OK Rage rubber band guys....what size
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10-24-2008, 08:43 AM
#43
Dominant Buck
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RE: OK Rage rubber band guys....what size
Mission accomplished.
$3.18 box of 250 from Wal-Mart....in the hair section. Gotta put up with yellow, white, green, blue and pink.....but it'll get the job done, nicely.
Perfect size....and the blades open when pushed through a plastic grocery bag.
$3.18 box of 250 from Wal-Mart....in the hair section. Gotta put up with yellow, white, green, blue and pink.....but it'll get the job done, nicely.
Perfect size....and the blades open when pushed through a plastic grocery bag.
10-24-2008, 09:00 AM
#44
Fork Horn
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RE: OK Rage rubber band guys....what size
As a rage user myself...first time this season, and I'll be using them as long as I can find them...I have a question...
Why do you NEED a rubberband?? Is this from a bad experience or are you just trying to buy $3.18 worth of insurance incase that buck of a lifetime comes by?
I shake the hell out of my arrows after pulling them out of the quiver to make sure the blades didn't come undone...seems to work for me.
Why do you NEED a rubberband?? Is this from a bad experience or are you just trying to buy $3.18 worth of insurance incase that buck of a lifetime comes by?
I shake the hell out of my arrows after pulling them out of the quiver to make sure the blades didn't come undone...seems to work for me.
10-24-2008, 09:21 AM
#45
Dominant Buck
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RE: OK Rage rubber band guys....what size
Simply "insurance"....and I shake mine, too.
I also hang my quiver on my bow hook..and the one I use (quiver) lets the blades hanf down outside the protective cover. So...they touch the bow hook.
NEVER had one open at a bad time....but I like having a little insurance. Doesn't adversely affect the performance, either. Ive shot several deer without the bands....and 3 with them. No difference in actual performance.
I also hang my quiver on my bow hook..and the one I use (quiver) lets the blades hanf down outside the protective cover. So...they touch the bow hook.
NEVER had one open at a bad time....but I like having a little insurance. Doesn't adversely affect the performance, either. Ive shot several deer without the bands....and 3 with them. No difference in actual performance.
10-25-2008, 07:04 PM
#46
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
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RE: OK Rage rubber band guys....what size
I thought he was replacing the O ring at the base of the blades. Not rubber banding the blades shut.
ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
For the love of God are we talking about rubber bands or O-rings? Would SOMEONE please clear this up?
I would NOT put an o-ring similar to what Rage uses for their blade retention AROUND the blades themselves.
I would put a simple dental/rocket/snyper yellowish stretchy little style rubber band around the blades. They stretch easily....hard o-rings do not, and are easilt rolled, slid or cut out of the way as the blades deploy.
If you put an actual thick inflexible rubber O-ring around the blades like that black one UNDER the blades you are asking for trouble.
For the love of God are we talking about rubber bands or O-rings? Would SOMEONE please clear this up?
I would NOT put an o-ring similar to what Rage uses for their blade retention AROUND the blades themselves.
I would put a simple dental/rocket/snyper yellowish stretchy little style rubber band around the blades. They stretch easily....hard o-rings do not, and are easilt rolled, slid or cut out of the way as the blades deploy.
If you put an actual thick inflexible rubber O-ring around the blades like that black one UNDER the blades you are asking for trouble.
