>>1440540>>1440534>>1440532>>1440527>>1440519>>1440517>>1440436>>1440431>>1440429>>1440428>>1440422>>1440421>>1440417>>1440416>tfw waiting for an order of 1k steel balls before getting back into seasonal rabbit hunting hereIf you do hunt, with a slingshot for game that is rabbit sized, or simply use it a lot at high power, the band, regardless of their type, will wear out rather quickly. I switched from tubes to flat bands, because I really dislike getting smacked in the face by a tube breaking off from the forks. With flat bands, you can taper them so they will always break from the pouch and never break from the fork. When I'm doing lots of hunting or target practicing I can use up a set of tubes or flat bands in about a week. They can be latex rubber or silicone rubber, it doesn't matter. For hunting what does matter is speed and power. Silicone rubber and tubes are not as good for hunting as flat bands. However, flat bands wear out far faster than anything else.
Basically, there is a limited number of times you can stretch any type of bands and still reach the required power for each shot. Once you've shot enough and worn out enough bands you start getting a feel for durability and how lengthening/shortening, and changing the width of the flat bands affects the power and durability. Without enough power, you shouldn't be hunting with a slingshot. With enough power, the bands start to degrade fairly quickly. A slingshot that has bands lasting for a very long time, with lots of use, normally isn't a fast shooter nor does it have enough power for proper hunting. Or, you are not pulling the bands back far enough to attain the power and speed needed for hunting.
So, if you wish to only do some plinking with your slingshot, you can have bands last a very long time, but they will still be limited to a certain number of pulls regardless if they are well kept or not. Do not confuse a plinking slingshot with a hunting slingshot. It is all in the bands.
