UaVaj
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Great info regarding the freeshaft.
Back to the original question.
Step 1. You need to know the typical condition of your particular area. When I use to spear in the GOM with typical vis around ~15'. An ab biller 48" was more than sufficent. By the time you see the fish. They were well inside the kill zone. Now that I spear in the Atlantic with typical vis of 40' plus. My ab biller 48 was almost useless. Much more difficult to get in range.
Step 2. Buy the biggest gun you can load. Important exception: Only exercise this step if you are in clear water where the range of the gun become the limiting factor. Like in the GOM. Guying a bigger gun won't matter. Because a 48 has plenty of reach. Even a 36 will do. OTOH in the Atlantic. An ab biller 60" becomes an average gun. A Riffe 70" is preferred. So in this case do want to buy the biggest gun you can load.
Step 3. Regarding type (wood or meta) and budget. This is personal choice. Buy what you like. General rule of thumb is the more expensive the gun. Typicall the better the performance. You usually do get what you pay for. No way will an ab biller ever compare to a riffe. Just remember for one riffe you can almost get two biller.
Back to the original question.
Step 1. You need to know the typical condition of your particular area. When I use to spear in the GOM with typical vis around ~15'. An ab biller 48" was more than sufficent. By the time you see the fish. They were well inside the kill zone. Now that I spear in the Atlantic with typical vis of 40' plus. My ab biller 48 was almost useless. Much more difficult to get in range.
Step 2. Buy the biggest gun you can load. Important exception: Only exercise this step if you are in clear water where the range of the gun become the limiting factor. Like in the GOM. Guying a bigger gun won't matter. Because a 48 has plenty of reach. Even a 36 will do. OTOH in the Atlantic. An ab biller 60" becomes an average gun. A Riffe 70" is preferred. So in this case do want to buy the biggest gun you can load.
Step 3. Regarding type (wood or meta) and budget. This is personal choice. Buy what you like. General rule of thumb is the more expensive the gun. Typicall the better the performance. You usually do get what you pay for. No way will an ab biller ever compare to a riffe. Just remember for one riffe you can almost get two biller.
this emoticon is to scale in regards to my arms, and there is no way I can put an 80# jack under my arm and control it! Maybe a 40#, but no way that is something I have the ability to pull off on a bigger reef donkey this plenty green in the deep water. I'll leave that to those of you who are abit more "pumped up."
