Ken Hall striking a pose minutes before we had to ship it out. Always sad to give birth to a speargun and see it leave home. Remember, Ken is like 8 feet tall, and this gun still makes him look short.
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Posts by dustyyoungblood
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Ive been eyeing those photos you've been posting to IG wondering wtf kind of monster you were building. Looking forward to the answers being posted here.
Its been a mad dash to finish. There will be more questions than answers I am sure.
The shinny muzzle plate serves 2 main purposes, with some other benefits as well.1. Aligns Bands in a favorable way
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The Muzzle Mock up in wood to test band position and measure
Lets play hide the lead. 1.25 pounds each side. 3" spacing down sides of barrel
Lets make wood curls with a spokeshave and lots of saw dust with a rotary sander
Test fit the Muzzle Plate
After a very late night of pool ballasting and rigging it's time for a quick sea trial. Well, at least a test fire in the surflne before work
We polished the pushrod retainer, bling.
Bye Bye love. Have fun in Panama.
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This started in design phase a few months ago, but not much work happening till the last 2 weeks. The goal was a Bluewater gun capable of taking 200 lb tuna in Panama.
If you have ever see the guns I work on, you know it's always a team effort with Pugz and Ken Hall and Matt Hall. We try to split the work up and each contribute innovative ideas to the process.
This particular gun, I wanted to address the problem of band alignment, and also make it a breeze to tie in bands. The concept of a "muzzle plate" came into the discussion, and after a few concept iterations I decided pinning in some wishbone inserts would give me the geometry and ease of use I was after.
After speaking to a couple accomplished gun builders I was well aware how important proper ballast would be on a gun of this magnitude.
So far we have nearly 2.5 pounds of lead hidden in the barrel, with the muzzle plate making another 1/2 pound. And it still floats in the pool
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I call BS on beginner status. Welcome Bro!
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Thank you buddy, that means alot.
Than you will really like the next generation I'm building little by little.
I cast the grips from tooling clay I made a latex mold from. The barrel will be a Metal matrix composite tube made for a navy project that went south a few years ago.
Today I milled out some of the handle and pressed in my trigger pivot bush's, a lot more metal to remove.
Your the first to see this.
Cheers, DonYou got to work on a new speargun today????? gosh darn!!!! So Jealous. All i got to do all day was work!!!!!! Thank goodness to have paying work to keep me distracted from spearguns
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[FONT=Arial Black][size=14][COLOR=Blue]Don Paul's Top Ten. ''Why I Shoot a Hybrid''.
#4.Too cheap to buy long straight exotic hardwood.
HA HA H AHA HA.
It is a big deal these days to find long, straight, tight grained wood.
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Im trying to get my mind around who would buy something like that. So far my best guess is inexperienced scuba divers looking to kill lion fish on vacation who have absolutely no idea what to use. Im probably giving the customers too much credit though.
I bet most never make it to the ocean. Probably bought up by frat boys to fire at pledges after the keg of beer is gone.
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Fair enough Dan and sorry Dusty for my part in the derailing of a great thread, I believe you should only have a opinion if you have shot or used a bit of gear enough to actually have a valid personal opinion, as contrary to popular belief as that seems . I to would like to read more from owners of hybrids like Jim and Hank and less from those who dont .:@
Yes, I have never fired one. But they are very appealing to me. If money was no question, I'd have a couple for sure.
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I was just told that Terry Maas recently had 4 Wong Hybrids built for him. That says a lot to me. It says that my skepticism of the hybrid design may just be all wrong. Terry could have ANY guns he wanted, and he uses Wong Hybrids.
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Dan,
At least here in CA ,in some circles ,the Wong hybrids are so highly revered that many guys own several. They speak as though White Sea Bass cannot be shot with anything but a Wong Hybrid. Widely used, widely loved, and widely sought after in used sales.I get an email every other month or so that is similar to this. " Hi, Can you build me a custom speargun? I want a Wong hybrid but I can't spend that much. Can you build one just like a Wong, but with a Neptonics Mechanism, a better handle, and I want 5 bands and I want it perfectly ballasted for recoil" No joke.
Obviously the Wong hybrids have something about them. The reputation is in very high regard, they are sexy, and they have over 59 world records to boot. In all seriousness, it probably has more to do with Daryl being a super nice guy, and providing excellent service and advice to his clients.
So what is it guys? If I shot a Wong would I never go back?
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Dan,
I can think of a long list of Pros and cons.
But I have never fired one.I want to hear from the passionate crowd of Wong owners, who absolutely adore their hybrids and why.
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This topic swings back and forth with time. But one thing stays the same. Hybrid owners love their hybrids. Why? What really makes them this attractive to buy. What possible advantage can a hybrid have over an all wood gun? Does a 55" 3 band all wood gun really track that much worse than s 3 band hybrid?
Do Hybrids exist because we just want bigger more capable pipe guns?
I want to hear from the passionate hybrid crowd the real answers as to why they love them.
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If you don't have a good hiding place to hide all the lead, don't fret. A wooden plug does not look that bad on the underside of the barrel. I make 3/4" dia lead plugs melted in a scrap wood. Bore a 3/4" dia blind holes to the proper depth in your gun, then cut matching wood plugs and epoxy the plugs in place and sand smooth.
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The Famous Jnod. His pics on instagram are fabulous. Welcome sir.
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Oh man do I love Maui. I was their in June. So much fun. But It's hard to get motivated to shoot fish when the Mai Tai's are flowing
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Dan pointed out to me. The mech just needed to be squared a little bit more. I could have saved myself the trouble if I had just bent it a smidgen to .50. A few smacks with a hammer and thats it.
I guess I was just too excited to flex my chisel skills
You had to smack your mech with a hammer?
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whats not to like sir? Killer weapon
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full on bad-ass. "I made a stippling tool" great stuff sir.
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Well done. You've given new meaning to "over pour". What I've seen others do runs all over the top of the blank. This is going to turn out sweet.
I'm not sure how teak oil combines with an epoxy track. An epoxy coating is a natural companion to an epoxy track stock.
I have done a Teak oil finish on my all teak gun, with a poured West Systems Epoxy/graphite track.
It has been in duty since 04/2012. It has seen service in the Keys, In Mexico, and Locally. But not lots of water time.So far perfect condition with ZERO sign of delamination or cracking. Just like lamination of a teak blank, break the grain with course sandpaper or cross gouge with a sharp tool. Before the track pour I even made some small divots with a drill.
Seen here: http://spearfishing.world/spea…losed-track-teak-gun.html
Originally a very slightly ET, then opened up to an open track
