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[bkcooler]

Thanks for the idea.
I have Hathcock, Ranger and SEAL sniper that I'll work on.
There goes my weekend.

[Dayhiker]

I have a can of dip-it I mean Plasti-Dip coming in my local Ace Hardware. It's going on my Toucan as soon as it comes in.
Duke, I think you are correct in what you say about grippiness at the fork tips. Thanks for giving me something to think about.

Edited by Dayhiker, 18 August 2011 - 12:12 PM.

[Litebow]

I have a Hathcock Target Sniper and a Polymer Ranger I would like to mod by drilling a hole for tubes as close to the end of the forks as I can. Right now I run theTrumark tubes I am using through the existing hole with the plug in the tube facing me, and then up an along the fork, and secure them there with a rubber band. I am then able to shoot over the forks. I was wondering if the ballistic nylon sniper and the poylmer ranger forks would be strong enough for another hole and how close I could get to the end of the fork with the hole, and still maintain adequate strength.

With the present configuration the tubes swing around like a pendulum with the shot and gives me a good handslap. With gloves thats no problem , but I would like to eliminate the gloves, If I shoot straight back from the existing holes (with a plug attachment) the tubes are too close to the top of my hand, and I get hit there.

Thanks for sharing your mods. I enjoy the forum. I've been shooting slingshotsand lurking for about three months.

Dave from Indianapolis

Edited by Litebow, 31 December 2011 - 12:27 PM.

[Bill Hays]

Litebow, on 31 December 2011 - 12:26 PM, said:

I have a Hathcock Target Sniper and a Polymer Ranger I would like to mod by drilling a hole for tubes as close to the end of the forks as I can. Right now I run theTrumark tubes I am using through the existing hole with the plug in the tube facing me, and then up an along the fork, and secure them there with a rubber band. I am then able to shoot over the forks. I was wondering if the ballistic nylon sniper and the poylmer ranger forks would be strong enough for another hole and how close I could get to the end of the fork with the hole, and still maintain adequate strength.

With the present configuration the tubes swing around like a pendulum with the shot and gives me a good handslap. With gloves thats no problem , but I would like to eliminate the gloves, If I shoot straight back from the existing holes (with a plug attachment) the tubes are too close to the top of my hand, and I get hit there.

Thanks for sharing your mods. I enjoy the forum. I've been shooting slingshotsand lurking for about three months.

Dave from Indianapolis

There is a steel rod right where you want to drill... so your idea probably won't work. You can however simply strap the tubes on the same way you'd do flatbands, in the TTF fashion... you'll eliminate handslap that way and won't take a chance on screwing up the frame.

[Litebow]

Thanks Bill, thats good to know. I'll try tying them on, just not as neat and tidy looking as running thru a hole and plugging. I never shot anything but a wrist braced slingshot, before getting my order from you earlier this month. At first it was a whole new set of muscles to use and the Ranger seemed easier for me to get my hands around,The HTS seemed a little big. Now that I have been shooting them both for a month and my muscles seem to have adjusted the HTS is feeling more comfortable all the time. Seems more solid in my hand than the Ranger as I pull on the bands. I like both of them tho.

I'm a newbie, only three months shooting so I'm still in the early experimental stage. Just wondering, are any of your sideshooters just a little bit smaller than the HTS? One thing I have learned on these forums is a guy can't have too many slingshots!

Dave

Update: I just took the tubes off and tried two different ways of just tying them on as you suggested. I ended up turning every thing around. I ran the tube through the hole with the plug facing away now, came up the forks and tied a number 64 rubber band around the forks in the midfork groove at then shot pulling against the rubber band instead of pulling the tube over the top of the fork and shooting across the top. This moved the tubes up higher on the fork and the through the fork pull kept the tube from swinging around like a pendulum into my hand. Shot about 20 shots each with the HTS and the Ranger and no hand hits or handslaps. I was suprised at how strongly that #64 held the tubes to the fork. Much better than when I tried to tie them on tieing around the hole and the top of the forks as you had tied on the thera bands that came with it. With the end of the tube tucked into the hole it is still tidy as I don't have the end of the tube hanging out in space. Not sure if you could follow all that, but the short story is problem is solved. Thanks

Edited by Litebow, 31 December 2011 - 04:50 PM.