je76
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I am sure if I do some digging on here I could find these answers but thought it would be easier if I just asked outright.
After doing some hunting with a pole spear over the summer an end of summer gift to me from the dive shop I work at was an A.B. Biller 32 Mahogany gun.
I am an experienced diver here in the Northeast with 200+ dives ( wrapping up some tek training ) but am pretty new to the world of spearguns. And while my shop has some excellent tek and wreck divers there aren't many spearfisherman so I didn't even bother asking ( I am the oddball killing things in a shop of photographers )
I would like to get out before the season ends and try the gun ( hunting is done around wrecks here ) so I hit the ground running next season but have some questions.
How do I attach the shock cord ( the one that came affixed to the gun ) to the spear shaft? I see that there is a spring with a loop on the spear shaft itself but was not sure what was the best way to attach it or if someone could point me to a video on youtube or a website that would help ( or explain it here ).
I see attached to the trigger guard a metal "spike" for coiling the cord but am not sure how tight the cord should be coiled?
In addition to this I will be using the gun on scuba so are there any tips, insights or instructions that anyone can provide that will make my first experience more enjoyable and prevent me from just putting the thing in the closet and going back to my pole spear?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
After doing some hunting with a pole spear over the summer an end of summer gift to me from the dive shop I work at was an A.B. Biller 32 Mahogany gun.
I am an experienced diver here in the Northeast with 200+ dives ( wrapping up some tek training ) but am pretty new to the world of spearguns. And while my shop has some excellent tek and wreck divers there aren't many spearfisherman so I didn't even bother asking ( I am the oddball killing things in a shop of photographers )
I would like to get out before the season ends and try the gun ( hunting is done around wrecks here ) so I hit the ground running next season but have some questions.
How do I attach the shock cord ( the one that came affixed to the gun ) to the spear shaft? I see that there is a spring with a loop on the spear shaft itself but was not sure what was the best way to attach it or if someone could point me to a video on youtube or a website that would help ( or explain it here ).
I see attached to the trigger guard a metal "spike" for coiling the cord but am not sure how tight the cord should be coiled?
In addition to this I will be using the gun on scuba so are there any tips, insights or instructions that anyone can provide that will make my first experience more enjoyable and prevent me from just putting the thing in the closet and going back to my pole spear?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.