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Tyla · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject:

Horses for courses, if everyone liked the same thing then it would be a boring world! i've shot neither but use homemade versions of each to good effect!

i would be more than happy to carry out an independant test as long as i could keep the test models!!! lol

fish · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject:

ime up for it ,and the models must be the basic as sold to the customer spec and both shooting .440 caliber lead shot.preferably a chronometer would figure somewhere n the evaluation of course!
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gtavares · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject:

A dankun slingshot will be stronger than Hunters Catty only if him are with black thera bands....
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King_Arthur · moocher Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 15

you know that china style bands are a loop, so you have 4 bands to draw ....

with thera tube black thats overkill for normal target shooting, and also for hunting, more than the yellow thera tube is needless

JoergS · old man o'the woods Yes Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 154

I do like the chinese method as it has two advantages:

1. Easy band change
2. Long band life

But when it comes to power, my chrony tests clearly show that the Thera Band Gold beats the tubes, by a large margin.

I actually shoot the Thera Tube green in my chinese designs, comfortable and strong. But if you use wide and tapered Thera Band Gold, you simply have more power and less draw weight.

Regards

Jörg

Adam · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:27 am Post subject:

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JoergS · old man o'the woods Yes Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 154

I'd be surprised by that.

Thera Band Gold has lots of power.

My tests with ballistic gelatin and real meat (leg of lamb) show that even a thcik lead or steel ball (I used 20 mm) will fly right through about 20 cm of certified ballistic gelatin (tissue like).

I shot through a thick piece of leg of lamb and the bullet crushed the thighbone, nestled itself right in the middle of it.

That requires a lot more power than shooting a .44 lead ball through the head of a pheasant. Birds have very lightweight, sponge like bones that do not have a lot of resistance.

But it is possible that this rubber has equal power! Never say never. I guess we will have to wait for a direct comparison. Should be interesting!

Jörg