Catapult rubber?

[tombear]

Hi Folks
a couple of days back I was given a old catapult frame which I've polished up.

Could anyone recomend the cheapest place to get a couple of feet of 6mm square rubber suitable to get it working again. I have some scraps of leather and brass rod for the pins. Also is there a idiots guide to using them anywhere?

Cheers!

Tom

 

[copper_head]

Some caty rubber on ebay...

When your sighting your shot turn the catapult horizontally and use the stretched bands (lined up) to aim. Don't know about I guide but that works great on my widow.

 

[3bears]

*cough cough*


come over to the Dark Side....

http://www.gamekeepercatapultsforum.com/

Square elastic doesn't really hit that hard and is a tough draw by comparison to the alternatives, get yourself some 'Dub Dub' tubing from John, he had about about 300' of the stuff last time I was over there lol. A lot of the guys regularly hunt with Milbro Repro's from Hogan's Castings with a bit of practice you can be taking game at 30m, and with the right bands/ammo set up be hitting with nearly 2x the power of an air rifle .....

 

[Turnip]

Hi Tom, you might want to check out http://www.bellsofhythe.com/index.asp as they have several different types. I must admit though that a while back i bought a gamekeeper catty and it has now become my fave!

 

[3bears]

I must admit though that a while back i bought a gamekeeper catty and it has now become my fave!

lol

which one did you get? I have 2 myself

 

[Turnip]

lol

which one did you get? I have 2 myself

Pocket rocket 3, had trouble with theraband gold bands on my hunter catty as they were cut quite thick but the bands that John makes are spot on for me, steady, comfortable draw and plenty of power! I'm thinking about treating myself to one of his other models in the near future! great bits of kit IMO!

 

[3bears]

lol I have a PR3, and a Pocket Poacher- which I won in the forum shot of the month comp!

if you look around John's are easily amongst the best value for money boardcut cattys out there, there's another UK maker called Rob Rowley who sells under the name of RK Catapults on ebay, again I can say a steal at under 20 quid.

 

[Turnip]

lol I have a PR3, and a Pocket Poacher- which I won in the forum shot of the month comp!

if you look around John's are easily amongst the best value for money boardcut cattys out there, there's another UK maker called Rob Rowley who sells under the name of RK Catapults on ebay, again I can say a steal at under 20 quid.

I will look out for some of his as well when its spending times again shortly! cheers for the heads up!

 

[lub0]

I can't rate theraband golt highly enough. I bought a large strip from http://www.thera-bands.co.uk/product.php?id_product=23

 

[saurian]

for catapults in different materials (rather tan wood) try here http://stores.ebay.co.uk/RenovateLeather?_trksid=p4340.l2563