If I get the measurements for my foot can someone make a good suggestion on what foot pockets to get? I really want to get the 90s probably medium because I am 6'4" 190lbs.
Talk to Dan from Speardiver. He probably knows more about the nuances of footpockets and how they relate to fit then anyone. If you are in the South Florida area just go visit him. He will have you try on foot pockets of different brands/types to figure out which works best.
How can it be a SLR without a mirror?
A Mirrorless camera as Gerald is talking about isnt an SLR. Its a digital camera in SLR clothing.
The viewfinder isnt a mirror looking through the lens as it is with a DSLR or SLR. Its instead a small LCD screen relaying the image from the sensor in real time. This fake viewfinder combined with a larger form factor, interchangeable lenses, and the camera operating very much like a DSLR, and taking DSLR quality photos, make it pretty close with less size and sometimes more ease of use.
Beautiful pics Gerald. Looks like you got to do some nice diving despite no spearing. Shooting pics is almost as fun as shooting fish. Photos like these remind my how badly I want a housing for my DSLR.
Thanks very much guys. Your compliments are making me blush. Then again at 30 pages this gun was as much a speardiver team effort as it was mine lol.
Cant wait to get some dinner with it. 
Here's some higher quality gun porn pics. The lighting wasn't very good and my lens kept fogging so the pics could be better. Ill get more soon.
Looks just like my plan illustration from page 3 lol.
Since you're not using a reel.. be mindful of the shark spike when you shoot a good size fish. If you're holding the shooting line and the fish makes a run pulling the gun, you could guide the muzzle right into you.
It will be breakaway so no gun involvement while fighting. I will however be putting my arms through the bands to hold the gun and grab the floatline. i got one of those little black caps from you i was thinking about keeping it on. If i shark comes yank it off and toss it in my glove. i may also make it less sharp.
Ready to be re rigged once I slap one more coat of oil on tom.
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Always liked the look of lead settled in a nice dark teak stock. What did you use the punch for?
Yeah I really like the exposed lead. That plus the stainless really gives this thing a nice look. I started using it to tap in the lead (its slightly recessed) fat side down (its the same width as the lead) but it was marring it so i switched to a wooden dowel from a paintbrush (not pictured).
Applied the first coat of oil carefully avoiding my butt. Also hammered in my lead ingot. I didnt glue it because the fit is so tight, hopefully that doesnt come back to bite me. Wont be hard to pour of a replacement if it gets lost. The oil finish is just beautiful and easy. Really glad I went with it in the end.
Thanks for the tip. As for my butt. I might touch it a little early. I think A thin gasket of 5200 is usually pretty dry in 3 days. Im gonna oil and assemble the gun then so its ready to take out sunday.
I was bored staring at my butt waiting for it to dry so i decided to polish my shaft. 
Still gotta touch up a few spots and get into a few cracks but this gun is gonna be bling bling.
Thanks guys. Feels good to be finally assembling it even if Im busy as can be and painting coats between working lol. Last night I glued on the butt pad with 5200 (what a mess acetone saved the day though) and oiled up the handle. Cant wait till the 5200 is dry and I can final sand and oil the gun.
Should be just in time for hopefully some good offshore weather sunday.
Mark. The lead rid is easy. Take two pieces of wood and clamp them together. Drill the hole down the required depth and width. Then pour. After letting it cool, undo the clamps and it is already out
Judah thanks for the idea. Worked out perfectly. The hole in a 2x4 was quite rough so it would have never came out without the split. Was able to shave the ingot nice and smooth and tap it into the hole I drilled in the butt while sweating bullets (with some help from my dad). Also cut the slot for the ingot to a perfect fit.
This thing is ready to be sanded, acetoned, oiled, and assembled.
Thanks Xan. I was planning on attaching the butt with the black whateverhudred before oiling as well. And using some epoxy in the lead slots to hold it in. Below the weight only.
Got a little free time today and with summer coming knew I had to finish this thing so here goes.
Now is the part where i gotta do a big plunge slot in the gun and i dont like it <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
Thinking about doing another slot in front of the trigger instead of a cylinder in the butt. im not sure a 3 x 5/8 cylinder of lead is gonna play nicely when I try to extract it.
