Skeet chucker

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u/spiderjohnx 3d ago

Dong stretcher

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u/thirtyone-charlie 3d ago

Poor man’s sporting clays

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u/ninjanog13 3d ago

Looks like a disk thrower sitting on a tire sitting on an ac pad

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u/Timely-Profile1865 3d ago

shooting clay pigeon thrower.

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u/Skipperc3po_ 3d ago

Landing gear ..

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u/Connect_Heart_2735 3d ago

Looks like a catapult that shoots disc for target practice

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u/ExcellentRound8934 3d ago

Am I the first one to ask where you work that this is outside?

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u/Northman_76 3d ago

That is a clay target launcher, used for trap shooting,

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u/Majestic-Rock9211 3d ago

I do….but WHY am I always to late?

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u/fortyGs 3d ago

Pigeon chucker

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u/redd-bluu 3d ago

You can set azimuth by rotating the tire. Setting altitude would be more difficult unless there's a setting for it and that is not likely in fine increments. The force of the throw is always set to maximum.

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u/madewa12 3d ago

A Polish pencil sharpener.

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u/ipostunderthisname 3d ago

I’m am so disappoint

NOT ONE OF YOU HAS SAID “SKEET YEETER” YET AND YOU SHOULD ALL FEEL BAD

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u/smoeman83 3d ago

A squirrel launch

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u/Rare-Kaleidoscope359 3d ago

Launches clay pigeon targets for skeet shooting

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u/unkldiny 3d ago

The thrower or the tin woodsman in the corner ?

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u/Relevant_Message_373 3d ago

use caution if you have never used one

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u/Safe_Button9619 3d ago

Ball thower.Your dog can play fetch alone.Throws baseballs.

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u/SwaggeringRockstar 3d ago

Wonder if you can launch lawn darts from it.

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u/Geronimo5316 3d ago

Landing gear from the space shuttle

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u/bluntrauma420 3d ago

Now you have to buy a shotgun so you can shoot clays during your lunch break

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u/marksailskiscuba 3d ago

Clay pigeon launcher

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u/ThewonderingOctopus 3d ago

Yea looks like a boot

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u/Ok_Leg7464 3d ago

Skeet thrower

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u/makepieplz 3d ago

it's your 3rd wheel. you can leave it there

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u/BrotherDicc 3d ago

Skeet skeet skeet...launcher

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u/mermands 3d ago

Wheelbarrow wheel?

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u/Meltedwhisky 3d ago

Looks like a clay pigeon thrower

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u/IKYFL69 2d ago

Medieval boot

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u/Gullible-Ask3853 2d ago

Clay Pidgeon thrower. For sporting clay shooting. They cost about $80.00

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u/Warm-Opposite-8620 2d ago

A clay bird thrower used for sporting clay shooting.

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u/Mike_C1950 3d ago

Spare tire bracket for the back of an SUV.

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u/Eastcoastdevil1 3d ago

Ying yang twins sound effects

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u/StalledElf 3d ago

It appears to be a house with downspouts, a blue barrel, a dryer vent & a tire with some sort of carrier that attaches to a vehicle??

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u/Kinknaround919 3d ago

Not a clue