Posts by ddonnell

  • American Mech Quandary

    Quote from phil herranen

    looks like a screw up at the riffe factory . personally i wouldnt use that in a big gun ,it will engage in the mech but will cause a lot of up force on the housing ,and down force on the sear ,in addition to the pulling force that the sear is designed for .
    phi


    btw many euro shafts will work in american mechs ,and many euros will work with "riffe" shaftsl


    That's what I was thinking except I have two Riffe 3/8" shafts bought a few months apart. One from Harry at Freedive N Spear in Hermosa, CA and one from Austin Diving Center, TX....


    It tripped me the F out that it worked flawlessly though. Who knows if it F'd up my mechanism though.


    I'll ask a buddy that is on Team Riffe if he knows anything..


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  • American Mech Quandary

    So while showing off my new build to a buddy I showed him how it can accept a 3/8th shaft as well as a 5/16" shaft when suddenly he asks how it can take two different mech shafts.


    Perplexed I asked him what he meant.


    He told me that my Riffe 3/8" shaft was a different mech than all of my other shafts, even other Riffe American shafts.


    Well I looked and it clearly looks like a Euro mech, rounded, but fits my American mechanisms.


    So I'm tripping balls on how that shaft worked and held in my American trigger mech with five 5/8" bands cut to 350%.......:@


    Anyone catch this before?


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    -Davis


    Pic in a second...

  • Boat running over float line

    I had a Mexican Ponguero run mine over on my last trip. Luckily I saw him coming in fast and started waving my gun in the air and yelling "ALTO!!!"


    He put it in neutral just in time and my line just got wrapped up one turn in the prop. Never felt a thing. Lucky for me, it was a brand new 100' Neptonics float line...



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  • Cable Swedges

    I believe I'm looking for 2.2 mm copper swedges. I use them for my cable shooting line I use for Baja, it's indestructible. Use two on each end for my big grouper gun for safe measure. I tried the ones that came with the cable I bought from Neptonics, but they were too thin and didn't compress in my crimper like the copper swedges.



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  • Cable Swedges

    Anyone have a good online source for swedges? My stash has run dry and west marine charges a fortune for them and I figure that there is some online source where they can be had for cheap.


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  • the amazing sand beach california most unusual

    Just as promised!:thumbup:


    Anyone like my bachelor-diving decor?8)


    Pics don't show the beauty of the pieces. The small avon bottle if filled with mineral oil and corked and waxed. Really lights up in my window sill.


    There are different levels of 'rarity' green, white, and brown being the easiest, with red, blue, and pink being very hard to find, harder to fin the larger pieces as well. All we take now are any blue or red we find unless we are doing some sort of project.


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  • the amazing sand beach california most unusual

    Every time my family goes up there we harvest some. I'll take some pics of our collection when I get home after work!



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    Edit: just read it was a misdemeanor.. I better not get busted! Haha the truth is that glass washes up on all the beaches within the vicinity of Fort Bragg, we get ours from Albion which is outside of the park.

  • Shark Attack. Veiwer discretion advised.....

    That guy has a remora! I've always wanted to get bit, I think that is the best way.. <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">

  • Rob Allen Reel & mount

    Haha thanks guys. I'll take both, I have a ton of guns I'd like to use the reel on so I can save the sturgil reel for the display case. Pm me your email addresses and I'll PayPal you both to cover shipping, etc.


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  • Rob Allen Reel & mount

    Does anyone know if extra reel mounts are available to buy? I just ordered a reel for one of my euro style guns and was wondering if I could transfer the reel from one gun to another, but need the dovetail to transfer the reel over...


    I know that the company that should not be named sells similar mounts, but wondered how close they are and if parts are transferable.


    Thanks
    -Davis
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  • Death of a life style

    Very cool idea! How secure is the camera? I think that it may fall forward/backwards since it is only the band holding it. You should tape a small dive light to the end and poke that thing around into caves!


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  • Death of a life style

    Truely a sad day in the spearfishing world. I too loved Moss St as my Dad and Don Paul did as well. It will definitely be missed. I took many PBs there and opened me up to spearfishing the California reefs.


    I'm saving up all my money to put towards building a new house in Baja to enjoy raw spearfishing right off my porch as it was meant to be. Should start breaking groung this summer.