A Double-Barrel Ten-Shot Magazine-Fed… Bow?

(Image: Screenshot from video)

We haven’t heard from our archery-crazed German friend in a while, YouTuber JoergSprave of The Slingshot Channel, so here’s a short and sweet video from him showing his “Instant Legolas” arrow magazine system being used on two bows at once!

He conjured up an interesting way of making a bow into a magazine-fed repeater, naming it Instant Legolas in honor of that J.R.R. Tolkein character who can fire arrows exceedingly fast. This video features a double-barrel version of it using two lightweight Mongolian-style bows.

He harnessed his mad woodworking genius to fashion a way to attach the bows together side-by-side, then he built two identical arrow magazines, each capable of holding five arrows. Attaching it all together, he mounted them to a central rail.

Each draw of the bow actually draws both bows at the same time, and a thumb-operated trigger mechanism at the rear allows him to fire them one at a time or both at once.

He even invented a spring-loaded do-hickey up front that allows him to use a finger of his bow hand to help hold the bows at full draw. Brilliant!

Check it out… I predict you’re going to want one by the time it’s over.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.