Tex-Shooter's Blog

I am making this blog to tell how I make a single pocket pouch and why.

1^ST, I choose and grade the leather for quality. 2^ND , I click the blank on bias ....

The key word in becoming a great shooter is repeatability. I am not going to discuss the style of shooting here and you will need to decide that on your own, but here are several points that will help this cause. ...

I have had several ask, how much speed and power fork extensions makes. Well I did some testing today with a set of my express bands (16 pound pull at 30 inches) and here are the results. I used the same set of bands on all four slingshots and shot 1/2 inch steel balls that weighed about 130 grain. ---------Saunders Hawk – draw length 32 inches – 186...

I have been asked why I support Saunders archery so much. When I started shooting again in 1999, I saw very few shooters (mainly Blue Skeen and Ivan Glen) using flat bands and no manufactures of flat band slingshots. I am speaking of modern day ones and not one’s from the 60’s. I approached four slingshots companies in 2000 about flat band slingshots....

I ran some test On the Saunders falcon II to day. It was 62 degrees F. and I was shooting a 130 grain 1/2 inch diameter ball. My draw length is 34 1/2 inches with a Falcon II. Here are the shooting results in Feet per second and in foot pounds of energy. My Target bands 182 FPS & 9.56 FPE. With Saunders standard bands 189 FPS & 10.34 FPE. My Field...

I have now shot the Saunders Hawk™ slingshot enough to say the following. This is a very fine slingshot for the money. It is well made and shoots very accurately. I am proud to have it in my shooting arsenal. I thought that the handle was a little small for an adult size hand, so I did add one of my Grips. Here are some of the advantages of the non-wrist...