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Does the traditional slingshot need to be flattened?

No need.

Rubber-band slingshots can be divided into traditional slingshots and modern slingshots, and their division principles should be based entirely on the presence or absence of sights and wrist rest labor-saving devices. For example, wooden slingshots and steel wire slingshots without sight belong to traditional slingshots, and the so-called "traditional bow" with sight formed by cutting or casting metal wire should be strictly classified into the category of modern bows. Because in the whole world, before the development of horizontal grip aiming in China, no one or product popularized the principle of horizontal grip aiming. The earliest horizontal grip aiming is "the wind of kings" (and of course the earlier XGD model), which pioneered the application and promotion of horizontal grip aiming in slingshot products and is the veritable originator of horizontal grip aiming slingshot. The typical bows of modern slingshots are relatively mature products such as sniper eagle, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Raptor. Of course, slingshots should also belong to modern slingshots according to the basic principles, but the development is too limited for legal reasons. At the same time, correct one point: modern slingshots are incomparable to traditional slingshots in shooting accuracy and skilled operation speed. In the future, slingshots with longer aiming distance, higher accuracy and faster operation speed may appear.