bands for 11mm steel

as im wanting to try some 11mm steel im wondering if someone can advise me on band thickness and taper . also is there any guides or formulaes for working out tapers on bands or do i just suck it and see

 

wayne martin at catty shack uses 11mm think he uses .8 sheshou i'd guess on 25/20 or 23/18 taper
Hope this helps

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thanks for the reply i think i have some 0.8 gzk ill give that a try

 

When I shoot 12mm I go for a 30/25 taper with gzk.8 or ussop .8

 

thank you

 

try this . it was for tbg but still good for calcs.
http://www.slingshotchannel.com/band_calc.html

 

not tapers tho.

 

Check out Wayne at Catty Shack. He hunts using his green .82 hunting band at 25/20. I use the same bands and setup including his new EVO catapult. He puts a lot of research in slingshot hunting (slingshots, bands, ammo etc...) so you know the stuff is good. Check him out also on youtube under the same name.

 

use taper 3015, and forktip30mm wide. band thickness 0.6 if cold 0.55 if hot weather

 

If hunting I wouldn't recommend anything less than .8mm bands with 11mm steels

 

I use pink and orange cold weather bands for power and they last
1” or 7/8” no taper or very little
My pink on my bonegrip wide fork lasted all winter three months must’ve shot 3000 rounds out of it and the orange .66 works nice I have it on three slings . My flex conus thank u @Mr Muz has 11” working bands a little long but power up the Wa- zoo and even more when needed . Like a .44 cal ball I shoot 9.5 or .380 so that 44 needs extra and orange works nice I need more .
And don’t Poopoo the idea of skinny bands don’t work with heavy ammo a 18mm 3/4 “ strait is nice
I have been using the black superstretch stuff I don’t know the name of it but it is 7.0 and some 5.0 The .50 stuff will throw anything at 7/8-3/4 cut
Now I’m glad I have 20 slingshot so I can put 20 different band combinations and figure out which ones I like and still get to shoot without changing any slingshot Lol ya that’s why I have so many !!!!