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Magnum pocket rocket surgical tubing

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Ed Taylor
I need to get a new tube for my vintage 1979 magnum pocket rocket. Anyone know a source? My old one was tough and strong. Did some seriously bad things with the old one.Maybe, I should not get another one.I'm 56 and should have more restraint than my teen age yrs,/NOT!
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Flatband
You're right on about those old Pocket Rocket Magnum tubes Ed. They were some of the most powerful tubes I ever shot. They were a perfect match for 7/16" lead or 1/2" steel balls. They have been out of business for years now. You could try McMaster-Carr. They have EVERYTHING. Maybe some of the tube guys will chime in here and give you some advice.You can always load flats on her.
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Flatband
Oh BTW, Welcome to the Forum!
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T
Welcome to the forum. Always happy to read posts from a fellow wrist-rocketeer.

Perry Adkisson of A+ Slingshots was probably the last of the heavy tube shooters. I have 2 of his slingshots designed for heavy tubes and if I understand correctly, he used Theraband black tubes. Otherwise, consider wrap and tuck some Theraband Gold flat bands. I cut tapers 1" to 3/4" and wrap and tube them onto wrist rockets - works great.
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Reed Lukens
You can buy new ready made tubes from Saunders here -
Tubular Slingshot Bands | Replacement Slingshot Band
They are a heavy pull tube, I bought a couple of them the last time mine broke. I used to just walk in to CVS or Walmart and buy new tubes off of the shelf, but the covid scandal killed me being able to find them in any of the usual stores. So looked online for the first time, found Saunders and this forum and I have since started using flat bands on some of mine. Flats are easy to wrap and tuck over an existing piece of tube, so now a days you have choices 🤠
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Reed Lukens
Here's a pic of flats wrap and tucked over the old broken tubes and the speeds that I'm getting with them -
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Rebanding the Linville Long Tom

I had to reband the "Linville Long Tom" again last night and this time I went with 15" of Precise .4 with a 1" to 5/8" taper to try it out "Full Butterfly" and it was a touch to strong for comfort but it shot great. I think that I'll take it out to 15.5 next time... it works fine but after maybe...
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treefork
The problem with large tubes is the large air space in the tube . That air has no where to go when tubes are drawn back during a shot . The air gets compressed and can exert uneven pressure due to varying tube wall thickness . This is really noticeable in cold weather . Bottom line . Not as accurate and consistent as a flat band set .Go for the flats . Same power with easier draw weight and more accurate and consistent .
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Ed Taylor
Reed Lukens said:
You can buy new ready made tubes from Saunders here -
Tubular Slingshot Bands | Replacement Slingshot Band
They are a heavy pull tube, I bought a couple of them the last time mine broke. I used to just walk in to CVS or Walmart and buy new tubes off of the shelf, but the covid scandal killed me being able to find them in any of the usual stores. So looked online for the first time, found Saunders and this forum and I have since started using flat bands on some of mine. Flats are easy to wrap and tuck over an existing piece of tube, so now a days you have choices 🤠
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Hey ,thanks! man. I used to cause salmon to belly up at ripples with my old tubes,that's how strong they were. The ones' you suggested ,are they strong? What is this deal with flat bands?
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T
To quote Austin Powers (a slingshot fanatic) Flats are where it's at! Yeah, baby!
But - don't trust Austin - try it for yourself!
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