Posts by Linghunt

Quote from Liquid

I doubt they will release make and model, however I'm sure manufacturer will be contacted and go over that gun very carefully. I say this because every speargun I've bought has had plenty of warnings releasing liability of the company in any situation where the gun is "improperly used" or tampered with. Included with the proper usage directives is to never point at someone. So they kinda cover all their bases. Still a very tragic event that was 100% preventable ...

It sure could take on the tone of the anti - gun lobby. Just a quick search showed this article.

Some idiot shooting kids etc, They go after the manufacturer not the idiot.

It's a live debate still, They don't think about our "Tools of the Trade" . As I look at it it's not an "IF" it's a "WHEN" Question.....

The More each of us preach and stand up against sloppy safety behaviors the better.

Perfect Comment Dan, I couldn't have written it any better.

https://www.revealnews.org/art…ers-liable-for-shootings/

Quote from virgili

spearfishing under 16 years old is not allowed in many countries like france, spain , italy, greece...

I would have been slapped to the ground with that attitude and no more guns of any sort unit I got my "mind right". e.g Cool Hand Luke saga.

Man injured in spearfishing accident taken off life support | WINK NEWS

Man injured in spearfishing accident taken off life support

By Associated Press • July 9, 2015

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) – A 21-year-old Sarasota man who was accidentally shot in the head with a spear gun has been taken off life support.

Sarasota Memorial Hospital released a statement from the family of Jarrod Ditmars confirming that their son had been removed from life support. The family says three people in Florida will receive his organs.

Ditmars was diving with 24-year-old friend Dale Bartush over the July Fourth holiday weekend when a spear gun accidentally discharged. Bartush brought his friend to the surface and yelled for help. The accident happened near the Sarasota Yacht Club and under the twin bridges on the John Ringling Causeway.

In the statement, the man’s family called for stricter safety measures, including appropriate regulations for the use of spear guns.
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Wonder about the Friend and how he is dealing with this.

#1 Watch the muzzle direction

#1A Get that finger out of trigger guard. Not a handle. GRRRRR

Firearms or Spearguns in pictures with finger in the guard.... I feel the steam coming out of my ears already.

Sarasota man on life support after spearfishing accident | WINK NEWS

SARASOTA, Fla. – A 21-year-old Sarasota man is in critical condition after a spearfishing accident over the weekend. WINK News spoke exclusively with Jarrod Ditmars’ family about the tragic accident.

“This is one of the biggest freak accidents that I didn’t think would ever happen to my family,” said Erin Ditmars, Jarrod’s sister.

On Saturday morning, Jarrod went out with a friend to do one of his favorite things–spearfish. His mom says he practically lived in the water and usually brought home dinner.

However, as the two were surfacing, Jarrod accidentally bumped into his friend and somehow the spear gun fired, sending the spear into Jarrod’s head.

“It’s literally in his head right now. It went underneath his ear on one side and it’s sticking out under the other ear on the other side and it went through his brain stem,” said Ditmars’ sister.

Jarrod is now in a Sarasota hospital ICU on life support. Doctors are not able to remove the spear from his head until he is stabilized. His family tells WINK News that the doctors have not declared him brain dead and that it’s too early to tell what will happen.

One thing is for sure, no one is giving up hope.

“I believe this is going to happen. I believe it,” his sister said. “I’m not giving up hope. I’m not giving up on him. He’s coming home.

His mother now wants to use this accident as a warning to others, saying it could have been prevented if the safety button was pressed.

“We have a beautiful area but it’s dangerous and I just think young people don’t realize that life is fragile and it can change in an instant,” said Maribeth Ditmars.

If you would like to help the family with medical expenses, you can click on this link.
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Mother said they were not using safety mechanism.

Safety might have helped, pointing gun at dive buddy main cause. Tragic story. Lets all try and be careful out there.

1 case per 500,000. They say without published data it's 28X higher.

My feel they might have publish with limited data or it's just not in this article.

Fresh properly Iced fish, compared to fish eaten that was not cared for as well. is one thought. Be interesting to find more data vs this article that might have a different agenda. I just don't know.

Wonder if a diver shoud provide a sample for them to test? If they got hammered with 10,000 samples, they probably would not want to test it all. They could do random tests on samples and get a % of fish with this issue.

Just getting data from Doctor visits might be skewed results and that is still a low number, as long as you are not the 1 out of 500,000.

An email survey for data, doesn't hold much water to me. Anybody here get that survey?

