[Biker_Bob]

I think I've noticed that bands take a few shots to warm up at the start of a session.

Have I imagined that? Is it in fact me that's warming up at the start of a session?

I was wondering if excercising the bands a few times (by stretching them out and letting them back a few times) might achieve the same as shooting and missing those first four or five targets?

 

[Ordo]

Always warm up. Especially with new bands. Stretch them!

 

[31610]

I warm mine up in my pocket ;-)

 

[treefork]

Brand new never stretched latex needs to be pulled about ten times to break it in and loosen it up . Think of new latex balloons which are next to impossible to inflate by mouth unless pulled several times to soften the latex . After latex break in I think it's more our muscles that need to warm up before shots get on target than the latex warming up .

 

[flipgun]

:yeahthat:

 

[craigbutnotreally]

Brand new never stretched latex needs to be pulled about ten times to break it in and loosen it up . Think of new latex balloons which are next to impossible to inflate by mouth unless pulled several times to soften the latex . After latex break in I think it's more our muscles that need to warm up before shots get on target than the latex warming up .

I learned that for the first time with tubes. When I started shooting them I cut them 5:1 like normal and they refused to reach anchor. Set it aside in defeat thinking maybe I'm just too weak to shoot them. Tried again some time later. Gave them quite a few good long stretches before shooting. Reached my anchor just fine.

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[Biker_Bob]

Cheers chaps, it's not new bands I'm thinking of. I did some testing today and even with very well used bands they still need a warm up. So from now I will give the bands a good stretching at the start of each shooting session

 

[31610]

What kinda temp u shooting in m8 . What size target u shooting . It’s -20 c here I can just start smashing a can right from the start no warm up needed . Now cans a big target but sure I could tighten it up pretty quick

 

[Biker_Bob]

It's about 0 degrees celcius around here at the moment.

My target is a 40mm diameter leather disc, distance is 30 feet.

Yes, a tin can would be bigger - I shoot at leather discs to keep the noise down (neighbours)

 

[High Desert Flipper]

My experience with the chronograph says that the bands do actually "warm up", though just ever so slightly. Just a couple percent better after the first couple of shots, then stable after that is my experience.

 

[Soske]

With the precise bands I have been using they definitely need a warm-up shot. Just 1 though, I think. Not just when new. Every time. It's a bit frustrating really. What if I was hunting and only have one shot? I just got my .7 simple shot latex roll in. I have only shot it in the dark with a flash light so its hard to gauge impact point when I miss. It will be interesting to see if different elastics have different warm up needs. I have noticed my looped 1632s actually seem to lose a bit of power after every successive shot, which is odd

 

[Biker_Bob]

It definitely works.

0 Degrees here again today and I gave the bands 10 good stretches before shooting - I was hitting after the second shot.

At the end of the day I suppose a slingshot is 99% of the bands fitted to it so we are at the mercy of the materials and the physics therein.

 

[SteveJ]

I had never even considered this, will try it out thanks!