Way To Christen My New Bands!

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · Aug 27, 2020

G'day everyone thought I'd share this today. Shot a pigeon this morning with my new .6 sumeike bands. I received the bands yesterday and made up a set last night. As I was on my way out this morning to ring the spinner a few times a pigeon on the line caught my attention. Drew back, aimed and fired. The pigeon fell to the ground stone dead. Headshot, 20/15 .6 sumeike and 8mm steel. This steel is moving quicker than I have ever got it moving with some chronograph tests today proving on average 324fps. Around 17m distance.

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bingo

· #2 · Aug 27, 2020

Some.good shooting and seem a good band trying out th .7 at the moment 22 12 tapers

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 27, 2020

bingo said:
Some.good shooting and seem a good band trying out th .7 at the moment 22 12 tapers

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Yeah nice shooting 8mm with the 22/12 taper?

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bingo

· #4 · Aug 27, 2020

A shoot both ,,8 and ,9.5s works well

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #5 · Aug 27, 2020

bingo said:
A shoot both ,,8 and ,9.5s works well

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Yeah nice! I will definitely be buying this stuff again its great!

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bingo

· #6 · Aug 27, 2020

Was getn no wer near 100 shots till a got band jig shots have double took this with it and 9.5

Groundcover Grass Grassland Tail Terrestrial animal

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #7 · Aug 27, 2020 (Edited by Moderator)

bingo said:
Was getn no wer near 100 shots till a got band jig shots have double took this with it and 9.5

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Yeah nice and that is a strong taper I only ever do a taper of 5 like 23/18 20/15 15/10 etc. I get around 300ish shots usually but with this sumeike .6 I've got around 100 and need to replace however I was stretching it to max so I will dial it back to 80ish %.

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robbo

· #8 · Aug 27, 2020

AUSSIE4 said:
bingo said:

Was getn no wer near 100 shots till a got band jig shots have double took this with it and 9.5

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Yeah nice and that is a strong taper I only ever do a taper of 5 like 23/18 20/15 15/10 etc. I get around 300ish shots usually but with this sumeike .6 I've got around 100 and need to replace however I was stretching it to max so I will dial it back to 80ish %.

whats your draw length mate.

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #9 · Aug 27, 2020

So a test with about 85% elongation provided me with only 180 shots before nearly tearing. Maybe 20 more if I was lucky. I think once this stuff runs out I might get a .7 because it will most likely last a little longer. However 180 shots is a fair few and will provide a few days fun before a band change.

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #10 · Aug 27, 2020

robbo said:
AUSSIE4 said:

bingo said:

Was getn no wer near 100 shots till a got band jig shots have double took this with it and 9.5

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Yeah nice and that is a strong taper I only ever do a taper of 5 like 23/18 20/15 15/10 etc. I get around 300ish shots usually but with this sumeike .6 I've got around 100 and need to replace however I was stretching it to max so I will dial it back to 80ish %.

whats your draw length mate.

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About 72cm or 28.5 inches

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Island made

· #11 · Aug 27, 2020

Nice shooting! I love that elastic. Maybe your slightly over powered as to why your getting low shot count, I’ve had the same set of those blue sumeiki .6 on a frame for 2 months now and have well over 800 shots on them.

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #12 · Aug 27, 2020 (Edited by Moderator)

Island made said:
Nice shooting! I love that elastic. Maybe your slightly over powered as to why your getting low shot count, I've had the same set of those blue sumeiki .6 on a frame for 2 months now and have well over 800 shots on them.

Hmmm okay what tapers ammo etc? I could try a 18/12mm taper for the 8mm steels ?

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bingo

· #13 · Aug 27, 2020

robbo said:
AUSSIE4 said:

bingo said:

Was getn no wer near 100 shots till a got band jig shots have double took this with it and 9.5

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Yeah nice and that is a strong taper I only ever do a taper of 5 like 23/18 20/15 15/10 etc. I get around 300ish shots usually but with this sumeike .6 I've got around 100 and need to replace however I was stretching it to max so I will dial it back to 80ish %.
whats your draw length mate.

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About 32ish inch but a still cut 7 ish inch

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Bellman

· #14 · Aug 27, 2020

Nice shooting .

Charles

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Bellman

· #15 · Aug 27, 2020

bingo said:
Some.good shooting and seem a good band trying out th .7 at the moment 22 12 tapers

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I'm also shooting Sumeike .7 cut 22/12 with 3/8" steel. I'm getting about 300-350 shots on a set. I am cuffing them at the pouch after tying. I'm shooting at about 450%. I like it a lot so far.

Charles

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #16 · Aug 28, 2020 (Edited by Moderator)

Bellman said:
bingo said:

Some.good shooting and seem a good band trying out th .7 at the moment 22 12 tapers

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I'm also shooting Sumeike .7 cut 22/12 with 3/8" steel. I'm getting about 300-350 shots on a set. I am cuffing them at the pouch after tying. I'm shooting at about 450%. I like it a lot so far.

Charles

I might try a 18/12mm taper with the 8mm steel and .6 sumeike to try get around 250-300ish shots hopefully. Spoke to Chris Graffin better known as 'Catapult Carnage' and he said if he had to make a guess he'd guess he gets around 200ish shots on each set. He uses GZK .62 and .66 I believe.

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Covert5

· #17 · Aug 28, 2020

Awesome shot!

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AUSSIE4

Discussion Starter · #18 · Aug 28, 2020 (Edited by Moderator)

Covert5 said:
Awesome shot!

Thanks mate

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msturm

· #19 · Aug 29, 2020

Nice Shooting!

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urbanshooter

· #20 · Aug 29, 2020

Island made said:
Nice shooting! I love that elastic. Maybe your slightly over powered as to why your getting low shot count, I've had the same set of those blue sumeiki .6 on a frame for 2 months now and have well over 800 shots on them.

Me too... I get a lot out of a Sumeike bandset. I shoot the 0.5 and 0.6 as well as the White and the Orange Sumeike. They are all long lasting enough for me to lose track of when I banded something up....

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