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Everything posted by kranky
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You should get out with the marbles. They are about the same weight as a 9.5 steel ball. I've had loads of kills with marbles and they are only £1 for 150 from Poundland.
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I like a Milbro type, they are the shape that predates the Barnett. A novice can shoot one just as easily as anything else. Half an hour with someone that shoots, giving you a few pointers, will get you going in no time or its a case of getting some tips, reading the Internet and watching YouTube. I'm in Sussex, not too far from the M25, if anyone's near or in the area and wants to have a plink, let me know.
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They're the ones! An expert in 5 minutes, fantastic work! If your catties are so good and you're such an expert then you must be dropping loads of game. Any photos? And BTW a black widow isn't £25! Maybe they told you that price when they realised what a mug you are.
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No wonder people think you're a dick! I've never mentioned money once. If you want to bring up old posts I'll copy and paste the one where you got all indignant because I suggested you where trying to sell your catties at the expense of someone else's. I'll also copy and paste the post where you said that you don't sell them, then I'll copy and paste your post offering a load for sale. Fanny? I think you've got that down to a fine art son! Don't set yourself up as an Internet catty expert and then give out duff information. I see straight through it and ,as a fanny, I'm gonna pull
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All I'm trying to do at the end of the day is make sure that people are furnished with the truth and not misinformed. Some youngster just starting out may believe your comments about the Black Widow and not bother with one that they have and not possess the money to buy something "better". I've just stuck up some pics to show that they can be used to good effect and to nurture those without the funds for a "better" catty. You should get some kill shots up and try and knock me down a peg or two.
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Good work!!
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Once you get the hang of it, everything just clicks. I shoot all the time and have been for 25+ years. I even shoot bits of cut up eraser in my office! Loads of practice when dog walking or fishing or waiting for meetings or waiting for traffic lights to turn green. I don't compete, I just feed my ferrets and dogs and have the occasional game bird for the table. Confidence plays a bit part in it too. I'd rather use the catty than any of my guns. I was fishing on the beach the other night and hit a 2" metal pole that was sticking up from the shingle, at 25 yards, in the dark, I had witnesse
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Just for the record I do shoot Theraband a lot. I've taken bunnies at 25 yards with it (in front of witnesses) and took a squirrel out of a tree at 30 yards with a headshot. (1st shot). I like it but I also rate the other elastics available.
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I don't think they're easier, I know they are. But with all due respect I have far more experience than you so it's easier for me to make a comparison. I guess the proof is in the pudding.
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Excellent! I'm glad they're working out.
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I knew I had a photo of a Black Widow kill somewhere!! BPR, have you ever used tubes or squares? All we had years ago was flatbands cut from inner tubes. We didn't have rotary cutters back then and had to make one continuous straight cut along the tube with a razor blade. If you stopped the blade then you'd normally get a premature tear at the point where you stopped. Squares were available at the same time and were far more durable but they cost money. Tubes were space age tech and we believed them to be vastly more powerful, although we now know that they weren't. If you learn to s
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now your talking. The rest of you f**k off, kranky a my man in the know right kranky, the instructions say hold it sideways and use the top errr leg lol to aim, that true? LOL!!! Yes, with a Barnett type you hold them side on to the target, make sure that the ball is in the dead centre of the pouch and the pouch is folded perfectly in half, draw the pouch back to your face and anchor it either under your eye or to the corner of your mouth, make sure that the catty remains square to the target (i.e. don't let the force of pulling the bands back cause the frame to twist in your hand) align th
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Very interesting.....just out of interest Kranky,realistically how accurate would you yourself expect to be on a target from say 30 feet ? within what a few inches ? 6 inches ?.....say if you averaged it out over 10 shots ?I had a go with one abroad last month and was absolutely f****n useless i couldnt get within a few feet ......I dont like things getting the better of me but no matter how hard i tried i just couldnt get to grips with it yet the technique i used was pretty much what you described. At 10 yards I'd want to hit every time or miss by a few mm. I try and take head shots at t
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now your talking. The rest of you f**k off, kranky a my man in the know right kranky, the instructions say hold it sideways and use the top errr leg lol to aim, that true? LOL!!! Yes, with a Barnett type you hold them side on to the target, make sure that the ball is in the dead centre of the pouch and the pouch is folded perfectly in half, draw the pouch back to your face and anchor it either under your eye or to the corner of your mouth, make sure that the catty remains square to the target (i.e. don't let the force of pulling the bands back cause the frame to twist in your hand) align
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Barnett tubes can be used for hunting assuming you keep the ranges sensible. They prefer 9.5mm steel balls in my experience. The bunny in the photo was taken at 12 yards with a steel ball and a headshot. Although this isn't a Barnett Black Widow, its essentially the same style and shooting differences would only be noticed by an experienced tube shooter. The Barnett Black Widow is an iconic piece of catapult history. Most people know of them, even if they haven't owned one. Mention them in a pub and you'll hear ridiculous stories of them bringing down geese in flight and shooting a ball t
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Nice work fellas.
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Manly? or even semi manly? HAHAHA! Gettin so pissy over an interent forum is about as far from manly as one could imagine. Too true! You've got to have thick skin if you dish it out. You must be like a fecking rhino Dan!! LOL!!!
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Seriously? Of all the people!!
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Your getting desperate. Put up or shut up. It's YOU'RE NOT YOUR! And YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STARTED ABOUT MY USERNAME!!! Don't give it if you can't take it!!
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Smoke screening is the use of insults, bluster and unrelated points to deflect attention from the matter at hand, would you not agree? I'm offering to provide you with witnesses to my hunting experience, well, at least the stuff that they've seen. That's better than me just putting stuff up here, I could get that out of a book. I've offered to provide these witnesses and asked you to do the same. Your "smoke screening" seems to have avoided that. Calling me desperate is puerile and incorrect. This is me putting up. I hunt with J1985 Rascal_2005 Blackstaff Westy1976
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I really like the way someone called Waz is thinking that it'll hurt my feelings to be called a Krank!! Waz, depending of your geographical location, is parlance for either urination or masturbation. I am a bit of a Krank, I've never denied it. Now, how about you? Do you know whether you're COMING or GOING? Which Waz are you?
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Shall I get the people that've hunted with me to post on this thread? Will that be evidence enough for you? How about you do the same?
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Your words. BTW, its illegal to interfere with badger setts - The antis live for people like you - bait an animal and then release it to be baited again. My words. The language you are using in your posts make me wonder are you some kind of grass or weird closet anti? Double cnuts trick I see you tried spinning on me, very clever Kranky I (thought youd have done the name calling before now as I saw you were struggling), but low all the same. For an argument your struggling with. Youve shown what you are, so i'll leave you to it. Why did you go back and edit this after I'd repl
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Your words. BTW, its illegal to interfere with badger setts - The antis live for people like you - bait an animal and then release it to be baited again. My words. The language you are using in your posts make me wonder are you some kind of grass or weird closet anti? Double cnuts trick I see you tried spinning on me, very clever Kranky I (thought youd have done the name calling before now as I saw you were struggling), but low all the same. For an argument your struggling with. Youve shown what you are, so i'll leave you to it. Why did you go back and edit this after I'd repl
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Your words. BTW, its illegal to interfere with badger setts - The antis live for people like you - bait an animal and then release it to be baited again. My words. The language you are using in your posts make me wonder are you some kind of grass or weird closet anti? Double cnuts trick I see you tried spinning on me, very clever Kranky I (thought youd have done the name calling before now as I saw you were struggling), but low all the same. For an argument your struggling with. Youve shown what you are, so i'll leave you to it. Why did you go back and edit this after I'd repl
