Mr Wilkes

Not been out for a couple of weeks due to one thing and another, plenty squirrel about this morning.

1st pheasant other day.. Nice long shot, she fetched it back in her own fashion

Aye a lot of late summer young uns about bet hey they all need controlling

Been keeping my head down mate , never seen as many squirrel about lately.

No mate I haven't tried em , I have seen em for sale tho.

I was given a .9 snipersling green set cut at 25/17 and it was brilliant and the lad sent me another set from a different roll and it squeaked as I pulled the bands back... terrible it was.

There's no continuity in any of it.. they vary from roll to roll never mind manufacturer. That's why I went onto dankung tubes.

I'm using. 85 redshot with 11mm steel and its killing at good distances.

Constrictor knot using engels twine. Sometimes I wrap that with black Amber belt to neaten it up.

I haven't found that they wear too much mate, I use dankung premium and they outlast everything I used in the past.

Had a bit of a accident a few weeks ago.. I shoot with a relaxed grip and a tube snapped bringing the catty outa my hand hitting me flush in the eye. I'm left with a scar on my lense ( which will heal in time). So I decided to shoot light bands n ammo to regain form and confidence ( with a lanyard n shooting glasses). I'm quite amazed at what 7mm steel will do with a bit of practice. The rabbit was 20 mtrs and hit in the high neck/bottom of the skull.

I much prefer tubes than flat band. They're more consistent and last longer.