Posts by greekdiver

  • Band guns are superior to pneumatics

    I prefer wooden guns if i go bandgun. Rob allens are nice but they are so heavy in the water for me. I am spoiled since my pneumatic is super light. A wooden gun shoots great with less recoil and can be properly balanced to your liking. You can also pack it with heavy bands to get that powerful shot.


    Some people dont care about how heavy a gun is in the water and how much recoil it has. I do. Its just personal preference.

  • Band guns are superior to pneumatics

    Just enough for the flopper to close and maybe a little more.


    I have an old omer skorpian pneumatic. its really a piece of shit. It doesnt even float without spear in it. Either way, i have it setup for grouper holed up. It will work perfectly. Its packed full of air and the spear will fly.



    I like bandguns a lot. I just think the small guns without a doubt the pneumatics are the clear winner. You can pack so much punch in a tiny thin barrel gun.

  • Band guns are superior to pneumatics

    Small pneumatics to fire in poor vis and close range are easily dominant. You can load them way faster and they cut through the water like a knife. Sure they can be very top heavy if you don't have the proper length setup. I have shot over a 2000lbs of fish my with 70cm cyrano. I haven't even opened it up to do any maintenance. I can reload and shoot up to 3 times in one breathhold.


    Pneumatics still have less recoil than bandguns.. All railguns, riffe, Wongs, SeaSniper...to name a few


    The mamba kits make the pneumatics more powerful than a standard 2 banded gun. As you can see in my videos, the shots are pretty impressive. My gun 115 asso with mamba kit is also perfectly balanced. Its not top heavy at all.


    But in the end, it really doesn't matter what you use. Use what gives you the best results!


    I was going to post that too Sporasrub. ;)

  • Band guns are superior to pneumatics

    Boo!!!


    Pneumatics are great!


    They move better through the water than any bandgun!


    Way cheaper to maintain! Bands cost more than orings! Even though, i dont replace any orings internally.


    Very little recoil!


    Small pneumatics easily have the edge over small bandguns


    Easier to attach video camera


    Plenty of power and fast shaft speed



    Add a sealing kit to a long pneumatic and you have yourself an underwater recoiless canon! 5m+ shots!