Posts by Klabautermann
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Hey everyone,
Just wanted to show you guys my new gun that I recently purchased from Dan at the Freedive Store. It's his newest speargun in the Speardiver brand of dive gear. The Speardiver Rear Handle Classic. I chose mine in 125cm with 2 x 16mm small ID Speardiver bands and a 7mm stainless steel high profile tabbed shaft custom cut to fit my stock length. It comes with an enclosed track and can accept shafts up to 8mm (5/16). Everything on the gun is stainless steel and wood. The entire laminated stock is epoxy coated to protect it from the elements. The handle is gorgeous and contours to the hand so naturally with the handle being recessed into the stock as well as the heavy duty line anchor on the muzzle. This gun is extremely light to swim around with, but still has the mass to handle 3 bands with no problem. The shape of the stock is almost like a pipe gun. I was shopping around for a while looking at a few other brands, mainly Riffe & Koah. This gun is not only superior in design, but Dan is offering these at a great price IMHO. Oh, and the trigger mech and safety are all stainless, smooth as ice, and absolutely beautiful.
Hope you guys like it, I sure do! Cant wait to shoot some fish with this beast.
Later,
Chase
I checked Dan's wooden Spearguns out myself last week and have to agree with you. Outstanding quality and craftsmanship, almost too nice to take in the water.Definately on my wishlist. My 130 Riffe euro looks a little cheaply made in comparison.
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From my understanding of the physics, all of the advantages of a roller gun come from where the top band stops applying force.
On a classic configuration the bands no longer produce force once they have reached their relaxed size. On a gun with 100 cm from band hole to mech this is somewhere between 20 and 30 cm from the band holes. From this point forward the spear is no longer accelerating.
On a roller gun the band pulls all the way to the tip of the gun. This provides two advantages. First, if comparable bands are used in both guns then the shaft from the roller gun will leave the speargun at a higher velocity. Assuming the mass of the spears is the same this will give it more kinetic energy/momentum and will lead to better penetration (also assuming the tips of the spears are identical).
The second advantage of the longer band stretch is the recoil. One way to look at recoil is wight the impulse momentum theorem. F = (Change in Momentum/Change in time). Because the spear is accelerated over a larger period of time the felt force is smaller. This is why guns rigged with 3/4" bands are described as "punchy" or "snappy" The band produces a large amount of force in a very short time. Guns with short thinner bands are often described as having a much smoother recoil.
Personally I think rollers have their purpose but are not necessarily for everything/everyone. They make sense for blue water where you aren't taking a lot of shots and reloading a bunch and the shorter length is helpful for maneuverability. They are also good for holes as mentioned. Perhaps their best use is in really dirty water shooting big fish. When you can't see more than a few feet having a 120 just isn't practical but you still need the power to penetrate a large fish like a striped bass. For SFL with clear water and constantly hoping in and out of boats I don't want to deal with the reloading process so I don't use them.
Just my .02
Pneumatic guns have all the features mentioned and then some more......... -
3mm 77 degrees and up. I have under 10% body fat so I think that's a factor to my ability to adapt to cold. Above 82 degree I use my rash guard suit combo with the vest.
I canl give you some of my body fat,lol!
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A true pioneer
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I just heard on the Paul & Ron show (Local radio morning talk show) on 105.9 that by 2048 we will be completely out of seafood @ the rate that it's being overfished at. So, keep on beating up the reefs commercial guys, you're so wonderful for the future of our planet. I could go on a rant about these "professionals" but Ive done that before already and I wont beat a dead horse. The only thing I will say is that if world governments actually give any 2 shits about the welfare of our great oceans, they need to ban commercial fishing as a whole. Exploiting the oceans harvests for coin is unethical in every sense but no one say shit because a lot of people are making a buck off it. As long as there's a demand for something some people will sell their own children(actually happens in parts of the world!!!).
I hope "TGO" and his buddies DO NOT get another season. FYI they just had "the worlds biggest spearfishing tournament in the world" as they boast for the St. Pete's Open which boasted 343 shooters on tanks for competition. How the hell can that be a good thing for the fish or the reefs? I'd like to know...
I feel pity for the future of our ocean, it makes me sad gents.
Later,
Chase
+1 , on a note: as the world keeps going on with rise in population, pollution and over fishing, the fish and reef decline is not going to a halt. Extinction is forever and it's going to take a world of effort to stop this.
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2 tablespoons of Wasabi will open your passages.;-)
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R.i.p robin williams
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Too much drama and not enough underwater footage. As mentioned before, very bad scripted. :boring1:
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These reports are not a good advertising for buddy system. I almost got shot in the leg by some yahoo back in the 90's in Vava'u. -
Awesome job
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Andrew, I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. There is no blame here. Accidents happen and when they happen in the Ocean the clock ticks fast. Dan. You are being heartless. Yes, every dive accident and fatality needs to be reviewed so that we can all learn to recognize similar situations unfolding and avert them. But, we all do things that are not textbook. 2 experienced guys in a boat, relatively shallow water drift diving, who hasn't done that? This time it ended in tragedy. What happened? First dive.. breathing isn't relaxed yet. Maybe there's some other physiology, dehydrated etc. Shoot a nice fish at distance towards the end of the dive. It limps off the Spear.. you chase after it knowing that if you don't get it, you probably will not see it again. So, you push it.
Recovering a buddy is in itself dangerous and there's more than one account of rescuing divers becoming victims themselves. Murk Layer and a potential search area as large as a football field. There's a real possibility that the search team could have arrived to an empty boat when they finally found it and been searching for two victims. If you wanted to establish a protocol for this situation, it would be to anchor, call for support, make sure they have the correct co-ordinates and if necessary guide them in. A flare. A Flag. Make sure they know exactly where you are. Know from them how long it will take for them to get there. Keep an Open channel of communication with them. (They are going to tell you to Stay on the boat.) Then.. you could tether yourself to a large visible buoy, let rescue know what you are doing, and then jump in. But by this time, in this case, Rescue was there.The important thing to take away here is sequence. With only one person on the boat, As soon as you realize that something is not right, the very first priority is to anchor and call for help.
Andrew, you will be rethinking this your entire life. You did the right thing. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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I'm so sorry for your loss Andrewk, the rest who have lost a friend, and of course Nate's family.
I know that it is hard not to replay the scenario over and over in your mind and think how you could have reacted better. It sounds to me like you made a really good decision in a terrible circumstance to dump the anchor immediately and get help on the way ASAP. Many would have delayed, hoping for the best.
Try not to be hard on yourself, grieving the loss of a friend is enough to deal with already.X2, don't let anybody judge you, it's easy to do for those who have not been actually there at the time of the incident. I would have done this or that doesn't count from the computer desktop. I've seen my fair share of drowning victims (children and adults), resuscitation in warm waters like here in Florida are extremely rare . It's a very small time window we have here before irreversible brain damage or death occurs.Lets pray for Nate's soul and his family.
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I feel for Andrew, losing his friend in a tragic accident like that. Many members including me dive solo. We all should learn from this and may take action and open a spot (sticky) in the forum, where we can find potential dive buddies for planned trips to help preventing accidents like that in the future.
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My sincere condolences to the suffering family.
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Thanks for the information.
