Posts by Bimfisher

I get that wood is great and the way to go but I cant afford to buy one if I could I would that's why I am looking for the next best thing .that why I came to this forum to gather info on what people actually used and not to be fooled by a great gun only on paper.

I like the side or top line line release , open muzzle euro style as I never used a mid handle

I came across the pathos laser carbon open and the price is up my street is this gun suitible for me?
The speardiver woodgun look awesome and price is a little over my limit but I would seriously consider that gun.

Thanks for the welcome guys and I appreciate your time for answering my guestions and I look forward to a part of this forums upkeep spearfishing to the world .

Yes dan I dont want any plastic in my mech neither I want a bottom line release two reasons why I stray from mako and RA

Quote from Dude george

Bim I dive same conditions as you... if your looking to take down Kings and wahoo in our clear water I would really recommend a wood gun due to its versatility and the fact that it can power up from a reef configuration to meet your needs in the blue due to its mass(mass=less recoil)... I have a band stretch of 110 on my reef gun with an enclosed track and it does holes for snapper with two rubbers and when in the blue or areas where big game can unexpectedly show up I throw on a third rubber to get the range and penetration for kings and hoos. For this kind of versatility you would want a shaft of 7.5 mm or more for penetration power... But you can take out a giant with a hole gun if they let u close but in Bim I doubt they will let you close
Most Caribbean clear water guys love their Rifes... All my friends shoot wooden guns where there is the potential for big game showing up while they reef hunt.
Dan's speardiver wood guns look great and if I had the spare $$ and I didn't love my present guns so much(Koah custom built) I would love to own one... Pretty sure I will own one in the next few years as it almost looks like art.
Nothing but bad reviews on Mako pipe guns from guys I know who bought them for their price point... contrast that with nothing but RA lovers and speardiver gun lovers galore.
Get a wooden gun with at least 110 CM band stretch, enclosed track or deep track with at least a 7.5 shaft!
Welcome.
Pssssttt don't tell anyone but shout me when your ready and I will have a gun sailed into Bim for u..lol..

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i took a few cuda with my 95 but have lost to many due to spear not had full penetration of the fish and i hate to injure a fish and cant eat him :laughing:. from reading and gathering info on wood guns i think i can craft a pretty good teak gun at the woodwork shop just need the parts and that may be another problem with customs

Quote from Dan

Welcome to the forum.

With regards to the speargun. I'd first decide if I want a chest or hip loading gun. Then a wood or a pipe gun. Then the length. Then the shaft diameter. Then the power.

i chest load my gun as i cant seem to do well hip loading . as for gun specs i am thinking lenght 120 cm, 7mm or 7.5mm shaft would take pipe or carbon gun and enough power and range to fully penetrate a 20lbs cuda at 10 to 15 feet as the bigger palagic fish dont come to close in bim

thanks for the info i understand a custom gun is the way to go but as for now i just need an upgrade to the 95 . i have done researched on mako RA and speardiver and was going to make my choice from those three i favor the speardiver phantom more because it has the ss mech and side line release and overall seems to be a good gun from what i have read . i also want to get a trigger mech and ar15 handle so i could try my hand at building my own custom gun

Hey guys my name is nick and I speardive in badbados .I dive every weekend as long as the water is good and about three nights a week for lobsters .my current speargun is a beuchat mundail 95 I started out with this gun and now my skills have surpassed its usage. Here in bim (barbados) only gun you can buy are mares and beuchat anything else has to be imported. Only problem is to import a gun like a wong or RA you have to acquire a license from the police and it a whole case of red tape .but thanks to my will power I have acquired my license and am in the market for a really good speargun. I can only have one so it must be the right one the first time.most of my dives are on the bar I do some reef too but the 95 mundail can handle the reef I need a weapon for the bigger fish .target fish are cuda wahooo pompano etc. If you guys can give me your thoughts on the guns you used and how well the work would be great from reading reviews and post it seems RA is the leading railgun ?