Pressure equalizer balloons , they didn't know they could just add air from the nose.
Cheers, Don
That's really interesting. I thought it was a secondary air supply for the deep dives but to equalize makes sense too.
Pressure equalizer balloons , they didn't know they could just add air from the nose.
Cheers, Don
That's really interesting. I thought it was a secondary air supply for the deep dives but to equalize makes sense too.
Front mounted snorkel is to minimize drag, but as we know that is not a big consideration these days. Mares used to make a front mounted snorkel for fin racing, it had a head band attachment to hold it in place. Saw one a few years ago, they may still be made today, this one was at a disposal store outlet, brand new in its packaging.
Front snorkel is common today with freedivers using monofins.
This is one of my favorite Addict guns. I'll add more images of the gun with the push rod plate removed to show the Mech later. The wood is Mahogany and Beech with marine varnish finish.
Cheers, Don
Reserved for Images.
Small gun is # 675 Stradle Pistol 23''l (top) and # 678 Stradle Long 42'' by Demetrio Morabito of Italy distributed by Scuba Pro here in the states.
Red gun is the Alcedo Hydro invented by Carlo Alinari. PopgunPete has one of the latter and has written a wonderful post on the Russian site, I would be honored to have it here as well.
Cheers, Don
Mordem Saturno.
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Don, why the lowered handle on the Addict gun? does it serve a purpose or just look cool?
Don, why the lowered handle on the Addict gun? does it serve a purpose or just look cool?
These guns were from a time when 3/8 shafts and smart wooding were prevalent. The added wood handle platform adds to the cross section of the barrel (and increased spline stiffness) in a area where milled trigger pockets and holes for line release and push rod could weaken the barrel. The gun is supported my the non trigger hand at the back, this reduces muzzle raise from recoil geometry affects.
The pined metal plate in the muzzle allows the barrel to eloquently taper to just 1'' at the front.
Cheers, Don
ahhh you read my mind about the angles looking like they want to flip that muzzle...
also I love the use of a"crutch" end cap as the butt...genius
Have I mentioned how much I love this thread
also I love the use of a"crutch" end cap as the butt...genius
Have I mentioned how much I love this thread
Nice comments deserve a bonus post.:thumbsup2: Thanks mate.
The Christiansen twins with their big 62'' brother sporting a vintage Abel reel.
Last images show the line trip and shooting hand safety lock out trigger that looks like it was made last year.
Open muzzle with shaft retained by slide ring.
Cheers, Don
Big Jims cont...
Cheers, Don
"Addict" spearguns were made to a basic plan; club members made their own guns and attached are the plans which were formalized by "Addict" member Sam Ichikawa.
A stock Strale Pistol 675 and one used by Scuba Pro to illustrate the internal workings.
Compressed air,hydraulic guns combine the principle of air compression with the (essentially) non-compressibility of water. The gun has a initial charge by hand pump that will provide up to a year of shooting, this power can be increased by arming , the shaft forces water into the gun body compressing air at the rear piston chamber. The price in 1969 was listed as $65.00. The gun came in a custom leather holster with
a large S (ScubaPro) embossed on the front.
Cheers, Don
Very cool the cutout Scubapro. What is the effective range of such guns?
Very cool the cutout Scubapro. What is the effective range of such guns?
Catalog posted range (they never lie) 675 Pistol 6 to 13 feet
676 Standard 33'' 10 to 20 feet
677 Long 42'' 13 to 26 feet
I have a few guns that did not belong to legends I plan to kill fish with some day.
In contrast a Crucero (Dreadnaught) has a listed range of 30/36 feet. ( there is one on one of my Nemrod walls) second gun from the top.
Cheers, Don
Very cool the cutout Scubapro. What is the effective range of such guns?
Quoted shooting distances from manufacturers are often misleading because they are usually talking about different measures. For example in Soviet-era speargun specifications there is the "flying range of the harpoon" and the somewhat shorter "range striking target", or kill distance for a given chamber pressure in the gun. No doubt if any gun failed to meet its specs, or the manufacturer was guilty of handing out misleading numbers, those concerned would be hauled up before Soviet officialdom to explain themselves (State ran companies made all consumer goods). An example is the Russian "Prizm" 70 cm model (which was sold in the USA for a time by "Klondike Imports") has a handbook specified "Maximum range flying harpoon in water under pressure of air in chamber of gun P = 147x10^4 N/m2 (15 kg/cm^2)" of 10 meters! Whereas the "Maximum range striking target under pressure of air in chamber of gun P = 147x10^4 N/m2 (15 kg/cm^2)" was given as 5 meters, so a very big difference! Maximum internal gun pressure allowed was 20 kg/cm^2. In reality there should probably be three figures specified, maximum flying range of the spear until it drops to the bottom, the range at which it will actually kill something and the near linear trajectory range where the spear hits without allowing for any drop in the aiming point, assuming that the gun is accurate in the first place.
Hi, I'm new to this forum, I have seen some collect spearguns nemrod, I have a few of exposure and others that use and repair, not if I will understand and I use the google translator, my website is Fusiles Nemrod Vintage - Página Jimdo de nemrod77
Some of the photos are provided by other collector friends, greetings and hope you like
Bravo:thumbsup2: Mucho Gracias Amigo. Very fine collection. Welcome to SpearDiver, when you have time do a little intro
about your diving.
Cheers, Don
Hi my hobbies are fishing and diving in the Mediterranean Sea, also I like to collect vintage material of Nimrod.
Years ago competed in spearfishing but leave health problems and now I practice as a hobie.
I'm looking for Nemrod crucero, I have on my website is not mine, if anyone has any to offer ... je je
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