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[M_J]

I'll pretty much let the video speak for itself on this one:

Really impressive!
Hammermil is the anti-PFS and I adore it!

[Dayhiker]

Awesome!!!!

[Howard]

Nice vid and good shooting! I like your vids!

[Ry-shot]

cool !

[As8MaN]

Great vid, thanks for sharing

[Tex-Shooter]

Very good shooting. --Tex

[M_J]

Tex-Shooter, on 26 August 2011 - 09:34 AM, said:

Very good shooting. --Tex

Thanks!

[Charles]

Hey ... love those tapered 107s. I am going to try them out soon. But just to be snarky about it, I am going to put them on a PFS ... naaah, naaah, naaah ...

Great shooting, by the way. And thanks so much again for this.

Cheers ... Charles

[Dayhiker]

Charles:


You're pushin' it, man!

[NaturalFork]

I love how we have gotten to see the progression of the corn growing this season throughout your video. Also that is some pretty impressive power!

[Charles]

Dayhiker, on 26 August 2011 - 10:32 AM, said:

Charles:


You're pushin' it, man!

Don't I wish!!! Yeah ... that lady looks more like a PFS than a hammermill to me. Perhaps another bit of slingshot porn for Dgui ...

Cheers ...... Charles

[M_J]

You guys are crazy!
These bands are handslap-tastic at this length! The first kunckle of my first finger is all swolled up now! I have some lighter pouches coming, which will help. Next set will be a little longer as well.
I think next time I might skip the piece of tube and just use a wider piece of latex. Do a couple of loose wraps as a buffer and then a few tight wraps for security. Less weight and complexity is always good.
I'm having some trouble shooting these out past about 12yds. Any farther than that and the ammo drops real hard, like a curve ball. It must be something in the way I made the bands because they have plenty of speed to shoot any distance I want. Anybody else have that happen?
Well over a hundred shots on this set and no signs of wear. Testing continues!

[NaturalFork]

M_J, on 26 August 2011 - 12:11 PM, said:

You guys are crazy!
These bands are handslap-tastic at this length! The first kunckle of my first finger is all swolled up now! I have some lighter pouches coming, which will help. Next set will be a little longer as well.
I think next time I might skip the piece of tube and just use a wider piece of latex. Do a couple of loose wraps as a buffer and then a few tight wraps for security. Less weight and complexity is always good.
I'm having some trouble shooting these out past about 12yds. Any farther than that and the ammo drops real hard, like a curve ball. It must be something in the way I made the bands because they have plenty of speed to shoot any distance I want. Anybody else have that happen?
Well over a hundred shots on this set and no signs of wear. Testing continues!

I am stuck at work and you are shooting. Want to trade places?

[Henry in Panama]

Far out, as we used to say when I was young. I'm working on my second set of tapered 107s. Hand slap is a problem with these bands, because they are relatively heavy, but it almost goes away with .50 cal lead.

[mikeishere]

take the hand slap builds character

[Dayhiker]

Start using smooth stones 1" dia.

[rockslinger]

M_J, on 26 August 2011 - 12:11 PM, said:

You guys are crazy!
These bands are handslap-tastic at this length! The first kunckle of my first finger is all swolled up now! I have some lighter pouches coming, which will help. Next set will be a little longer as well.
I think next time I might skip the piece of tube and just use a wider piece of latex. Do a couple of loose wraps as a buffer and then a few tight wraps for security. Less weight and complexity is always good.
I'm having some trouble shooting these out past about 12yds. Any farther than that and the ammo drops real hard, like a curve ball. It must be something in the way I made the bands because they have plenty of speed to shoot any distance I want. Anybody else have that happen?
Well over a hundred shots on this set and no signs of wear. Testing continues!

That's some great shooting , good looking youngun you have there.

[Bob Fionda]

Nice vid and good shootings...thanks for sharing.

[bullseyeben!]

Good power from a short draw, nice shooting too
Ben

[Beanflip]

Nice shooting and good video!

[Henry in Panama]

I just snapped my second set of tapers, on the 36th shot. I will be real interested to see if anyone can get good band life from this setup. I'm going back to testing single bands. The 9 inch set currently has 361 shots, with some scuffing that seems to have been caused by the fork tip not being as smooth as it should be.

Henry

[M_J]

I have them off or now. They beat the crap out of my hand and they won't shoot from more than 10yds away. I'm sure I have more than 100 shots on the set and they look fine.

[Henry in Panama]

M_J, on 27 August 2011 - 06:09 PM, said:

I have them off or now. They beat the crap out of my hand and they won't shoot from more than 10yds away. I'm sure I have more than 100 shots on the set and they look fine.

Mine showed no signs of wear. They just snapped at the beginning of the single section.

I have solved my hand slap problem. All I did is tilt the fork forward about 30 degrees. I'm shooting gangsta and had been holding the fork square to the bands. No more pain!

[e~shot]

Good shooting Mj

[Charles]

Henry in Panama, on 27 August 2011 - 06:37 PM, said:

Mine showed no signs of wear. They just snapped at the beginning of the single section.

Do you think the problem is the tie? I plan to try a set of "tapers", but I am leery of tieing them the way folks have illustrated here. My plan is the use contact cement and a small diameter tube ... no tie. Do you think that will work? I have also thought about using crazy glue. As I understand it, crazy glue was originally developed as battlefield stitches to close open wounds. I have used it to make shorter rubber bands by cutting longer ones and gluing the ends with crazy glue. But I do not know how long it would hold on slingshot bands.

Cheers ...... Charles