Interesting, Thanks for posting.

Dan still walking around so that's good.

You local guys could drop a fresh (ICED) fillet off at Dan's place, He can be our official food tester.

Now that looks like a whole lot-a FUN.

Nice video, Shooting fish has to be one of my most favorite things to do. I see I'm not alone. :thumbsup2:

Not been asked about octopus. 1st dive in California, my buddy shot one with a speargun. He was struggling to get back up and it was a chore to get him untangled and the O-pus in the bag.

I'll see if I can find an old picture, was back in 1987. I was a young cherry back then...

I've seen a few of them since, but I leave them along.

Welcome to SPEARDIVER, look forward to pictures.

APTOS (CBS SF) — A competition for junior lifeguards had to be called off after more than a dozen great white sharks near the cement ship in the Aptos area south of Santa Cruz.

“Today I went up with Specialized Helicopters and we witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime-event. We saw over 15 white sharks swimming within a quarter mile radius,” boat captain Giancarlo Thomae told KSBW.

Jason Hoppin tweeted “Kayak guide Giancarlo Thomae reports more than 15 great whites today within a quarter-mile of Cement Ship in Aptos.”

15 Great White Sharks Spotted Near Santa Cruz; Lifeguard Competition Cancelled « CBS San Francisco

:laughing3:

Competition a little too much for the boys I guess. LOL

nice Dan, This can build into a nice thread.

Not surprised,

These Drones are going to change at lot of aspects of life in general. Time will tell....

I saw one the other day take off and video a house fire. (News Article) Operator was doing fine, but got bored...

He got in close and was screwing with firemen, within range of water hose. They blasted it... :thumbsup2: and now he is bitching for replacement.

Drone operator needed to be spanked and ordered to bring fresh cookies to Fire House every week for a year.

Drones are going to impact All of us, More good than Bad.

I can see a Dive boat having one, send it up to do RECON before Diving. Or a Charter Boat to film and watch over divers.

Where are the underwater drones?

Welcome to S P E A R D I V E R

Tromic, I missed seeing that one.

You are very clever as we all know from your muzzle design work. :notworthy3:

Sent a diver your way some months ago for the muzzle. Your design was perfect for what he was asking for.

Saw this article on Drudgereport this morning

"A new drone that is being utilized by Southland lifeguards reveals a chilling look at how many sharks are just feet from the shoreline at one beach.
“This morning, we launched it and 10 minutes later, we knew there were 10 to 12 sharks all in the Surfside [Beach] area,” Chief Joe Bailey, a Seal Beach lifeguard, said."

Probably happening in FL and other areas, you guys seen this before?

Use Of Drone By Lifeguards At Local Beach Reveals Chilling Look At Sharks Near Shoreline « CBS Los Angeles

Quote from Newportlocal

No experience with it, but found this in my google searching. Might help you.
Amazon.com : Mares Pure Instinct Instinct Loader Clever for Long Pneumatic Guns : Diving Equipment : Sports & Outdoors

Interesting not seen that before.

For some of the long guns you can also hook the grip on your bent knee. Problem with this is you don't want to end up looking down the barrel as you complete the load. Looks dangerous to me and a slip at 90% of the load could be real bad.

The grip on the top side of the barrel sounds better, Just might have to do more chin-ups, if you have tooth-pick arms

Tossed loader on Ballcap for contrast and size reference.

Welcome to S P E A R D I V E R ....

Looking forward to pictures from your Area.

Sounds like it's a reach issue and/or position of the stock of the gun on your body....

I shortened the shaft by a few inches on one of my guns and that was big help on loading for my arm length.

A cheap backup hand loader is a PVC Tee. you can add to it in various ways so you don't split the Tee. ( Eg. piece of wood inside etc.)

I made one out of Delrin and Brass on the fly, it's was a quick part to get by, but turned out pretty good. I'll get a picture of it in a bit.

I like the knife a lot, and the retro look is right up my alley of taste.

The Case is what is real important, the dual catch looks solid. and picture posted above is great.

Wife would kill me if I bought another dive knife, I got a drawer full of them.

A new thread with just dive knives might be interesting. I'm sure I'm not the only one with lots of knives.

It's actually a good question. My initial thought was humm maybe.

Time, Temperature, UV and other "factors" influence the Breakdown of the rubber compound.

What is happening to the rubber exactly, not sure, so I would quess not contagious and that seems to be true from my own experience.

Could be a small factor. What say you Dan?