Posts by Dan

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    I want to know if I'm understanding what I'm seeing correctly. The top/canopy is a raft, that can double purpose as a rescue platform or something of that nature?

  • Riffe Competitor Series Butt Extension

    Monster slayer makes a good point, knowing how to chest (actually stomach) load a speargun comfortably is an asset. But adding a butt extension can be a good thing, for example if you're diving warm water without a wetsuit so no chest loading pad, or if scuba spearfishing 8| and the BCD gets in the way of chest loading. or just for easier loading (I like hip loading).


    Remove the one screw securing the red Riffe loading butt to the stock. If I remember right the spigot underneath is round. If it's not round it can be filed a little, with no adverse effect if later on you choose to go back to chest loading. Find an aluminum pipe with an inner diameter matching the spigot. You can search online and buy one of the black loading butts for something like a JBL aluminum tube speargun (they're cheap), or maybe use the same Riffe loading butt. Simply slip it over the tube extension. You can secure the loading butt to the tube section with a screw going in through the side/bottom to stop it from rotating.


    I think I had a picture of this I'll try to find it later. The gun will look a little ghetto but the butt extension will work. If you use a carbon tube it may even look good.


    And BTW welcome to the forum.

  • Hello from Washington State

    Welcome to the forum.


    Spearfishing is fundamentally a solitary activity, unless done in a specific way like 2 divers one gun. So eliminate the unnecessary additional worry of "diving alone". Look at it as your time with yourself.

    Listen to your body and don't surpass your limits trying to match how you think you should be performing, because of what you read online or saw in a youtube video. Depth and time increases do happen when you push your limits, but you should push yourself for the right reasons. I don't want freediving course information clouding my judgement as I dive, nough said.

  • RA Rollergun Review

    Nice review Monster.


    I've reached the same conclusions about roller spearguns. I recommend you sell that roller rather than cut it. There are always more guys looking to experience the "magic" so it should sell well.

  • How to post pictures

    George, I'm posting this pic from my Samsung galaxy s8 with chrome browser. It can't be any easier, click the attachment icon in the post and navigate to where the picture is stored in your phone. If it doesn't upload it could be because it's larger than the 2mb size limit.



  • Hammerhead X1 Speargun review

    Thanks for the review Toño.


    The Hammerhead X1 speargun is actually the Bucanero II speargun, with no special adaptations for the US market. Other than probably the rubber tubing which appears to be the red Hammerhead tubing.


    When this speargun came on the market about 6 years ago there were reported issues with the line release. Adrian here has or at least had one, and I think I remember we rigged it together correct me if I'm wrong Adrian.


    Overall I was not impressed with it, can't remember specifically why. I do remember getting a chuckle from the Hammerhead speargun description "engineered to have the shape of a Bonnethead shark" :)


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  • How to post pictures

    Monster, you can make the image display in full size. Edit the post and under attachments click full image instead of thumbnail.


    Nice grouper BTW. Recent picture?