Posts by hau

on Vista Park beach at 0900 with friends
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wind ENE at 12mph---------------------wind E at 13mph
water temp 75--------------------------same
current 0--------------------------------same
viz aprox 30f in 25fsw----------------same
seas 2-3f in 25fsw---------------------3-- 31/2f in 25fsw:(
air 75 & pc------------------------------same

Good times. Great viz, rough seas for yakin [we only lost 1 dive flag though], weather man lied about 2f or less
I saw no MOW or jellies in the water, 1 spearo got 1 trigger fish:(
Nice to finally meet you guys. Thanks for the invitation to dive with you.:)

Anybody going yakin/spearin tomorrow [1-5]?

If it ain't broke don't fix it
Nice story.
Sorry, I have no float line

on Vista Park beach [2609.805---8005.941] at 1030 with friends
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wind from ENE at 9mph-----------------from E at 12mph
water temp. 74 in 20fsw
current 0--------------------------------from S at aprox 1/2mph
viz aprox 28f in 20fsw-----------------aprox 25f in 20fsw
seas 1 1/2f in 20fsw-------------------maybe 2f
airtemp. 74pc---------------------------same

My first time to this park[I like my nudie beach launch site better:)], nice park, small, no LG,saw very few jellies, MOW only on beach. pulled the trigger only 2 times
the whole day=2 14in hogs at the very end of the day.:)
PS-no bathrooms at this park

I wanted a roller gun for a while. Then realized that I prefered simple designs better.

Looks like my questions have let me back to using 2 bands instead of 1.
Thank you to all who have taken the time and effort to help me with my questions.
hau

seaweed,
Thanks for the chart and explanation!

My last problem is to be able to get the same shaft speed using just 1 band instead of 2 bands.
Is it possible for a spearo to cock say 1 bigger band to equal the power of 2 smaller bands?
Say 1 3/4 as opposed to 2 9/16 bands.
Thanks for the help

greekdiver,
I love watching your videos and watching those fish spin

How deep were you hunting please?
Thank you.

My barrel is perfectly dry inside. I applied Marine Goop to the barrel holes and the screw threads and have taken my muzzle off just to check for water inside. Not a drop inside.
My spike protrudes just 2in past the muzzle end=perfect for me and my PPD.
I do not consider my guns complete without a kill spike and like pargo said, the spike works great to
finish off a fish also.
Thank you Tin Man for a great tool.:)

The Tin Man shark spike is what I have on my RA130 Tuna. It works great. It looks great after months of diving and does everything I wanted in a shark spike for a rail gun. There is no better.
I have used mine to poke sharks away and even test fired a PPD on mine with no problems at all.
Thank you Tin Man for a great design and product once again
hau

pargo,
Thanks for the thread. Lots of good info there.
Has anyone seen a post about band diam./power/stretch? I was just wondering how much power is gained by pulling a 20mm band back 3 1/2inches each time for 4 fins would equal. Say a 20mm band at 40in stretch=80lbs, 47in=105lbs?
Thanks for the help.

Rolo,
I might caution you about requesting a golden shower here on this forum. Way to many here might consider that request as a living will and proceed regardless. <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">

Just kidding.

fishingdude,
I do not expect the viz to be good as there is a small craft advisory warning on now for the last 12 hours and bouy reports of 4-5f seas.
Winds right now at 0200am are ENE at 16mph.:(
LOMartin and friends were out 12-31 but he did not say how the viz was.
This weekend seas are forecast to be good [2f or less]. I am going to try to get out in the next day or so and will post the viz here ASAP.
Hope this helps.

Good points about the notches at midshaft and bending.
The notches on my RA shafts are aprox 3 1/2 inches apart. I thought about adding 2 more fins ahead of the existing factory notches the same distance apart. That way each notch/fin point changed the band power/stretch by 3 1/2 inches. For me, I could pull 1 20mm band back to the 1st fin [now 7in shorter stretch] to shoot a hog fish on the reef or a holed up/wounded grouper and bend/damage less shafts.
Also having just 1 band would make loading faster and eliminate the second unused band problems.

