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Slingshot band life
Dec 11^th, 2015 at 2:16pm

how many shots does it take the bands of your slingshot to wear off?
I use tappered flatbands , they wear off at the pouch connection quickly 60-200 shots. a pair of bands lasted 0 shots but i was pulling it at full draw several times for 5 days.
Is this normal?
Untappered bands last longer?
i use this way to attach bands to the fork and the pouch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRPTocVmeIA
And i just started to like slingshots Angry

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Reply #1 - Dec 11^th, 2015 at 3:11pm

Tapered bands actually reduce band life significantly. But it adds power to those shots. I am not a physics major. I can't explain it. I use to b part of the slingshot forum, lots of useful information, but alot of trolls and such. I don't keep county of the rounds I have put into mine, but it's alot. I have heard of up to 500 rounds being used.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Slingshot band life Reply #2 - Dec 11^th, 2015 at 4:59pm All bands are not created equal I got some bands from a guy in PA, TX and NY. The pennsy bands were the best. Think they were .052 thick.maybe Going to try tapered tbg next.
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johan Funditor Offline no longer active:keep the flame of slinging alive Posts: 531	Re: Slingshot band life Reply #3 - Dec 12^th, 2015 at 2:38am i 'll try untappered in the next week to see if i will have more shots.
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johan Funditor Offline no longer active:keep the flame of slinging alive Posts: 531	Re: Slingshot band life Reply #4 - Oct 9^th, 2016 at 8:15am untapered bands indeed live a lot longer fixing the length of the bands helped this helped : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2q144WRvfo
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