THE CYPRI CAT
I took the Cypri Cat to my local water and let various anglers fire out boilies to their hearts content. The verdict - a resounding thumbs up. With a marker set at 80 yards each angler in turn dropped a 20mm boilie within five feet of the target.

The cup, which will accept 14mm to 24mm boilies, returns to the same loading position every time for rapid firing. If you damage the Cat in any way replacement parts can be obtained using the order form in the packaging. High and extra high power bands are available at £4.99 each along with a shoulder butt at £4-99. Available from all good shops at the special introductory offer price of £49.99.
Article written by: Bob Roberts

THE CYPRI CAT
This revolutionary-looking boilie gun looks more like something out of an action movie than something to use for carp fishing! It's unlike anything I've seen before and it's likely to cause to some interest. In essence it's a catapult mounted on a runner, not unlike a crossbow system, and comes complete with pistol-like grip. The high power elastics are held inside a framework, and at the other end is a bait cup which can handle boilies from 14mm to 24mm; this is attached to a finger pull. The bait cup runs along a shaft which has an adjustable distance stop, allowing boilies to be fired to a set range. The makers claim that accurate bait placement up to a distance of 100 yards can be achieved and that a target area of approximately 1 square metre can be hit.

I tried the Cypri cat out at a lake that was ice free in one area. Boilies certainly can be fired a long way and with reasonable precision, but as always you have to use perfectly round baits to get the best possible accuracy. A good point about the cup and finger pull assembly is that there's no way baits can be pinched and misshapen.

Once a bait has been fired the cup cleverly returns to the loading position for rapid firing. The Cypri cat does away with strained muscles or rapped knuckles, though I did find the two fingers that repeatedly pulled the finger tag tingled after a little while. The Cypri cat is available at all good tackle shops or direct from Ezfeeda., price £49.99.

Carp-Talk comment: Certainly different from you 're normal catapult - it's a well made product that because of very fact that it looks different and rather impressive, might do well. Range and accuracy is up to scratch, but you must use properly round boilies. Worth checking out.
Article written by: Chris Ball