BB Pouches

ZDP-189 said:

Like Bill, I think that big balls and big bands have tremendous fun factor, but likwise agree that few people have joints that will allow them to shoot like that on an extended basis.

Personally, I strongly suspect that medium-to-light draw bands shooting 8mm-10mm steel is the accuracy sweet spot, considering diminishing returns of controllable draw strength, the natural speed limitations of rubber and the stability of higher momentum.

cal .25 is basically 6mm (Airsoft BB sized) and I have a tub full of those in copper plated steel. They're cheap and I shoot them a lot, but I found I need extreme bands like narrow, tapered Thera-band Black butterfly bands to really take advantage of their light weight, otherwise you may as well shoot balls multiples their mass without much speed penalty.

The higher velocity they can achieve actually makes them more prone to spin at longer range, they are hard to grip in the pouch too.

Rayshot's magnetic pouch and light Chinese bands mostly mitigated these problems by holding the steel BB with light force and doesn't over-speed the light ball. I'm not qualified to say how accurate they are as I am neither a tournament winning shot, nor have I shot his pouch enough to form much of an impression.
All I can say for sure is the magnet does its job in holding and releasing the BB and that the pouch size and tube strength is well tailored to the ammo size.

Furthermore, the quality of materials, design and craftsmanship is first rate. Ray's quilted maple frame was as well made as any I've bought on the forum. His pouches are accurately made from carefully selected leather, utilising two top layers for increased strength.

A fork with these bands would be a good complement to a medium or heavy draw slingshot.

To cap it off, I found Ray to be the consumate gentleman during our trade; he was at pains to make sure I was happy with what I was getting.

So to summarise, I am very excited that he has become a vendor and wouldn't hesitate to recommend him or his product.

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Dayhiker said:

I just shot 1/4 inch BB's for the first time last night. I must admit that I was rather disdainful of them because I re-entered into this hobby on the hi-power side, wanting to kill tough varmints like ground hogs. My first slingshots were all using double thera gold. But as I started practicing more, trying to become a better marksman, I soon found out that my hands weren't able to take the strain. And the more I learned about the sport, the more I realized that that kind of power isn't really necessary.
One thing I like is being able to hit the target and you don't need big balls and heavy bands to do that. I can enjoy shooting for hours at a time and improving my skill without causing injury or pain using light-draw tubes and gum rubber bands and chained elastics. I also shoot a little bit with some moderately heavy tubes and bands. I think Tex-shooter's field bands, and Perry's Gold Winner bands are plenty good enough for hunting. If I were a better shot, I would use the gum rubber like Tom (BunnyBuster) does.

Getting back to the 1/4-inch balls. . . when I shot them with my weak chinese tubes -- there it was the "zip!" I was missing out on when I gave up on the heavier stuff. I didn't take too many shots last night, but it seems like my accuracy got better too. So I guess the point of all this is, go ahead and call me a sissy.

I like my little balls. And I think I will try some of Ray's pouches too just to make it easier for these ham hock hands of mine to hold onto them.

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Rayshot said:

Thanks Darrell,

I finally posted in the vendor section, the information on the pouches and some cattys.

Here is a post of the pouches next to some cattys.

ZDP189, Jephroux, Flatband, A+ slingshots and Bill Hayes have all favorably mentioned them.

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