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Old July 31st, 2008
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Re: Laser sights for spearguns

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mm lots of worrys about ethics and sporting ????????????????????

Could be argued an unfair advantage in a competition but they dont seem Ethical to me i only hunt for Food on land or Sea (then i know little about modern Comps in Spearfishing so my view maybe out of date on that) that would be covered by the Rules i would guess

seems a little odd due to the massive advantage rendered by Technology already considered sporting and pure ??

Face mask So you can see under water
Wet suit So you dont freeze and have some camoflage
Weight belt So you can get underwater easily
Fins large or small So you can actually swim at resonable speed/ distance / Depth

and finally
Speargun and spear it self so you can actually catch the prey

all the above give you an advantage or allow you do do something you cant do the addition of a lazer seems Minor

would seen the tru and only Sporting and ethical thing is to go in Butt naked (speedos could give a streamlining thats an artifical boost ) and get em in your teeth or hands

red light is filtered out thru Water but its the distance it passes thru that counts so sun light looses red at the shallow depth (10-15ft) which is a pain to Photograghy etc BUT if you turn on a Red light it donst disapear it you only wont see it if it has to travel away to the object and bounce back further than the 10- 15 ft
A torch at depth shows the full colour of coral etc as it only has the few ft or so to travel to your Eye

mounting would eb better on top of the gun like a Rifle sight this would give a better match to the trajectory of the spear (assuming its simier to a rifle bullet ie drops the further it goes )

ATB

Duncan


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