[spadefish]

Hi,

I had similar problems about two years ago. Suddenly I could not hit a fish! At the time we had a visiting Spanish diver videotaping our Nationals and I explained my frustrations at missing and badly hitting the fish I was hitting - aspecially at longer range (I used a 115cm gun with 7mm spears). We carefully went looked at the video footage and could see that the spear was starting in the correctly but dropping as it left the muzzle. We then had a look at the muzzel and could see a point where ther had clearly been contcat - small flattend areas on the inside of the muzzel. Looking closer at the crimp - on the edge of the crimp there was a shiny copper spot - clearly the point of contact. I filed this point down but was never really happy with it.

I have subesequently changed to using Dyneema and the accuracy of my guns has returned to where it was. I think the OMER muzzels are designed for slightly lighter spears and probably lighter Mono. The softer Dyneema may offer more drag in the water, but I would rather have accuracy than the slightly quicker spear.

I would suggest you have a careful look at the muzzel and the crimp to see if there is contact when you fire.

Good luck