Ive also decided im probably no longer doing an epoxy coating. Everything fits together too nicely and the wood is too nice to goob up. Hopefully the epoxy track and oil play nicely.
The clip you were using at the time was it a carabinier? Those are not reliable at all they keep opening all the time at the sligthest pressure, it happens a lot.
If it was a tuna clip then it was defective cause those are bullet proof.
The SS locking chain link is great, but sometimes the snap clips are safer. That´s the reasoen I always use a snap clip instead of a pig tail in my shooting line.
Dan warned me of tuna clips once a while back with his kayak story. I ignored and mostly forgot the warning because in my mind I had the same idea as you. Tuna clips are bulletproof unless they break. That incident must have been caused by a faulty tuna clip or some other thing etc. I also figured as Dan said, I would feel the slack of my board coming loose if it ever did. These false assumptions combined with all my gear already having tuna clips meant I kept using them. Bad idea.
After getting near shore fighting a strong current back in on a beach dive and reeling in a perfectly intact tuna clip without the board attached. I feel foolish for not heeding Dans warnings before.
I still have the tuna clip. Its in perfect working order. Very heavy duty with a lot of spring. I also remember ritualistically double checking the connection before getting into the water. After the fact I still cant imagine or reenact exactly how it came loose. Especially near the end of a 3+ hour beach dive after working fine all day. But it did. The GPS tracking adventure Dan and Hardline helped me go on is proof to me that tuna clips can do what seems impossible. Either that or sharks are becoming really dexterous and mischievous.
One possibility I imagined is that pulling the float in (to get water, put fish on the board, store flashlight etc) repeatedly might cause a strange tangle that allowed it to come loose. I dont know. 
All my connections from now on will either be one of Dans locking carabiners or semi-permanent shackles like Dan posted (Pliers to get them on/off). Ive been using a few locking carabiners on my guns for quite a while now and they are great. To this day they can be tightly secured and loosened by hand. Unlike shackles and quick links the threads stay perfect in the salt.
Congrats again Dan. Beautiful picture of the proud mom 
Today was the craziest day ever. Ill make a proper post later tonight about it when I have some time. But what started as nice little morning beachdive turned into an offshore GPS based haystack search when my banksboard unclipped and blew offshore on my way back in.
In the end it was found. But If not for the immediate and incredible response of Dan who literally dropped what he was doing prepare his boat, take it out, and help me find my board. And Frank who stood up a Birthday party to come along and help me find it using his iphone. I would be out an Iphone, waterproof case, a Banks boards, a stringer, all my extra weight, light, a weight belt, all my emergency equipment including a VHF radio. And various other little things.
Thanks again guys. I owe you a few.
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I like that you blame your inability to find the spot you were going after on viz and and not your buddy Mark that gave you directions totally in the wrong place. I felt bad when I realized I goofed but Im glad they were very right wrong directions. Nice stuff dude hopefully we can make it out this week.
Dan you forget this is a *~*Roller Gun*~*. It loads itself. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
Interesting design on the bottom there for moving the band to adjust power. I also wonder if a hollow body would actually do much to reduce drag in the water. I feel like the turbulence of the weird shapes would be worse then a larger solid but hydrodynamic profile.
I dunno about this pic,, 9 H&L looking guys and one shot dolphin,,
beautiful fish none-the-less
Many times throughout the year dolphin have what people call "lockjaw". For whatever reasons maybe abundance of bait/moon/winds there are certain times where they are EVERYWHERE but wont eat anything you throw at them and wont feed at the surface. People often use down-riggers etc to get a bait down deeper on days like that. But having a spear on board and being able to jump over the side and shoot stuff that wont eat baits is common.
Ive seen a lot of mahi and some really big ones (50-60lbs+) over the years. Last tournament I was in was won by a 50lb er with a few 40 and 30 lbs in there. I think Mike is right at a certain point they get fat more then long. You can really tell the real fat ones by the thickness of the tail before it forks. Judging by that fish's tail it look like its really as big as they claim or close.
On second look hes kind of covering that portion so its hard to see how thick it truly is. Anyways like everyone else said. What a beauty, bet it was under some birds out deep.
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