Posts by Don Paul

  • My Guns, that's all.


    The barracuda is one shot per cartridge I never shot it at a fish, some guns had a clip to hold 4cartriges.
    The band slot is angled up and chamfered at the top corner, allowing the band to lie closer to the shaft axis.
    Cheers,:toast::toast: Go Phillie's

  • My Guns, that's all.

    Quote from Dan

    Don't tell me it was powered by those little cylinders that were used to carbonate water? I haven't seen that in 30 years, I started to think that contraption was a figment of my imagination.


    Yeah.. and it will put a shaft clear thru a LA phone book and oak door.....ask me how I know. <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">

  • My Guns, that's all.

    My old dive den from 1988;
    # 1 Top- Negra Modelo- I made this gun in 1981, it has a 72'' Teak barrel, 6061T6 rail tube with teflon coating.
    open black nylon muzzle with angled SS pin line cross over to secure the shaft. (some one Borrowed this from me before I could patent).Ti reinforced twin handles ( can be shot from ether) Undersea mech with hand milled
    17/4 sears, Early Riffe reel, Bands had wire wishbones as to fit 4 in the 5/8 muzzle hole, Panther butt pad.400# Jinki shoot line.Shark inlay in shell, Mil spec camo tape. shark fin 3/8-5/16 or 9/32 maraging steel
    shafts. center handle contained lead shot for different trim ballast.Max wt was 7lbs.
    I built this gun to hunt the gin clear blue water of French Poly. It would pierce fish at 30 feet off the tip when rigged with 4 16mm bands @300%.


    #2 Very oldTeak Florida Reef Rifle I bought years ago from a guy named Fry,3/8 shaft and flopper. I killed two Yellowtail with it before I hung it on the wall.
    #3 Mares Titian ... Love this gun.
    #4 Double Trouble Mk 1, 67'' 7075 T6 square tube, over under with delrin rails and 1/4'' Lace wood planking.
    Dacor popper with trip line. Composite Reel and 5OO# kevlar.17/4 hand milled mech at the very rear.4 5/8 french bands @ #300%5/16 or 9/32 top shaft to brake away,45''x1/4'' bottom shaft to reel. I could write a book on this gun... but not tonight.^^
    #5 58'' laminated mahogany barrel, maple and white oak handle keyed to barrel,hand milled 17/4 sear.
    6061T6 gold reel with 500# kevlar.muzzle Ti inner plate and open muzzle line hook.When I built this gun in
    1984 to replace a lost gun, it had a enclosed track I later milled off after pool tests,has inlay.
    #5 R.I.P, 40'' Teak gun and euro reel. (story later).Marlin lure.:angry5: Little sister of Negra Modelo.
    #6 Soda bottle charged Barracuda gun hrom the 60's.
    and a Prodonavich and Charlie Sturgile in the corner.


    Later, Don Paul


    P.S. I change my overhang depending what and where I hunt and the shaft/ power needs.

  • My Guns, that's all.

    Quote from cww180

    You dive with those soft blue Imersion fins?


    They were not the blue ones but the Purple Comp fins, I had four pair for testing on deeper dives they
    were any thing but soft.Up hill in a real stiff current I could feel it after 4 hours.
    Don

  • My Guns, that's all.


    Here a few..

  • My Guns, that's all.

    Quote from Dan

    Yeah Don, what are ceremonial kills?


    I have a few special places I dive alone that are very beautiful as the sun lights up the kelp bed. Large white sea bass glide through streams of shimmering silver bait. Some Sundays this is my church and if god sends a fish
    to me I accept her with a two banded polished hardwood hook.


    Later I may sit alone on my deck with my special gift and my beautiful gun and give thanks for the life I am living.
    Don Paul

  • My Guns, that's all.

    Quote from Dan

    Don, what's your go to gun nowadays?


    The one in my avatar, it's a very developed double that is as trick as a F1 car, I have killed tonnage with that
    gun and quite a few two game fish freedives. I built this gun in 1988.


    I also have a laminated wood gun with abalone inlay I use for ceremonial kills.
    It's the same gun in the black out scene in Blue Water Hunters.
    I know TTIWWOP so I'll try dig a few up.
    latter.:toast::toast::toast:
    Don

  • My Guns, that's all.

    Quote from Dan

    Where was the one with bull shark taken?


    A sea mount in the middle of the Sea of Cortez that comes up out off 1000' of water that I lost a 12' Black Marlin to when it sounded into the mud with 3 floats:(.(another winter story) off to work.....
    Don

  • My Guns, that's all.

    Quote from Dan

    Don, it would be really cool if you uploaded your pics to the gallery (and kept posting them in threads too).


    Those sunglasses sure were popular back then, did they rust? :) Seriously, when was the dorado pic taken?


    The one with Jay R is 1996
    The first Ho with the bull shark bite is 1996
    The rest are 1997, I still have the gold rim glasses.
    My ex has all my slides from the last couple of years, we are still working it out.:rolleyes:
    I have a bunch of copyrighted stuff I'll try to get releases on, and next season I'll try to get a new photographer.
    Cheers, Don