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Hey guys, with the last few days being snowy and cold, I set up a catch box in the basement.
Made a quick bandset from cutting an alliance sterling #107 in half (lengthwise) so each band was 5/16 wide. 9 1/2" active length, which maxed out is 51" draw.
Never done this before, threw them on a cheep Chinese sling and started shooting some 1/4"steels and they were going crazy fast. So just for fun I though I would try 5/8 marbles. And man they seemed to be going fast as well.
So ran outside quick to chrony them. I know from shooting 107s a lot that in the summer I get 220fps and winter I get 185 with 5/8 marbles or 7/16 steel. (I know are to light for these bands)
Anyway......today is 0 degrees/32 Fahrenheit and these light bands were shooting 5/8 glass at an average of 225 FPS!! First shot was 210 after 5 or 6 shots I was getting up to 235. I took the pic on the 2nd shot then my phone died lol.
Crazy to think you could totally hunt with these tiny bands.
Made a quick bandset from cutting an alliance sterling #107 in half (lengthwise) so each band was 5/16 wide. 9 1/2" active length, which maxed out is 51" draw.
Never done this before, threw them on a cheep Chinese sling and started shooting some 1/4"steels and they were going crazy fast. So just for fun I though I would try 5/8 marbles. And man they seemed to be going fast as well.
So ran outside quick to chrony them. I know from shooting 107s a lot that in the summer I get 220fps and winter I get 185 with 5/8 marbles or 7/16 steel. (I know are to light for these bands)
Anyway......today is 0 degrees/32 Fahrenheit and these light bands were shooting 5/8 glass at an average of 225 FPS!! First shot was 210 after 5 or 6 shots I was getting up to 235. I took the pic on the 2nd shot then my phone died lol.
Crazy to think you could totally hunt with these tiny bands.


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