All right, everyone ... I just used Alliance Sterling #107 rubber bands to fire a 175 grain lead ball at 204.7 fps, giving me 16.3 fpe. I always said those bands may not be the fastest in the world, but they could carry weight! Video is loading onto Youtube as I type. Will post it when it is ready.
Cheers .... Charles
Well, the video loaded, and here it is:
The velocities were, in fps: 190.3, 204.7,198.4,199.6,197.3, and 202.9
The bands were just Alliance Sterling #107 office rubber bands. As you can see in the video, I put an extension on my King Cat because I was having trouble with my shoulder and my hand and could not draw back far enough. With the extension I had a draw length of 56 inches. The slack band length, fork to pouch tie, was 12 inches. I was shooting lead balls that weighed 175 grains on my scale. I decided not to fool with that kangaroo leather again, but instead I used a decent cow leather pouch that I would use for hunting. At my maximum veloicty, I was getting 16.3 fpe.
Again, this does not increase my standing with the Power Rangers. But it does show that you can qualify for the Power Rangers with office bands. I put an extension on the front of my King Cat to compensate for my physical limitations. But you young guys should be able to draw these bands out to full butterfly at 60 inches or so and do even better.
Cheers ...... Charles