grahamch Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Am having probs with magpies in my garden and resurrecting my old Milbro catapult, what the best way of attaching the elastic to the frame and pouch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Bands or tubing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Please be aware that a catapult projectile (steel or lead or stone ) can travel a very long way and carry a lot of energy with it .and shots that leave your boundry are likely to cause damage in an urban environment and you would be subject to the same laws that limit pellets or bullets that leave your property . Say you had a 9 mm lead ball fired at 200 fps for 9 fpe . At 50 yds its still carrying around 6 fpe . Which is a lot . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamch Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Will be used from upstairs window firing down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 I've used mine, shooting from indoors out towards a loose carpet back stop with no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Use metal tube and crimp it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, grahamch said: Will be used from upstairs window firing down 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 4 hours ago, grahamch said: Am having probs with magpies in my garden and resurrecting my old Milbro catapult, what the best way of attaching the elastic to the frame and pouch? Cable ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshirelad Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 This will do nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Use marbles as Ammo - anybody finds one in their garden they will just think that kids have left it there - pretty deadly as a projectile as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) On 17/04/2020 at 10:37, Ultrastu said: Please be aware that a catapult projectile (steel or lead or stone ) can travel a very long way and carry a lot of energy with it .and shots that leave your boundry are likely to cause damage in an urban environment and you would be subject to the same laws that limit pellets or bullets that leave your property . Say you had a 9 mm lead ball fired at 200 fps for 9 fpe . At 50 yds its still carrying around 6 fpe . Which is a lot . your not allowed to kill any thing with stones from a catapult ! its classed as stoning an animal to death . but steel ,marbles, lead balls shot , is ok , bit late in replying but i dont usealy get down this far LOL Edited May 2, 2020 by derbyduck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redogi73 Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Learn something new on here, never knew that about use it stone 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 hello, on those i had when the original band came out the socket i use to thread the square rubber through then bend down wards and tie in below the ring, the pouch was just tied back same, i used some strong leather cord they use for boot making, our local ironmongers sold all this back many years, did catch my thumb once !! went black😂 you might find a black widow catapult better graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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