Posts by sdeisen

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Thanks, one day when theres some nice fish ill just stockpile these clips and make a real video.


    Not very deep, there was a very big very dark cloud just north of me the whole time. kept me in close

  • Prematurely Pneumatic

    Quote from Don Paul

    So you never change out the shooting line or bands?;)^^
    I have a friend that tested pneumatic guns with me for ScubaPro that just changed his piston seals and oil last year after 18 years of use. I'm a little better on the maintenance


    Cheers, Don.


    thats music to my ears Don :)
    After seeing the internals of a Pneumatic it became a lot less daunting. Piston seals is almost an over-glorified term. I don't mind changing an O-ring when I need to

  • Prematurely Pneumatic

    Quote from Reefchief

    Looking nice 8) Ive been thinking about a pneumatic hole gun for a while. Just a short one. Ive shot a friends larger cressi and found my loading abilities and technique lacking. But its definitely interesting, especially aiming.


    Coming from a railgun what do you think about the loading?


    As Dan said, the loading came really easy. I'd much rather load this thing than that 20mm band on my 120. We will see once I get some time shooting fish with it how my outlooks changes, but as of now I'm smitten

  • Prematurely Pneumatic

    Quote from Dan

    Do you think there'd be an interest in carbon steel pneumatic shafts? I can source them. Problem is the slide ring will take off the coating I think. The only way would be to put the line attachment hole in front of the muzzle. But if I remember right that's how you had it anyways no?


    Even the plastic slide rings?

  • Prematurely Pneumatic

    Thats actually what I would of liked to have done, I bought the big zipties. The problem was they were too thick to let the reel spool spin freely (they rubbed between the reel base and the spool)

  • Prematurely Pneumatic

    So, I never gave much thought to pneumatics before. My first real interest was sparked when Don Paul started his Omer project almost two years ago. Everything he did to it turned out amazing and I really enjoyed following that thread, but all I could do was speculate about how one might shoot. Another big draw has been Greekdiver's earlier, pre-Abellen, videos that exhibit some really nice shots. Anyway, I finally got my hands on one and have shot it now probably 80 times in the pool. *the oceans been a washing machine since I got it


    I shoot very poorly in pool-target type situations but no matter how far I am or how small a target I use I cannot miss with this thing.


    I spent today attaching a reel


    First I bought an innertube and stretched a length of it over the barrel near the handle so the reel mount and SS hose clamps would have something to press into. Then I sanded down the reel so that the hose clamps would grab and bring the body of the clamps flush with the gun



    Then I spent 2 hours respooling dyneema onto the reel (the reel isnt at an angle I just had not put the drag knob on while spooling so it is tilting)


    Then I shot it in the pool 20 more times :rolleyes:


    Something that is going to drive me absolutely crazy are the SS hose clamps. I painted them black and it makes them tolerable, but the paint will last one or two dives max I imagine. I really hate anything silver or shiny (EVERYTHING should be matte black IMO) Other types of clamps wont work because there is a very minimal amount of space between the reel mount and reel spool so only the thin ss hose clamps fit. If anyone knows a way to paint them or make them black that would last I'd be thrilled to know.


    There's my first impressions on this Pnuematic. I would go into details but theres been several threads already on the pros and cons of these guns. I realize I cannot form a real opinion until I get it out in the ocean and interact with some fish, but I just really love the way this thing shoots and feels in the water.


    Either way I believe I've been born again

  • Bummed

    Quote from Don Paul

    Thanks guys, it is so good to have tuna back in my system, and the chick is now a lot happier:yaydance:. She's seen a bunch of pictures of me 4 years ago when I was taking nice fish on my boat but has just been getting Bla Bla Bla ....''I used to'' eat fresh fish 3 times a week and BBQ for 8 of my friends a few times a week.
    I have bought Sashimi for us at my local Sushi bar more then I have put food on the table the last few years.:rolleyes: Not having a real boat any more has really taught me to be humble, but this fall my gear will never be dry once again.;) Your are what you eat.:toast::toast:


    Cheers, Don


    wet gear is happy gear

  • Lunkerbuster's fish stories

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    for real!! Frank shot a nice sized schoolmaster and it was on his shooting line..I saw the shot, I saw his spear stuck under a ledge. I was about to dive to grab his spear when i saw that He was about to dive for it....he grabs the spear and as he is swimming up....nothing on the shooting line.?(:S ?????? it was a solid shot through the meat and i never saw him swim away...very odd


    Must of slid off with the flopper closed.

  • Hot and sweet mackerel

    that sounds good judah. I always liked the macs too, but sometimes im not crazy about its oillyness, but i bet the sriracha really does well with that (as if theres anything sriracha wont make awesome).. ur filets look nice and crispy.

  • sdeisen little fish reports

    Out with Nate today from a spot a little offf the beaten path. We went straight out to the third with pretty nice seas. Found a nice area and took a couple fish and the current started rippin. It literally was a cycle of swimming 5 min. to get in front of the yaks. doing one dive coming up 15 yards behind and starting over. Very exhausting.
    We moved in to the second and found another lively area with much less current.