I shoot my RA tricut into all sorts of rocks and have never had an issue with it...maybe different brands dull differently?
RA metal is much harder than hardened stainless steel shafts.
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Display MoreI am not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I would like to contribute what I can.
1.From past experience a pencil point shaped tip does not CUT through the fish as a tricut tip does, therefore there is less risk of the shaft pulling out of a fish when using a pencil pointed shaft.
2. As Dan has said, firing a full powered shaft through a reef fish into the reef is hard on shaft tips. My solution to THAT problem is to depower my gun by taking 1 band off to shoot a hog at 12". I swim around with both bands on cocked incase a mac / cuda swims by. The hog will almost always give me time to depower, where you have 2-3 seconds to line up and shoot a mac.
3. Another factor effecting shaft performance is the Wetted Surface of the shaft. This is a HYDROdynamic only factor, not shared with arrows or other AEROdynamic objects.
others--I wish I was smart enough to understand the formulas and equasions. Thank you
All I know is that when I release the shaft on my RA, the muzzle ends up higher then BEFORE I released the shaft.
seaweed---thanks for this thread:)
I rarely shoot into the reef. I just wait till i have a clean shot when i land on the bottom. The only time I am shooting down into the reef is at a large grouper or snapper.
Shaft will not pull out regardless of what tip you have, unless your flopper is not properly tuned.
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You'll get there one day 
You'll get there one day
He´s shootin´pneumatics tho 
He will soon enter the darker side of the force .. 
No, Greek's already moved to a band gun I know some hardcore Cuban divers that stuck to their pneumatics for a long time, but even they switched.
No, Greek's already moved to a band gun
Ive tried railguns, wong, and shot a riffe. I didn't like it.
What i have now is exactly what i like. Get ready for some big fish pictures! 
please greek, show show show
i love the vids you post, you certainly make the bubble gun look cool
Ive tried railguns, wong, and shot a riffe. I didn't like it.
What i have now is exactly what i like.
Would you please elaborate about your experience with the railguns , Wong and the Riffes? And what are you shooitng now.
Would you please elaborate about your experience with the railguns , Wong and the Riffes? And what are you shooitng now.
I feel like the railguns are too heavy in the water. They shoot too slow for my taste. The wong kicked like a mule and the shot seemed slow too. Maybe because of the super long shaft? I dont want to see the shaft when i fire my gun. I don't like skinny handles either. I feel like you can absorb more recoil with a wider handle. I like a really light gun in the water when i'm doing aspetto.
They all shot straight and kill fish. Its just my personal preference.
I shoot a wooden gun 110cm with 7.5mm 130cm shaft and twin 16mm bands stretched to 275%. The shaft flys.
Riffes and Wongs will perform flawlessly with lesser bands and thinner shafts.
thinner shaft than 9/32?
Nop, 2 5/8´s and a 9/32 is all that you need
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