Posts by Dan

Past a certain point inline band pull is overrated and so is drag caused by sharkfin tabs.

Using your coated shafts you can't rework them/add another pin or tab because the shaft will rust, and so your reverse mech is just trying to catch up to the band pull lost due to the notches being so far away from the mech. You also lose band stretch because you can't load more than one band on one notch. I can take both bands all the way back to one tab, I don't have to look carefully at the shaft when loading to make sure each band goes to its corresponding notch, I almost load by feel.

With separate holes I get perfect compact stacking of the bands which translates into a more streamlined and easier to to move and easier to grip gun.

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John, not all guns are just fine. There are different design elements, which shouldn't make the gun more expensive, that appeal to different people in dependence of their level of experience/understanding of the finer details that make up a gun. Otherwise you wouldn't be getting rid of all those guns as you go along. Discussions like this bring those details to the forefront and educate, everyone can then make their choice based on whose opinion they feel aligns with their own.

I can't see anything wrong with Hatch spearguns, I prefer the simple no nonsense shape. But $700 is steep for any speargun.

Yeah I like seeing pics of this fish too. Congratz.

Harry, some of your details are important but I achieve them in a different way e.g. I get more band stretch by putting a tab closer to the mech. Some of your details are not important to me e.g. easier trigger pull on only two 16mm bands, the gun finish getting scratched on the boat. More details are important to me but you didn't mention them or they're not important to you or you're not aware of them e.g. ability to add a shark spike, separate undersized holes for the bands so that they don't change position, a slim stock for ease of carrying, an enclosed track. etc. etc.

I would like to compare accuracy, range and penetration. I don't have a pool so someone else would have to offer a location.

Harry, I'll do a writeup on the details of a speargun that are most important to me, to counter your points, which I achieve with much less complication, when I finish my next and final gun.

In the meanwhile what about the shootout?

What research? Where's the European innovation? Lets have a shootout at a target between an Abellan gun and my rectangular piece (literally one piece) of wood.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Scott. I didn't realize you were at the higher levels of the game. For some reason I thought you might be a grappler.

Yeah Judah, I have the same thing.

Welcome to the forum Chuck.

I recently saw a Russian freshwater (Volga river) spearfishing video. One of the divers was demonstrating a technique where he lies on the bottom on his back and shoots up at the silhouettes of the fish. May not apply to WSB, and I can't remember his reasoning, just letting you know that other people do it.

Nice report.

How far is it from your starting point to your dive spot?

Really good idea Don I'm going to suggest this option on the product page. A lot of people also need a place to stash a car key.

You better buy good boots for hunting. I remember seeing a test where balloons were inflated and stuffed into a boot, then snakes were made to bite the boot. With some boots the balloons popped.

:plusone:

Did the name 007 allude to James Bond for marketing purposes at the time?

:notes: Jon Boat soon will be making another run..
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It's a beast. What is it?

Depends on how you see it. The manufacturer saying the footpocket works fine with conventional blades makes me think he's either trying to pull a fast one, or doesn't understand fins well. If you can be happy with a fin where the blade doesn't go all the way into the footpocket then you may agree with him.

No they will not work fine, the tab inside doesn't allow blades with a standard back edge, such as the Pursuit C90 in the pic, to go in deep enough.

Another issue that I forgot to mention is that the T slot inside the tendons of the Salvimar footpockets ends too early, using the tip/end of the tendon as a starting point. The holding power of the footpocket tendon over the blade is reduced. What this translates to in simple terms is that the small tendon rails that I would glue on a blade to install in a Salvimar footpocket would be shorter than for any other installation, they will start and end approximately where the red arrows are.

We don't have too many members from the Florida gulf coast. You'd do better if you were coming to Miami.