Posts by Don Paul

  • First Hybrid Build

    Merry Christmas Brett, I only poured one track gun back in 85 and there may be better composites now.
    I used West System with Teflon particulate.The barrel is still holding up well but it only stayed enclosed
    track for 2 months before I opened it on my Bridgport mill.
    Cheers, Don

  • UW Video questions/answers

    Quote from hau

    Don Paul---You guys gotta stop pickin on me or I'm gonna take my ETPG idea an go home <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">


    spearos---How you like my new sig line?


    You know I'm just kidding around, I love to see guy's design and build their own gear.
    Good luck with your video gun shots, I have some Wahoo kills on 8mm that I like to watch.
    I was not the camera man so I need to get permission to post.
    Have a Gerat Christmas hau.
    Cheers, Don

  • UW Video questions/answers

    Quote from hau

    Dan--I don't know the answers to those questions yet and I hope that I never need to pursue those answers:)


    Video spearing education purposes---I was talking to another spearo videoer and he was telling me that he would slow down his video to evaluate how his gun/spear was working. He said that he was missing fish and that he slowed down his videos and could see that the spear was hitting the fish very high or going over the fish.


    I bet he had a enclosed track.^^ <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
    Cheers, Don

  • Band tying line

    Dan I got my flat twine 30 years ago from a shoe repair, I believe saddle shops also carry it. I'm going to will
    mine to my kid's kids.;)
    Cheers, Don

  • Wishbone inserts

    Quote from Dan

    I have a pair of these wishbones inserts sitting in a cup of seawater to see how good the stainless steel really is. I also need someone to test them in real conditions. I'm willing to make a pair of 5/8 reduced ID bands with these inserts at %50 off for someone local who's diving a lot so they can install them on their gun. hau?


    Dan do you know the alloy? even if they get a little patina it's not going to matter. throw them in some Coke a cola over night and they will be bright and shinny again. I'm going to post a little mod(this weekend) you can do for pennys that will create more laminar flow at the band end.(less drag).
    Cheers Don

  • Spearguns that float with the shaft in

    Quote from hau

    Not to derail, but I always thought that the low height profile mech on those C4 guns was interesting.
    Especially if that C4 mech could be incorperated into a high euro grip.
    Seems like the perfect mech to enable putting the shooters hand up in perfect alinement with the shaft.


    X2 what Don Paul said about heavy guns and recoil. Big heavy long wood guns is the way to go to throw a lot of steel fast and accurate <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    I like the reversed C4 sear box, it picks up almost 2'' of barrel. I would take advantage of this.
    My gun looks like wood but is trick on the inside.kind of like a Pro Stock car.;) And she's as skinny as a runway model.
    Cheers, Don





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  • Spearguns that float with the shaft in

    That's why we pay him the BIG bucks.;)^^ But you have too put a good swivel on the drag-line to
    do spins like that.^^


    My gun is the polar opposite of this. I have it weighted heavy, but well balanced in my hand.
    I point it down and let it pull me into the target. I dive pinnacles with big current, so I don't like my gun
    bobbing at the tip as I aim. I leverage my mid handle blue water double at the butt pad and it swings through the water like a hydrodynamic crow bar. I'm not trying to sell this heavy gun philosophy to anyone
    but it works very very well for me. I can shoot my gun with one hand and 550# of rubber on a 72'' 3/8 shaft.When I shoot 9/32 on Hoo I pull out some wt.
    Cheers, Don

  • New gun. New Moon. First Blood.

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    very nice report...as other have said, ti really transported me there and for that I thank you....


    it is very amusing to me, as one who would never pass a legal hali, to imagine a diver who is so proficient at spotting them and has so much skill that you can pass on them and still bring home the trophy...nicely done


    I have never dove with Mike as I'm just returning to my shore diving roots this year. The word on the street
    is, Mike has been very helpful in our MPLA battles, he also is someone who goes out of his way to collect trash from the rocky points and coves he dives. We all need to take care of our Mother Ocean.
    Thanks Mike

    Cheers, Don