[wd40]

Whenever I have used tubes on the WRP, they have failed (torn) where the tube is held by the cam. That is the only place they tear, but the tubes still last at least twice as long as any flatbands I have tried.

Well, yesterday I discovered a way to use the Trumark white pouch attachment pieces to attach tubes to naturals from a post on jackshed. I have adapted this idea to the WRP.

No more tearing where the tube goes into the pinching cam system, because the tube is not in the pinching cam system.... an extra pouch is.

This should make these tubes last forever.

I know so many shooters here use flatbands and my impression is they would give up slingshots if they had to use tubes or rubberbands.

I, however, like the longevity of the tubes. Now as soon as my #32 rubberband gun ammo comes in, I will be using those chained rubber bands with the JMPLSNT method on this WRP as well.

I will only use tubes or rubberbands from now on and would give up slingshots if I had to use flatbands.

So rather than taking this post as a jab at flatbands, I intend it to be a posting showing how you can get an idea from one place and
modify it to good use in another application.

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[hawk2009]

Im a lover of tubes also and will never be persueded to use flatband, we seem to be in a minority but each to their own it's what clicks with you and I will always favour tubes,then again I only use 1745* not the really thick tubes I dont rate them at all they are to bulky long and expensive and dont last.Just got in from work thats had my moan & groan

 

[NaturalFork]

I like tubes and flats equally. They are both great.

 

[Dayhiker]

I like tubes and flats equally. They are both great.

Right on brother!!! And so, it seems, are chained elastics done up proper.

 

[Tex-Shooter]

Are you sure that you used the right end of the cam for tubes. You know that it has two ends One for tubes and one for flats. -- Tex

 

[pelleteer]

I consider myself mainly a tube man as well. I have a number of flatband slingshots and I love them, but I find tubes easier to work with and more durable in general (plus, I find my accuracy much better with wireframe/tube slingshots that anything else). As to the Saunders cams, indeed, there's a fat end and a skinny end. Fat for flats, skinny for tubes. I wonder if you could be using the fat sides toward the rear of the cams and they are pinching your tubes too hard, resulting in tears.

 

[NaturalFork]

I like tubes and flats equally. They are both great.

Right on brother!!! And so, it seems, are chained elastics done up proper.
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I have not tried the chained rubber. But I will in the future.

 

[huey224]

i still dont like that way of attaching tubes, beacuse if any slight tearing un-noticed could hold moisture as soon as you pull back BAM!! the tube has slipped off and you only have one eye left.

 

[Tex-Shooter]

The thing that you want to think about for safety when attaching any kind of rubber is, if something breaks will anything come back besides the rubber to hit you. In design this is called a fail safe design. That is why the cams on a Saunders slingshot are designed the way that they are. With that design, if the cam lock breaks there is nothing fixed or tied to the rubber. You always have a chance of the rubber coming back to hit you, so always wear safety glasses. That is one reason why I don't recommend using real powerful band sets or stretching them too the limit. Did you know that there are a couple of our own shooters that have eye injuries? If they want to talk about that I will let them do so. -- Tex

 

[dgui]

Comimg around to tubes in particular the 1745 and 2040 one per fork but for plinking only. Still find flat bands to be more stable and hit harder.

 

[jmplsnt]

Hello Tex. Regarding eye injury I was struck in the eye by a yellow Daisy band (the old, good one and not the weak, limp little thing now foisted on the unfortunate) in 2004. I had broken one band and replaced with a new set. I didn't give it time to set up on my homemade bent brass rod slingshot (quite similar to the Texas Jack but with a wooden insert for the handle) and when I stretched them the first time the right fork elastic popped off the frame, taking the black rubber yoke protector with it. It struck me in the left eye so quickly I didn't even have time to blink. The rubber yoke protector gave the elastic some needed weight for greater impact.

When it hit my eye I could barely see anything, just very general shapes and light/dark for about fifteen minutes. My vision from that eye was very blurry for the next two days or so but within a matter of days had returned to normal. I thank God I was able to recover from this. I didn't allow it to put me off shooting as it was completely my fault and I should have never pushed it beyond its limitations.

I strongly reccomend safety glasses when shooting, obviously. I'm certain that somewhere out there is some poor soul who has completely lost an eye to a band failure and that's a shame. Shooting can be as safe or dangerous as we make it.