Why do flats shoot faster then tubes?

I think the question of speed is only relevant if you're hunting or long distance shooting. Again has said tubes will last 1200 to 1500 shots or more. My 1632 tubes start getting a little bit weak after about 1500 shots I just have to trim down about half an inch off the end and they get their snap right back and last another good five or six hundred shots before I retire them. I am only shooting ¼" and clay with them but can't beat several months on the same band.

I shoot .6 bands for hunting and it is fast as heck but in general I shoot Spinners most of the time and you don't need anything faster than a flat trajectory at a certain distance to make a spinner flip. Shooting at 300 feet per second does the exact same thing as hitting it at 200 feet per second against a spinner.

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What Matt said ". I think 6mm is that point where weight and hitability seem to be optimised. Definitely give it a go." I definitely find 6 mm or quarter inch steel to have plenty of energy when hitting things and a very flat trajectory with a very light pool weight. BB's are fun to shoot but they don't have nearly enough energy to really make anything but a light spinner move... But you can carry a ton of them with you with absolutely no weight and the lightest band set and just have some fun in the woods.

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Soaked you could definitely shoot single tube 1632 butterfly with 6 mm steel. I shoot 6 mm steel with 1632 at a 32-in draw not even close to fully maxed out and get good speeds at 10 to 12 meters. I think 2040 full butterfly would kind of be Overkill for 6 mm steel.

You can pick up a box of 250 6 mm steel or quarter inch steel at Walmart for under $5 to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised at how much punch the quarter inch supplied when hitting targets.

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