Posts by Don Paul

Thanks Peter, one of the guns my sons collection needs some day.

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Thanks, same to you mate,

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I would fill the honey comb holes with white 3 m 5200, then sprinkle with sand.;)

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My Acid green comments from post #50 on this thread.http://spearfishing.world/spea…carini-c4-monoscocca.html

I found a great band for chicks and roller gun guys. :bouncinboobs:Salvimar Acid Green 16mm. Any chick regardless of size should be able to cock this stuff at 380 stretch. This is also the band I would recommend for you wheelie gun guys. Next week I'll get my scale from storage and see whats up, clearly it won't be shaft speed on my larger game gun.

Stretched the Acid Green Salvimar single band segment to 380% stretch for a pull of just 40lbs. so we are looking at 80lb per band from this stuff. That is about the same as I used to record with the cheapest dive store 5/8 thirty years ago. Other then the bright color I see no advances with this band material. My old rubber notes list the rubber I was sourcing (and testing) from France at the time making 132lb at the wishbone.
That is why this stuff felt so wimpy. Tomorrow I'll elongate it again and give it a 4hr soak and lb pull #.

What may work out on fly weight thin shaft euro guns shot by vegans with bent elbows, may not be the trick setup for US speros that want to kill fish at 20 feet. I bet I'm going to hear some one tell me the Acid Green is smooth shooting, with little recoil, well that is what the gym is for, turn that skinny vegan arm into a bar of steel to cock that manly gun. then you too will not need close stalking skills.

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Mounted the tilt dampers.

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Quote from Nickmal

Doesn't rife have a shaft that screws together. I was going to look into it to see if It could be used but I little knowledge of it except for the Ad for their traveling g gun

Dan I know mean green is recycled. I have further experimented with the rubber it does have a completely different feel for the release and is truly a smoother launch. The shaft spends to long going down the run way for me. I still like the snap, crackle, and pop of the small ID stuff.

I'm going to answer for Dan as he may have missed this question:
The name '' Mean Green is recycled from a rubber named Mean Green and sold by Mori over 20 years ago.
The Mori rubber had very high pull force values and I promptly rigged my guns with it for a 10 day Mexico trip...only to discover the rubber would brake (sometimes in the span center) within a hour of elongation. Other band would brake as soon as cocked. (250 percent elongation). The rubber suffered from a lack of cross-linking. I had purchased 50 feet so I tried to save the remaining batch by a kettle curing method I still use today. The saved rubber I had continued to live on my guns for a few more years.

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Quote from Marco

Just did some tests in the pool. The guns now are perfectly balanced with the neoprene sleeves. I hadn't the chance of trying them before. Next week will be the field test with real fish. Hope we find good weather. I'm taking my kids to a very good spot 5 hours from the city and we are planning to spend 3 days spearfishing. Yep!

The Salvimar reel blocked again.

Now I have something to do today..

Marco what happens when the neoprene sleeve crushes if you dive to 30 meters as a wet suit does?

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Great vid..

Yeah would love to see another Bazooka.

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Quote from Dan

Ha! I have an extra yellow cargo strap, now I know what I'm going to do with it

Some scuba divers go deep to shoot fish. At 40 meters I'm told the power loss is significant, going deeper than that the gun gradually becomes useless.

I hope those Bubble butts loose all their gun power.:bs2:

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Cold and very wet tonight. drilled and taped the steering wheel to screw my old blue spinner on.
Heading home to a whisky, fireplace, and big ass furry cat for me lap.

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Great insight Peter, I completely agree mate.
Funny how this thread started about dinosaurs and evolved to the future and current state of many manufactures modern business models.

Dan, that Cuban gun is such a statement of the will of the people, even more so than a 55 chevy with backyard made parts...the gun was made by determination and skill by hand....

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Welcome buddy.

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''Honey whats that odd smell in the guest bathroom'' ? .....don't worry I just cleaned the head.;);)
The Merc dampeners were stripped and painted with POR-15, a heavy duty chassis paint from Eastwood products.
Trial fit some Mil spec D-rings and the wheel.

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Still undecided on the knob.

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Rain and Xmas chores have slowed forward progress a bit, but Dillon was able to coxcomb the wheel in gray and green para cord along with the glasses....I'm still working on the Christmas lights.

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Welcome Bob good to have ya mate.

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Welcome to Spearfishing World mate.

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Very nice service bits..
Thanks Peter

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Build me straight, O worthy Master,
Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel,
That shall laugh at all disaster,
And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Building of the Ship''

Welcome to Spearfishingworld divemom.
I used a pole spear the first year of my harvesting days and still do on occasion. I would not recommend any expensive gear until they except the sport and enjoy it. Local dive/freedive clubs can be a source of great deals if they have auctions this time of year, along with older/experienced freediveing mentors.
Plastic fins will serve them well the first year or so. (Those in my avatar with the bull were plastic) Dan listed 2 brands that I have used before that will get the job done, foot pocket fit to the individual fiver is very important.

All the best, Don