[jtkwest]

in my opinion,(just an opinion ) based on my experience, gus shorter than 42 inch are useless. it is too hard to get close enough to spooky fish, with smaller guns. plus there isnt enogh barrel lenth to have more than 6 or 8 inces of band stretch, (if you subtract the slack bands position from length of barrel(measured to notches)) you only get like 5 inches of stretch or so on a 36 inch ab biller, for instance, and a 24 inch is more of a toy than anything else. pneumatics are probably the way to go on little guns, if you must use one. the mass of spear is still an issue. also with these little guns, you end up wounding fish, but not keeping it, which is kinda uncool, in a way.