Great stuff Peter.:thumbsup2: Thanks.
Cheers, Don
Great stuff Peter.:thumbsup2: Thanks.
Cheers, Don
Nice mate...that's one I don't have.
Cheers, Don
The Doublette, rubber top shaft propelled. Spring powered shaft from the front handle.
Cheers, Don
Part 2
A signed Norbert Ebeling Single band roller gun.
Cheers, Don
Reserved for Patent doc's for double roller gun.
Thanks, Don
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A signed Norbert Ebeling Single band roller gun.
Cheers, Don
Never actually seen one of these before, but I wrote about it a few years ago here: School me on roller guns - Page 2 - Spearboard Spearfishing Community.
I had thought the conversion was done on the Champion "Arbalete" gun, but instead it is the Beuchat which was sold in the USA by Healthways. Same type of gun, but single-piece trigger in the Beuchat and two-piece, pull down sear lever type in the Champion. The Champion gun was sold in the USA by U.S. Divers and Voit, plus a few minor companies sold it as well. At one stage virtually every diver owned one of these Arbalete's as they were simple and effective on reef fish. Ebeling wanted a dirty water shooter with a bit of grunt for big catfish in lakes.
Wow the collections you guys have are incredible.
Thanks for sharing!
QuoteWow the collections you guys have are incredible.
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Never actually seen one of these before, but I wrote about it a few years ago here: School me on roller guns - Page 2 - Spearboard Spearfishing Community.
I had thought the conversion was done on the Champion "Arbalete" gun, but instead it is the Beuchat which was sold in the USA by Healthways. Same type of gun, but single-piece trigger in the Beuchat and two-piece, pull down sear lever type in the Champion. The Champion gun was sold in the USA by U.S. Divers and Voit, plus a few minor companies sold it as well. At one stage virtually every diver owned one of these Arbalete's as they were simple and effective on reef fish. Ebeling wanted a dirty water shooter with a bit of grunt for big catfish in lakes.
Peter, I am banned over there going back a year and a half, when you have time feel free to add the story here where I can wear the gear of my choice in posted images. I have just scratched the surface of the images
and vintage gear I will post here.;) John Warren was a early inspiration to share my collection and knowledge with the tribe. Looking back now I wish I didn't have the GF's type for me, I guess I thought I would have a personal secretary.
Cheers, Don
Well here is that post:
"The lever operated rollergun dates back to 1949, that is when the French patent for the "Hurricane" brand rollergun was taken out in its original angled handgrip form (which looked something like a Sampson speargun handgrip). Later a guy in the USA (Norbert Ebeling) patented a dual band rollergun as a powerful short gun for hunting catfish in limited visibility waters, that was in 1958, the US patent was published in 1962. Ebeling's gun looked like a reworked Champion Arbalete with a new twin roller muzzle and the original screw-in band muzzle bored out, reversed and inverted and placed further back on the barrel acting as a band anchor plate. Jack Prodanovich also built a single band rollergun with a complex band run configuration, you can see it on John Warren's web-site. In more recent times Marc-Antoine Berry has patented his own version of the rollergun using the two-stage loading technique. The gun has a deep wooden body and large diameter pulleys or rollers at the muzzle, it was written up in "Apnea" magazine in May/June 2004. Seatec manufactures a rollergun in the eurogun format with relatively small rollers and a compact muzzle (to minimise side drag), but it shares many parts with a conventional line of euroguns in the Seatec range, so was no doubt a commercial proposition.
The KISS principle has been the rollergun's nemesis, as Phil says it is really only useful for a short and powerful for its size band gun. That is also the territory where the pneumatic speargun excels, i.e. short and powerful, so rollerguns have not really found a niche for themselves except in the hands of home-builders.
The longer shaft on a conventional band gun may seem a waste with the non-powered barrel length, but it provides a greater shaft mass for a given shaft diameter. A longer shaft also has a more stabilised flight, so the shorter shaft length in a powerful rollergun loses its appeal, plus a longer gun is just that much closer in terms of shaft flight distance to the target on long range shots and is easier to aim."
You must have been "persona grata" back then Don because the next post after this one was from you!
Anyway I don't know why they banned you, in fact I was not aware that you were no longer there.
You must have been "persona grata" back then Don because the next post after this one was from you![Quote Popgun Pete].
I remember your post now Peter, I just thought there was new discussion on the rollers.
Anyway I don't know why they banned you, in fact I was not aware that you were no longer there. [Quote PopGun Pete].
To this day I was never told by PM or in speaking with the Mod (Nate) I have moved on as others have.
I will tell you this; don't type the word Pursuit or Speardiver if you want to be there long.Having a image with Pursuit on it will get deleted.
Now back to the vintage guns...
Cheers, Don
seems to be an oldie but daily used in Honduras by some locals fishermen.
trigger mechanism is a "tahitian style" set up... simple and pretty easy to use.
Good evening the friends
a document of sale of time..
cyril
have a question ......
The speargun " SEA HORNET AUTOMATIC CO2 " existed????????????
CYRIL
I do not more manage to put of photos???????????????
Display Morehave a question ......
The speargun " SEA HORNET AUTOMATIC CO2 " existed????????????
CYRIL
It was the Sea Hornet "Rocket", I have only seen one and that was hanging on the wall of a dive shop. Both shop and gun are long gone, it was a decade or more ago.
for PETER.....
First spring SPEARGUN made by KRAMARENKO
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