MattyF

Apta launcher was good , probably the best out of most the alternatives, as long as you had a good pump. my throwing was not great , just practice for 15 mins once a week and it will improve massively over a month or so. big shots are ok , with out sounding like a wet wipe the forces of what you need to propel 12-14oz bags up a tree are potentially lethal , didn’t some one die a year or so back when a pole collapsed or elastic broke ??? , I would just buy the stine one and save yourself the time and have some piece of mind.

They are loud , I had to have permission and notices in the natural trust car park that was on that job warning people what the noise was.. will make your ears ring anyway. Basically it’s a dog dummy trainer , you just need to modify the dummy with some weight other wise they ricochet all around the tree and you have zero chance of getting the line back on the ground.

They are wank krammykins, **************** off for miles and don’t come back as I imagine a cross bow bolt will too , I added around 16oz of lead to a blank dummy so I could actually get it down but it’s pretty pointless when you can polish up your throw line skills and hand throw and isolate an anchor at 70ft. here’s mine in action. Matthew Fathers (@matty_arb) • Instagram video WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM 54 likes, 6 comments - matty_arb on June 16, 2015: "Beech monolith work from this morning.".

I was looking at the notch carbons as my old geckos are wearing a bit thin…. Nearly 1 k !!!! I’m gonna have to buy some carbon fibre and add some strips on !

I must admit I’ve not really being paying much attention to new climbing kit , looking around as I replacing most of it the other week I was surprised to see how much stuff was notch.

@Steve Bullmani think you had to show me how to use the first one I bought at Caple years back…..after a few beers it wasn’t working for me.

As a triangle it’s black ?…. Any way I’d say that mold is more testimony to its longevity, I’ve had two in the last 15+ years and I’d still be in the original probably if it wasn’t in a stolen climbing kit. Bought a cheap one off eBay as a back up and it lasted two minutes before one of the steel rods poked through the side.

I’d agree on the faltimer and FTC , I would not use another line, it’s lush and does not tangle anything like any other line that doesn’t have a mono core . 8oz and 12 is too light for me , I’m a 14 all day long with a 16 to manipulate the route …. Nothing worse than spending time getting the throw and it won’t come back down!

I was watching my mates 280 track on site the other day , I think it was doing 20mph!! … I think our Schliesing is about 1mph if that … can’t say I’m bothered by it much , the speed would be nice but I’m pretty sure I would drop tracks more, the slow speed seems to make you more aware of stumps and obstacles that could de track.

Sounds interesting

Did did you get it sorted ? I’ve looked through my 325 manual and can’t see any guidance on spring settings.

I doubt it stubs … if they do decide to put shotguns on a section 1 it will take a long time before it happens.

Aye I don’t really want to insult him as he’s a good friend though😂 on the plus side the misses seems happy for me to buy another gun so I might bide my time on this one.

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking Mike , I just fancied a 20 gauge in the cabinet.