Pipin Ferreras also has a strong unorthodox fin stroke. He's also unusually muscular for a successful freediver. I like the idea of maintaining a strong stroke throughout the dive. I've put too much emphasis in the past on doing everything with minimal effort. It doesn't lead anywhere good, maybe falling asleep and blacking out.
Posts by Dan
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Yes you should get a good buck for it on SB.
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Good story Davie. What kind of fish is that salchichon? I don't think I've ever seen one. Good eats?
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I don't like midhandles. Davie had a metal tech, I handled it. I think he got good use out of it but eventually got rid of it.
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I think all people new to band guns go through the overpowering learning curve.
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Billy, do you like midhandle spearguns?
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Two 16mm bands cut to whatever you can pull comfortably.
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Good to see you getting out Oto. Nice fish, thanks for the pics and story.
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Yep. The Riffe competitor 2 was my 2nd gun ever and I used it for a few years until I got a C3. After that I started making my own guns. I do have some nice memories of that old C2. I remember thinking when I first got it that the more power the better so I put three 5/8 bands on it. The recoil hurt my hand every time, with every shot I'd close my eyes involuntarily and then open them to see if I hit the fish LOL Hitting a fish was a mystical affair that was not due to any aiming effort on my part. In retrospect I'm surprised I hit the fish I did. And I always had that big double flopper point on it..
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Why are you loyal to Riffe? They're committed to making money. Huge markups on mac knives and aqa masks (making contractual agreements with aqa gull so that no one else can sell them, cheaper), as with most other things they sell. The spearguns are good but in 30 years they're not willing to invest in developing a better handle. Wait till you have a little piece fail like a valve on a float, and for something that costs $2 to make they charge the customer who paid almost $200 for their float $25. In the meanwhile the same float has been proven possible to manufacture and sell at a profit for $100. I don't use a Riffe float anymore but when I did I looked very hard for that valve elsewhere when it failed. I felt like I was treated unfairly having to pay $25 for it cosidering what I paid for the float already. A couple of years later I found the valve by chance. It's the same one that's used for inflatable life vests. The whole vest costs $20 at Basspro. I can buy it and take the valve off of it to use with the float.
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That's easy. Take a pic of the sea. Transfer the pic directly from the camera or from the camera card to your computer. Then follow the steps in this tutorial to post it http://spearfishing.world/anno…ure-posting-tutorial.html
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Well, just count me in. I also like smelly things.
Que sabes tu? You're just an amateur
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Are you saying that you don't look for a target until you're horizontal on the bottom?
Firefox is a better browser and it automatically spell checks as a post is written. If it finds mistakes they're underlined in red. You right click on the word and are offered the correct spelling alternatives.
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The reason the plate is better than a pin is because when the gun gets tossed around on the boat the pin tends to catch on things and eventually can split the wood.
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I don't see any wrong doing here. If the stock is of equal quality to the Riffe and they have it in the competitor series dimensions then I prefer this B.A.D. gun. I really dislike both the Aimrite and the Riffe handles but the Riffe handle is much more difficult to change than the Aimrite. For this reason alone the B.A.D. gun is worth it. One thing I don't like is that the shooting line guide is a pin rather than a plate as on the Riffe, the plate is better. It also remains to be seen if the line release is automatically resetting as in the Riffe. I doubt that it is but if it is that would be the deal clincher for me.
What makes you think Riffe invented this style of gun?
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Do you have beach view from your new place? Setting up a beach cam requires a computer that must be on and connected to the internet 24/7. I'll help you if you're serious about it.
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I gave up the Cressi Minima and went back to my omer abyss mask. I didn't like the reduced downwards field of view. One thing I really liked about the Minima that I hope to find in another mask is how light it was and how turning my head from side to side I felt no weight on my face. The next mask I'll be trying is the ultra low volume Aqua Lung Technisub Micromask.
