My objectives in building this gun were; to make the slimmest wood stock possible, because I grip a gun in the middle and can't seem to get used to swimming with a beefier gun, and to make the gun as cheaply as I can using the fewest specialized speargun parts possible.
The stock, a one piece of teak which looked almost the same when I found it in the wood store, turned out to have dimensions very close to the Riffe competitor series, mine is not quite as tall but a hair wider. It has 3 applications of penetrating epoxy, sanded down lightly for a mat finish.
For these pics I used a shorter shaft than I like, I'll replace it with a shaft that will have 13" of overhang.
I used two little SS plates for track protection since it's easier for me to do than install a short Derlin track, mine may even be stronger. I didn't cut a line guide across the muzzle, routing the line around the spike seems to work fine.
Since I'll be using 1.5 wraps of line I didn't need a specialized line anchor, and simply pinned the bungee into the stock.
I'm using a Heinrich line release, something I wanted to do for a long time. It releases perfectly and routing the line is easy once you get used to it. Modifying the shaft involved drilling a hole and hammering a pin into it.
The trigger guard is from a SS kitchen utensil that was like $5 at Publix. The handle is made out of Ipe wood and is set into the sock with a mortise tenon joint and epoxy. It's coated with Herculiner.
As an afterthought I bought this very expensive $15 SS plate from West Marine and screwed it on one side. The wood was thin around the mech and the plate made me feel better. Maybe I'll have something engraved on it.
EDIT- Changed the trigger mech and Heinrich line release system to a Pursuit top line release mech.
Got rid of the wishbone inserts and rigged the bands with Pursuit wishbone Dyneema.
I have a router bit for the track, and a router, but no router table which is a must to do this right. I'd like to own a planer too..