Spearos,
I have a question.
A one band gun has many advantages over a 2 band gun and I wanted to introduce a question.

Why not add 1 or 2 fins/notches to our spear shafts located in front of the factory fins/notches?

That way a spearo could use 1 20mm band on the 1st notch for holes/rocks and progressivly back to the last notch [4th]for blue water. That way the most forward notch/fin could also serve as a cocking tab. Would this not be a good idea?
What do you think?

Thanks for your positive thoughts and comments.
hau

[quote='seaweed','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=6119#post6119']It happened as the passengers were diving.

JBL+Powerhead=Wreck
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That was a nice story with a good ending
Yea, the adrenalin is fun:)
I know what you mean by just having a gun butt to defend yourself with. That is why my guns look naked without a kill spike. Not that a kill spike will stop a charging bull, just that the spike is better than nothing. Especially if I have enough time to get a ppd slipped onto the ppd.
Again, great story.
Gracias!

LOMartin,
WOW, sounds like I go to the wrong places. Congratulations on the nice fish and bugs. Nice story:)
How deep where you guys please?

Triggers commiting suicide is what I call shooting triggers. They just swim up to you to check you out and look right into the end of my RA. With todays viz as bad as it was that was the only fish I could get:(. But is was a beautiful day out in the yak:).

on beach at 0830

Begin ----------------------------end
wind nne at 5-----------------same
water temp 74 in 30fsw
current from N at 1.5---------less
viz sucked=12-15f in 30fsw--same in 40fsw
seas 1.5f from w--------------less than 1f in 40fsw!
air temp73 pc------------------82deg and pc

viz sucked, lots of 1.5f pink jellies, some man of war, had 1 14in trigger commite suicide,
blue sky:), flat seas:)=perfect until you got into the water with no viz:(

pargo,
You have way to much fun with that Photoshop
Remind me to NEVER EVER put up a pic of myself or anything near and dear to me.

seaweed,
Thats what I've been wanting for years!!!!
1. Never made sense to me to try to hold a 5-6ft long pistol steady in the water with one hand to hit a fish.
I even went so far as to talk to Ray Odor about their old/old guns with stalks years ago.
2. Short gun shafts have many advantages. That is why I use a shaft 2-3 sizes to short for the last 10 yr. My shafts are just long enough to allow the flopper to clear the muzzle and our new slip tube shafts can be shorter yet, maybe even ending back down the track slot like in the picture of your crossbow pistol.
3. Wood doweling for the barrel of similar diameter to the RA with an enclosed track could have a SG[specific gravity] of less than the current RA, =float better than the current RA. Different woods have different SG. If other woods are used, the new epoxy gun finishes being used by many builders now would prevent delamination problems.
4. Matt888 and Griswold use a CF tube with an enclosed track on their hybred guns now and another famous gun maker is experimenting with an enclosed track AL barrel. Matt888 and Griswold both have working muzzle designs on round/dowel barrels now, as does RA of course. These new round CF and AL barrels have high floatation material inside the barrels so that water intrusion is not an issue as it is in other hollow barrel guns.
5. I think I know of a manufacture of TI rods/tubing for the sliding wire stalk.
6. Mori manufacutres a low profile trigger mechanizem for his 'reef' model guns and the RA assembly is very light weight[and cheap] and would have one of the lowest profiles in an enclosed track gun. The Riffe Euro/Euro X trigger assembly is low profile and has a side release [monster slayer:)]
7. If you are going to design a gun for reel use, I might suggest a side line release instead of a bottom line release.
8. Sooo,= take a 1 1/2in teak laminated dowel, use a ball cutter for the enclosed track, route out a corrisponding trigger pocket for a Riffe Euro or RA trigger assembly, shape the muzzle band slot, make a grip to match and attach a sliding Ti wire stalk.[ Oh, and paint it black epoxy if you wanted [seaweed :)]. Then it might even look like a pneumatic with bands [greekdiver:)]]
Tin Man may have some good ideas and he can manufacture/produce anything.

Thanks for starting this thread seaweed. I hope I can provide positive input.