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Hey guys whats up? Been spearfishing for the past 4 years and mainly dive palm beach to th florida keys. Also a member on a few other sites and thought i'd join this one. Lots of good info on here and I recognize a lot of names on here from the other forums.

Dylan Page

Thanks Lunker!

Nice to see warm welcomes and friendly faces!

Don - My Airbalete 110 finally arrived yesterday, Cant wait to see how she shoots! I will eventually add tovarich or tomba kit to minimize recoil. This will be my gun for videoing.

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I would make a pressure gauge my first accessory and de- burr the holes in the micro slide. I don't know if Omer
has gone to a weaker line release spring on the newer models ? The stock one is too strong for my taste on longer shots. I have a mod I'll post on my 110 post this Fri.

This gun has very little recoil even with a wet barrel and 30 bar, but the kit will help a little, After Xmas I'm going to buy one of Dan's Go Pros to mount on mine. Feel free to ask any questions you have at a any time.

Cheers, Don

I bought a pressure guage with the gun. I'll check the holes on the micro slider when i get home. How did you debur them? The line release spring did feel a little strong as well. Interested in seeing that mod! I'm also waiting for them to be in stock on pursuitfreediving as well. Is Dan the admin of this board and the owner of pursuit? It seems so.

Thanks Don

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Great you have a gauge. I de-bured the holes with a mini electric die grinder and a small Cratex abrasive.
A small counter sink cutter also works in a pinch.

Yes Dan is the man.:D He has provide me with great products and treats me like a brother.

When you put the handle back on be very careful to center it very well even though the two keys locate it.
I found black curls of plastic from the handle around the air fill threaded port that could have been easy over looked and pumped in to the air tank on pressurizing. These can also occur if the handle is not pulled straight back on my early gun. I made a set of drifts from G-10 rod to use removing the different pins as a nail:nono:or a hard punch will peen and deform the dowel edge with time they are soft 302. Latter...

Cheers, Don

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Worked out all the kinks you told me about this morning, pumped it up to 25 bar and rigged it with 3-wraps of 200# mono. I had a little trouble putting the other handle on it, it just wouldn't get on there. I had to sand the inside of the handle a little bit and use some lubricant, its qute a tight fit but I finally got it on there. I will be checking my stone crab traps tomorrow and just might jump in and see how it shoots.

Thanks Don

Well don, Here's my first fish with Airbalete. It shoots just fine, much faster and easier to load than my two banded rail gun, no recoil, and tracks like a feather. Will be shooting video very soon, Gopro is in the mail from pursuit

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Nice job Dylan, I glad you like it, nice fish. I will be copying your GoPro set up with a purchase from Pursuit
after Xmas. I will post more tomorrow as I'm resting my back ice to day:( Xmas lights and ladders are more dangerous than pesky sharks.;)

Cheers Don

:laughing3: ah yes, my knees were killing me the other day on the roof!