Guns of the legends Collection

What year was it discontinued and why?

Stunning gun!

I'll hazard a guess and say it was discontinued because it was too expensive and I think it may also haven been a (slight) sinker. I am sure the performance of it, especially at the time, was great, but cheaper guns came out in the thousands around that time. Rubber guns had also become better and would not sink.

Same thing happened to the even more advanced Mirage (and I see they share a few parts) - great, great gun, just too expensive for the time. I think the Mirage got kllled in the early 80s, not sure about this one. Probably earlier?

Popgun Pete on Deeperblue (don't know if he is here, too) would probably know. He is one of the most knowledgeable men on the planet when it comes to pneumatics.

Ah, I see on an older post, that you also have a Bazooka!;-)

I have a friend back home in Denmark, who has a Bazooka with carbon fiber tanks (I sourced these here in China) and a vacuum Tomba muzzle...;-)

@Don, right now, over on SillyBoard, there is a guy who might be selling a pretty nice condition SMG gun. You prolly know it, but I didn't. But basically it uses gun powder cartridges to propel the shaft. Might be something for your collection?

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Thanks mate, already have a few in the boy's collection.

Cheers, Don

Haha, I should have known!
Very cool.

So, just one question. When the Don Paul and Son Presidential Speargun Museum finally opens, will you be taking the show on the road? And what is the price of admission?:)

So the collector is Dion.... :rolleyes1:

For some reason updates to this thread have not been showing in bold on my computer, unlike the others, so now I have just clicked on it. Possibly it had rolled over the page and was out of sight.

The Mares "Titan" spearguns have a big brass, cup shaped rear bulkhead screwed onto the inner barrel tube that mounts the sear lever pivot pin. It is a heavy item, which meant that the gun was a sinker in all but the longest models which may at best be described as neutral, but heading for the bottom if you dropped them. Mares figured that the tanks would best be kept thick to avoid dents as the guns hit the rocks down below. "Titan" and "Vicojet" guns were available into the early seventies, but once the "Sten" appeared in 1967 they were pretty well finished as the "Sten" floated like a cork after the shot, unlike nearly every other pneumatic speargun. Scuba spearfishermen liked sinking guns, but vocal anti-hunting types soon framed them in the same league as clubbing baby seals and politicians, looking for dragons to slay banned that aspect of the sport in many locations.

Scooter - Torpedo Nemrod

Nemrod Museum

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I was always surprised that Nemrod had not made any underwater scooter in its history, considering that many other brands of contemporary dive material did offer them.
The case is that a peculiar scooter appeared in the catalogs of Nemrod / Seamless in USA in the early 60's although it was not created by the archer's mark. Manufactured by POST, the POWER-PAK was propelled with a small motor powered by a 12V battery, promised a speed of 3 knots and could theoretically tow two divers. The feature that made this scooter special was that it was devised to attach itself to the bottom of a bottle of diving.
This article was not marketed in Spain.

POST POWER-PAK (USA) (1961-19 ??)

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Nemrod Museum

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Siempre me sorprendió que Nemrod no hubiera fabricado algún scooter subacuático a lo largo de su historia, teniendo en cuenta que muchas otras marcas de material de buceo coetáneas sí los ofertaban.
El caso es que sí apareció un peculiar scooter en los catálogos de Nemrod/Seamless en USA a principios de los 60 aunque no fue creado por la marca del arquero. Fabricado por la empresa POST, el POWER-PAK se propulsaba con un pequeño motor alimentado por una batería de 12V, prometía una velocidad de 3 nudos y en teoría podía remolcar a dos buceadores. La característica que hacía especial a este scooter era que estaba ideado para fijarse a la parte inferior de una botella de buceo.
Este artículo no se comercializó en España.

POST POWER-PAK (USA) (1961-19??)

Imagine putting this thing on and taking it off, plus the bulk on your back which may tip you over axially in the water when swimming along. Divers usually are pulled through the water or have been positioned above and aft of a propulsion unit, so a dorsal mounted unit is very unusual. Thanks for showing it, but I wonder if it was a success or disappeared pretty quickly.

PETE Well I do not know in Spain I do not sell (for the price I suppose) and I do not have more data.

Modelo "COMBAT" - USA- (1960-198?)

Este clásico modelo de cuchillo, se vendió en USA durante más de dos décadas, aunque lo único que fabricó Nemrod fue la funda. En USA tenían en mucho aprecio las hojas de acero fabricadas en Japón para los cuchillos de buceo debido a su gran calidad y por ello gran parte de los que se vendían eran fabricados allí.
Se pueden datar de forma más precisa fijándose en el logotipo (Seamless, Seamco, US Nemrod...) Este en concreto sería del período 1976-198?u

Wow it even has a hamon, a fake one most likely to make it look like the steel was folded. Still a nice touch.

recently purchased a Hurricane from a guy in france on ebay, never touched the water, perfect condition. paid $200. Ive been searching for info on this gun and didn't find much (except that its pretty rare) thank you for posting those prints! gonna make a shadow box and display it in my dive shop in oceanside "MERIC Spearfishing".

New old stock, even the bands look good! However I suggest you don't try to cock it as I know someone who bought one of those in very similar condition, it had its original Hurricane bands as "Hurricane" was molded into the sides of the bands. When cocked the bands stretched with a bit of effort, then one band snapped off at the wishbone ferrule! Although bands can be replaced, the original molded and branded bands are no longer available, so that knocked a chunk off the gun's value as a collector's item!

The above is the French Patent for your gun in 1949. And below is a segment of the patent front page showing the various dates.

Looks like an old musket!

I loosened the the slide on the lever action so the bands don't have stress on them, and Ive never loaded it and wont. that patent is awesome!! ill post the finished product. thanks Pete! also my buddy and i are going to re-create this gun. ill post that when we are done as well.