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Nice hefty snappers. Thanks for the props.

Well done Judah. Dish looks yummy

Welcome to the forum Andres.

Thanks for doing this Phil.

So if I understand correctly, under the same load the coast lock snap will deform and lock but you will not lose the fish (hypothetically speaking), whereas the pigtail will fail completely? I think this needs to be done at least 3 times with consistent results to be sure. I find it amazing that the pigtail straightened out. I still contend that it's easier to use. But if there's at least a 50lb difference in capacity then that goes in favor of the the coast lock snap. Still I'm sticking with the pigtail for convenience, until it fails on me, but I don't foresee that happening with the fish I take.

I don't understand. If you're using both and one fails why would the other then fail?

So what was the result? How many times did you do the test?

Phil, can you explain what's going on in that test? It's not clear but it looks like you're doing both snaps at once?

Pigtail snaps that come not tuned can be easily and permanently corrected by pinching once with pliers.

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Cuban spearo are, in my modest opinion, among the most skilled all over the blue planet.;)

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Some possess a certain grit/toughness that I've seen nowhere else. Along with the breath hold, fish sense and the rest of the stuff.

Congratulations

After the first few weeks don't pick up the baby every time it cries at night. You should be able to get a routine going and have a full night's sleep by 4 months.

Come on Marco, don't make me do a video with gloves too. What will you say then, it's not the same in the water.. bad vis.. with a shark circling

That looks very shallow, I could be wrong. If it is I wonder what the whale was doing there.

Any snap or other piece of gear for that matter will be more difficult to manage when the hands are very cold.

The weakest points of either type of snap/swivel combination are at the holes at both ends of the swivel. These swivels will withstand a 450lb load in a straight line, but sideways pressure on that little stub with a hole in it I'm sure will make it fail at a smaller load, which goes along with what greekdiver is saying. The point I'm making is specifically about the corkscrew snap, it's ease of use and holding power.

What's the best snap to connect the shooting line to the muzzle bungee? IMO it's the pigtail or corkscrew snap and swivel combination such as this one from Speardiver Pigtail Snap & Swivel 450 lb.

In response to this I often hear guys say that they don't like to use this kind of snap because it's too difficult to attach and remove the shooting line. This is not true, watch the video and tell me if you think it looks difficult.

Pigstail Snap & Swivel for Speargun Muzzle Bungee - YouTube

In my experience between the two commonly used snaps the pigstail and the coast lock, the pigstail has more holding power and is much easier/quicker to attach the shooting line to. See this pic of a supposed 400lb coast lock snap that a 20lb barracuda opened and straightened out after the speargun got stuck in structure. I've never seen or heard of this happening with a pigtail snap. I don't think it's possible, another part will have to fail first.

Why do some find it difficult to use the pigtail snap? Two reasons.
1. Haven't seen the right way to put the shooting line through. Once you get this rotating motion right it's very easy to do even with gloves. It then makes using the coast lock snap a real PITA by comparison.
2. Pigtail snaps from different manufacturers may vary in shape. In some the coil/pigtail may be pressing too hard against the stem of the snap, making it difficult for the shooting line to pass. This is easily remedied by pinching the main bend of the snap with pliers to create a little more separation between the coil and the stem. Pigtail snaps from SpearDIVER come ready to use and no adjustment is necessary.

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Very cool. That's a big gun for him to handle.

I'm thinking of expanding the range of options I will have these spears available in. I need input on what's in demand, things like full size sharkfin tabs, mini sharkfin tabs, pins, notches, rest tab, diameters; 6.5mm, 7mm, 7.5mm, 8mm, threaded tip, euro notch, US notch etc. Please let me know what's popular or at least what you'd like to see.