midnight 657 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Seriously am I the only person that thinks that most catty designs are shit , and the bands slapping you and ammo smashing hands /knuckles is unbrraunbearable. I fired 5 stones yesterday and the 5th took a nice slice out of the back of my hand between thumb and finger. For all the "design" that goes into them I would have thought someone, somewhere would have got round this !! I'm seriously thinking of designing and make a hunting powered SAFE catty for my self then maybe to sell . The only down side to that is in not very good with a catty and don't understand the science of making them (if there is any?) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarci sparki 16 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 I believe shooting a through the fork set up rather than an over the top setup elliminates some hand slap and I've noticed on my over the top setup if my bands are to heavy for the ammo I'm using then I'll get hand slap. I think if you suit your bands to a consistant weight ammo you'll find hand slap will dissapear. I maybe wrong though I'm still learning lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight 657 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 That sounds plausible !! I don't remember any of this being an issue with the old school black widows or diablo , why are they not popular any more ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
youcanthide...BANG 1,051 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 You get hand slap through bands being too heavy for ammo. I've only ever hit my hand with stones, better switching to round ammo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Longers7 720 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Like what's been said, don't use stones as ammo, they weigh different weights and are just to inconsistent, band slap is due to excess power in the bands, either ammo is too light or bands too long. I'd love to see you design and make a nice catty Matt, knowing how nice your knives are mate! Id definately buy one from you :-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight 657 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thanks fellas , so there is some science in this then ! I have had the thought about stones for ammo being an issue . Just no consistency because of the irregular shape and weight . Ok so what do you use to work a band/ammo coefficient? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cattykid123 122 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 you want m/8 hex nuts mate or 10mm steel or lead 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,854 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I initially got repeated thumb, knuckle etc slap until I switched to a Scout and started shooting through the forks. I also moved from not being able to hit a tree let alone a can on a branch but can now hit it more than 50% of the time. The other odd tip ( which I discovered by accident when I sneezed or coughed or something similar at the point of release) is to drop the catapult! I know that sounds daft...and only works with a strap around your wrist...but for some reason it improved my accuracy. Maybe it's just because it gave me one less thing to concentrate on? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hunterhartley 8 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Seriously am I the only person that thinks that most catty designs are shit , and the bands slapping you and ammo smashing hands /knuckles is unbrraunbearable. I fired 5 stones yesterday and the 5th took a nice slice out of the back of my hand between thumb and finger. For all the "design" that goes into them I would have thought someone, somewhere would have got round this !! I'm seriously thinking of designing and make a hunting powered SAFE catty for my self then maybe to sell . The only down side to that is in not very good with a catty and don't understand the science of making them (if there is any?) I get on fine with the hunter design, don't know who invented it but it works for me, I can't get on with tube cattys at all, flat gold bands work best for me, nice and fast! If your getting hand slap all the time try pointing the forks at an angle towards the target if your shooting OTF , I don't shoot TTF but some people find it better for some reason... Down to Preference i suppose Quote Link to post Share on other sites
28xxgeo 28 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Catapults have been around for planets and now in 2015 what makes you think you could improve the design? EVERYTHING has been done before. Maybe you should practice with one and become accurate enough to judge a design? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cattykid123 122 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 wow its just a judgement no need to have ago its just a thort Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarci sparki 16 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 If everyone had that mentality we'd still be in the stoneage... lol Crack on lad, I'd be interested to see what you come up with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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