Found a 115cm on ebay going cheap so far if anyone is interested..?
Posts by SporaScrub
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Great pics Marco! thanks
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The blue handle looks nice. The old handle looks identical to the cyrano, it must be a Sporasub something..
Thanks Dan, the blue handle is from the old sten that was designed or used by Pipin in the mid to late 90's. The black/white handle is from the newer sten that were made the same time the cyrano had came out.
I feel more comfortable with the older handle (blue) BC the original (black&white) has a small handle and my hand wraps around it a little too much and didn't want to duck tape the thing around the handle either. I also have a piece of flourecent rubber that went around another sten I had and that gives it an even better grip:
How much was the muzzle? Did you have to wait or did they have it in stock? Were you able to do the port enlargement with the muzzle on the gun?
Don't know how much the muzzle was, they had it in stock and yes I made the port enlargement with the muzzle on the gun. In reality the port's really weren't enlarged much, it's more of an angle that I made on the holes so the water is pushed up against a thin piece of metal out at an angle instead of a 90* turn. I'll post some better quality pics later to give you a better example or idea.
I want to remove the high/low switch too. Are the instructions on that website enough for me to do it properly?
Don't know what to tell you here, that piece was removed while I had them do the maintenance with the o-rings and all.
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I know what you mean about having the sliding ring getting stuck, it got so bad that eventually the sliding ring shaped the adapter so it wouldn't get stuck anymore.
I did two minor mod's from this website on my gun. The first one was enlarge the drain ports on the muzzle because my older model sten had tiny holes (way smaller than the newer stens and cyrano). When sent the gun in for maintenance, I also had them eliminate the pvc type material that's used in the High/Low power regulating system.
The pneumatic guns I hunt with are over 120+cm and I hold them by the middle of the barrel most of the time. Even while descending, I'm still holding the gun by the middle and trying to hide it with my body so the bigger silhouette (having the gun extended) doesn't scare away weiry fish away. Only time I hold it by the handle is when I'm pulling out the gun and getting ready to shoot.
Here's a pic of what I was talking about:
I did a couple of mod's on this gun and also had the maintenance done at my LDS
1- Changed the handle to the older sten model & removed the plastic piece that makes the hi/low regulator work. I never use the gun in the low setting and without this piece the gun holds more air and shoot's harder IMO.
According to my LDS, the original muzzle was damaged and needed to be replaced :rolleyes1: it turns out that the replacement part has smaller holes and it's not drilled at an angle to extract the water from the barrel like the original. Fixed the problem with some little porting work with my dremel and things are back to normal :cool2:
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I have a buddy that made them in cuba, he told me his old man era un "tor-nero..?" and had a shop where everything was made from scratch. I'm not sure about the trigger mech and muzzle's but the barrel and inner tube was made to your desired length.
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dan, have you seen how the european have changed the profile on these types of rails for fiber blades? they cut the rail very low until the last 3-4 inches from the tip where it flares up to full height, it is supposed to help with fin reaction, especially with stiffer fins.
like these:
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Nice phins!
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WTG :thumbsup2: sweet trip!
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SporaS, how often do you use the pump, are your guns leaking?
I might use it once every two or three months.
I'm starting to think my 150 is leaking, I've tried pumping air and it doesn't seem to get any more pressure and the bottom aluminum part of the pump (closest to the oring and threads) gets really hot after 10-15 pumps. When I say hot, it feels like when tanks have just been filled up.
BTW.... When the guns are at the LDS, I have them make sure there at 400psi with the manometer.
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Exact same stuff Scubas world and FF is selling. Don't know the specs.
See if you like the gun in the first place, then look for a 135. You can always sell it for the price you paid and more with shaft and all the rest. Make sure you're able to get a pump for it.
If your going to buy the pump seperate and it's not part of the deal, make sure you buy the Mares pump. The Seac pumps are a POS and come apart a little too easy. I've been using the Mare (Sten) pump on the Seac for the last year and it's worked great, as opposed to the Seac which last me a couple of months.
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Ahh.. You got the bug! Can't wait to do stuff to it
Wait until I get my shaft order before you buy any pneumatic shafts. I'll have them at a very good price.good, I've been wanting spare shafts but the price is pretty steep. Even though you might not sell that many the size I need..? 54" & 60" 8mm?
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LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU ARE COMING DOWN, AND WE CAN GET TOGETHER TO SHOOT SOME FISH,,,,,,I LIVE ON MM 96 YEAR ROUND, I WILL SEND MY PHONE NUMBER ON A PM.:thumbsup2:
Thanks, I'll be heading down everyweekend up till Sep 7th. Even if I'm not heading down, if you want to go out any weekend and need a diver, I'll go down and make the drive. Plus the usual gas $ and help clean the boat.Thanks spora. Some guy is selling one but it doesnt have any stickers on it.
Yeah, they tend to come off rather easy. After the first time I wrapped mine with tape, the stickers also came off. Where do you live? I'm thinking of selling mine and if you live close I'll loan it to you so you can test it out.
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Sporascrub, what key do you live on ???????????
I don't live down in the keys but instead rent a lot at Outdoor Resort at MM66 for five months in the summer. I work during the week in Miami and go down on Friday's and the ocassional Thursday's.
Pero si quire un parna de pesca, me dejas saber
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muzzle to air cap=45 3/4" (might come up shy of 3/4 of an inch by 1 /16)
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no problem just give me a sec, you actually lucked out, bc this is the only weekend out of like 8 that i've actually brought all my guns from the keys home.
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YEeeeeees
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:shark1:I would like to thank everyone for the warm welcome, the Mares Sten on the avatar is long gone,,,,,,,I could not get replacement parts for it, I now use a seac sub 135cm for my hunting. Ref to loading, last year at the dema convention,Tata Lanza showed me how to easily load these big guns without a knee loader, ever since I have been using his system , it works great, you can also reload very quickly,if anyone needs the info on how to do it, just let me know and I will be happy to explain,,, again thks for the warm reception, and I really look forward to this forum,,,,,thks Felix::thumbsup2::thumbsup2::thumbsup2:
Tata is a great guy, I've seen and talked to him several time's at Scubas World and he's more than willing to talk about technique's and methods with out any hesitation. He's been living and spearing mostly off Mexico (Yucatan peninsula) and has some nice pics from some recent trips.
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I've never used a knee loader but I understand the concept and question why it would be called that. The guns are designed to load with the handle on the top of the foot and one arm reaching out. Thus the max length of gun and shaft combined that a diver can comfortably load is equal to the distance between the extremities. It looks to me like the "knee loader" would be used to place on the foot, not on the knee, to increase that distance. So why is it called a knee loader?
Don't know but that's what I've always heard it reffered to. It's never made any sense to me either and everytime I show someone the gun and they try and place it on there knee i just :laughing3:
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It wouldn't happen to look like this, would it?
