Posts by Matt

  • C4 or Carbon stingray or Speardiver C90

    I can tell you I used some Omer Stingray pockets in a tournament and my feet cramped soo bad I left my $500 fins on the boat. I will never ever buy those again....ever. C4 fins are great for freediving, I personally have not seen them used for spearfishing much. I use Speardiver C90 in Beuchat foot pockets and I just don't need anything else.

  • I bought a gun!!

    I work 6 days a week so I was contemplating selling all my gear until I realized how miserable I have become since I stopped diving...I called up Gerry at BWS and purchased a Hatch Amero about 5 min ago and hopefully I will be posting a review by this weekend. Looking to take it to the tortugas if the wind stays calm.

  • First speargun advice for 13 yr.old

    Get the yellow fiberglass pole for $30.00 and some lobster gloves. When you load it twist so the band twists around the pole. I started with a 5ft 3 prong and that setup will DESTROY snapper and hogfish up to 10#. You may want to get the model with a detachable tip so you can add a single flopper style tip. I use a single rotten band and a 130 cm railgun to kill most of my fish. I started with the polespear which gave me the stalking skills to get rediculously close to the fish for an effortless kill.

  • Flasher tape?

    Hello,
    I was wondering where I could purchase like a roll of that tape they put on lures and such to to make my gun and fins more attractive to fish. Does anyone have any idea where to get this? I have a roll of that aluminum tape but I was looking for something with a bit more bling.


    Thanks!

  • Beuchat Marlin 115

    have you tried using a 7mm rob allen shaft and your 18mm band? That band should have plenty of punch, if you want range I would go with a bigger gun. My experience is from using 1 16mm band and a 7mm shaft on my 130 railgun.

  • Performance freediving or Freediving instructors

    I have taken the PFI LevelII course. The course was packed full of information and cost roughly $1,000 by the time I was finished. Yes, i would recommend this course if you dive with questionable safety practices and would like to know more technical information about the sport.

  • Wong Shafts?

    Wong shafts are identical to the "KJ" Shafts sold at FL Freedivers. I snapped a 9/32 wong shaft and he offered to pay for a replacement. Mr. Wong is a stand up guy and backs his gear 100%. I noodled my KJ shaft soo bad it looks like a corkscrew...lol

  • What is your favorite gun and why?

    Quote from hank

    Matt,
    Wong hybrids and magnums are semi enclosed tracks.


    Yes they are! It is still alot easier to overpower them than an enclosed track gun. Also with the enclosed track you can't use a bent shaft. My friend had a slightly bent shaft on his wong and he missed everything til he changed it out.

  • What is your favorite gun and why?

    I have a 130cm Carbon Rabitech Apex that is damn near indestructible and I am convinced that it can take on pretty much any fish in the sea. I have shot Seasnipers, Koahs, Wongs, Riffes ,Deathstick, Aimrite, Rob Allen, AB Biller, Seahornet, Omer, and probably a few others!


    The Seasniper was the 130 enclosed track Euro. It tracked a bit slow, the shafts bent like wet noodles, and the finish scratched if you looked at it incorrectly. It was however an extremely accurate and silent gun!


    Ther Koah "Marksman" didn't even make it to the water before I resold it due to lack of quality (I was disgusted).


    My buddy has a 57 Wong Magnum hybrid that he loves and it seems like a great gun with an awesome warranty. It just costs over $1,000 by the time its all said and done. Also if you alter the hybrids setup too much it will most likely shoot completely different, unlike an enclosed track gun which shoots straight everytime. If I am paying that kind of money my gun will be enclosed track.


    Riffe....They have come a long way in recent years but I will never use one by choice again. I had a C1X that was beautiful looking but had a hair trigger and kicked sooo hard that I almost broke my nose (blood coming out of my nose almost cracking my mask!). Other people like them but I can find ballasted custom guns for cheaper than their stock setups.


    The Deathstick is covered in a durable coating and is perfectly balanced. I loved the one I held and shot in the water. It moved very well in the water and had more than enough power to kill blacks with 2 9/16th bands and a 5/16 shaft. This is probably the ultimate custom gun,as the only drawback is the price which is less than $800.


    The Aimrite Pro Carbon 130 is a laser set up with 2 9/16th bands and 7mm shaft. I really liked this gun when I shot it and I usually never prefer open muzzle guns but it was very simple and easy to use. The handle on my friends 110 has fallen apart and I tell him to call the guy to get it replaced but he just leaves it. The thing I do not like about Aimrite guns is that shafts have to be filed down to fit in the mech and the handle is sometimes not straight in line with the barrel. This is over all a great gun with an excellent warranty.


    A Rob Allen is a solid railgun that needs to be washed after each use. If you take care of them they are accurate, cheap, and reliable. My friends had more than a few of their trigger mechs sieze up so that is why I recommend a thorough washing after use. If buying a gun always make sure to get the metal line release instead of the plastic one....it breaks.


    Biller/ Seahornets....my friends love these guns. I hate them with an undieing passion since I had gotten the side of my finger trapped between the metal wishbone and the shaft notch. This accident cost me a chunk of my finger that thankfully healed. I can't hit the broad side of a barn with these guns due to the fact that I am paranoid something will break of them and leave me bleeding at the end of the day.


    I shot a 130cm CF T20 Omer for a few weeks. The handle was pretty cheap feeling but the gun actually worked flawlessly except for the fact that you had to replace the shaft after almost every fish. (just replace the junk omer shaft with a 6.6mm RA shaft and your good to go!).


    That is what I think of a few guns.

  • Stringing fish on the float line

    I just string them on my shooting line. The only time I have had a shark give me an issue is when I separated myself from the fish like putting them on the float line. I would use a belt stringer but I am too afraid of getting bit in the ass. So by keeping the fish on my gun I can see them and just poke/shoot a shark if he gets fiesty.

  • Speardiver carbon fins roll call

    MED C90 blades in Beuchat FPs....:thumbsup2: Its cold as hell right now so it may be a bit before i test them on some deep stuff. I tested them in the canal today and they motored me around in a 3.5mm wetsuit without any weight quite well.

  • Holed up black this saturday

    That was a cool video....it kind of looks like you have to point your gun in the direction of your dive buddies to get the camera on them? That kind of freaked me out but it may just look that way. :)