jas27 16 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) Been a fun day, I’ve been mainly shooting the card board box but put the 80mm target up and hit it a few times but only from like 5m away lol. i thought the 50 8mm ball bearings were gonna last ages because I set up the sheet to stop them, somehow I’ve lost loads and got about 15 left I’m gonna get some more ordered in a bit but wondering if I should get bigger balls and thicker bands? At the moment I’m using .55 yellow ott bands with 8mm ball bearings. I’ve got 3 sets of the .55 bands but not sure how long they will last lol. any advice on what to do next would be great Edited April 16, 2020 by jas27 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hullman 166 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 I wouldn't use less than a 9.5 for hunting and that's only if your a bang on shot. No point getting used to shooting 8mm on targets if you plan on hunting get used to what ever size your guna hunt with on your targets. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the monkey 337 Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Get 9.5 mm balls of steel is a good place to get them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,222 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 11 hours ago, jas27 said: Been a fun day, I’ve been mainly shooting the card board box but put the 80mm target up and hit it a few times but only from like 5m away lol. i thought the 50 8mm ball bearings were gonna last ages because I set up the sheet to stop them, somehow I’ve lost loads and got about 15 left I’m gonna get some more ordered in a bit but wondering if I should get bigger balls and thicker bands? At the moment I’m using .55 yellow ott bands with 8mm ball bearings. I’ve got 3 sets of the .55 bands but not sure how long they will last lol. any advice on what to do next would be great I have a magnet on a stick that I run around the target area and over the lawn, be surprised we’re they get 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,222 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 19 hours ago, Daniel cain said: Not shot one tidy since I was a kid, other than the rowers when I'm fishingOrdered myself one to knock about with... Came today, just waiting on a few different premade band sets to mess around with and 1000 rounds of 9/10 mm ammo FEELS nice in the hand, gonna get out later for some target practice.... Cost under £10 with 100 steel balls I find with them tubes they work better for me with a loop at the fork end and single at the pouch end, think you can see what I mean on some of these ones, if you don’t like them doubled give it a go mate and if you need any close up pics let me no 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,222 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 This might explain it better than me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,414 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Anyone tried sticking flat bands together with a bit of glue ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,837 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 53 minutes ago, Greyman said: I find with them tubes they work better for me with a loop at the fork end and single at the pouch end, think you can see what I mean on some of these ones, if you don’t like them doubled give it a go mate and if you need any close up pics let me no Cheers GM, I think I'd shoot better with a longer draw, as these bands seem quite short... Bit reluctant to give them a good pull yesterday until I've got some replacements, I've ordered a few different type bands premade from Sheepy? On ebay. Can't wait to try a few, and suss what's best for me... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,222 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Agree mate that’s why I make me own, find a lot of the shop bought stuff to short, I don’t pull back as far as the Americans do, that’s called a full butterfly but I like to pull back behind my head, my flats I cut at 30cm and the looped tubes are cut at 45cm 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,222 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Chaff said: Anyone tried sticking flat bands together with a bit of glue ? I,ve seen a few people with a liquid rubber type glue they would use when it started ripping but it only slows it down, recon the puncture repair kit glue might work if you wanted to try it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,414 Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Greyman said: I,ve seen a few people with a liquid rubber type glue they would use when it started ripping but it only slows it down, recon the puncture repair kit glue might work if you wanted to try it Yeah was thinking the same glue also wondered about a couple spots of silicone. I will have a look later. Do you still have that crutch rocket mate? I would like to see that one tested with chronograph mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jas27 16 Posted April 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 I’m a bit confused about bands, I was watching a YouTube video and he was suggesting .66 - .72 thickness for 9.5 steel, does this sound about right? Does anyone have a link to some cheap ones for ott because I don’t have a clue what I’m buying lol thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 2,914 Posted April 18, 2020 Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 Are you on Facebook ? If so join catapult addicts. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,222 Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 On 18/04/2020 at 08:32, jas27 said: I’m a bit confused about bands, I was watching a YouTube video and he was suggesting .66 - .72 thickness for 9.5 steel, does this sound about right? Does anyone have a link to some cheap ones for ott because I don’t have a clue what I’m buying lol thanks Easiest way of explaining it and I’m no expert as I’m still using TBG which is sold by colour like dub dub, the newer stuff is done on thickness in mm and from what I can understand 0.5 is to small and over 1.0 would be getting to big so something in between is what you are looking for, you should try as many different ones as you can because we are all slightly different some are stronger than others and like heavier bands or tubes than others, I,m older weaker and have f****d up shoulders so the tbg is as heavy a draw as I want if your a big young beast you may get on with something stronger, keep playing and keep enjoying and when you find what you are most happy with just stock up as it’s always changing 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jas27 16 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Greyman said: Easiest way of explaining it and I’m no expert as I’m still using TBG which is sold by colour like dub dub, the newer stuff is done on thickness in mm and from what I can understand 0.5 is to small and over 1.0 would be getting to big so something in between is what you are looking for, you should try as many different ones as you can because we are all slightly different some are stronger than others and like heavier bands or tubes than others, I,m older weaker and have f****d up shoulders so the tbg is as heavy a draw as I want if your a big young beast you may get on with something stronger, keep playing and keep enjoying and when you find what you are most happy with just stock up as it’s always changing Cheers mate I’ve gone for 9.5 steel with .72 gzk bands, should be here in a few days. I’ve made myself a target box so I can collect all the balls a bit easier, it’s great fun and passes the time quickly but my shooting is so bad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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