Here's my second attempt

[Dobs]

Here is my second attempt on a homemade gun.
It is an 80 cm long teak gun. The shaft is OMER, 115 cm, 6 mm. Bands are 19 mm.

[Murat]

You should change your shaft, omer shafts are not good quality and very crispy. I am using 6.25 euro sub spears on my 80 and 110 cm gun. They are best shafts i have ever used and it should suit better to your 19mm bands

[persiko]

very good job!!!!
ciao

[Dobs]

Thanks persiko, I appreciate a compliment from a craftsmen like yourself!
Murat, I use a 6.25 Demka shaft on my other gun and I'm pretty happy with it. However I couldn't find the same shaft at a 115 cm lenght, so I bought the Omer. When the supplier here gets the Demka shafts, I'l buy a new one. However the gun is pretty accurate with the 6 mm one too. Four fish with five shots so far :-)

[Murat]

You also use demka rubbers?

My long (30cm) omer power 18mm don't give enough velocity to the spear on my 110 cm gun. The one short size available here is 26cm which will be too short for 110. May be i should change them with demka 19mm rubbers next time On the other hand 21cm omer 18mm throw 6.25mm shaft quite good on my 80 cm gun

[Erik]

I can't hit a nail properly most days, so I am in awe of the craftsmanship you have
Beautiful....
Peace,
Erik Y.

[GALADION]

Originally Posted by Murat

You also use demka rubbers?

My long (30cm) omer power 18mm don't give enough velocity to the spear on my 110 cm gun. The one short size available here is 26cm which will be too short for 110. May be i should change them with demka 19mm rubbers next time On the other hand 21cm omer 18mm throw 6.25mm shaft quite good on my 80 cm gun

Anytime you need a really good screw-on single rubber band go for 20mm Megabooster or 20mm Cressi G20. A bit pricey but you cannot get more from any other single 20mm band!! 6.5mm or 6.75mm shafts are recommended with those rubbers in order to get maximum performance.

[Murat]

yeah but i am using 6.25mm shaft so they might flex the shaft

[Huan]

I tried Megabooster's (amber right?)
but the problem I had was that the metal collar was too big for the Picasso Century muzzle ,and would not fit.
The amber Demka bands give good smooth power though.

[Dobs]

Murat, a friend of mine is using Cressi G20 rubbers on a 90cm Comanche gun with 6 mm shaft and he is very happy with the set up. Actually this set up is very popular around here, so I don't think you'll have any problem with the 6.25 shaft. Imersion megaboosters are also very popular here both amber and black.
Thanks for all compliments on my gun!

[Murat]

I thought the megabooster rubbers are from picasso am i wrong???

Available brands here are cressi, omer, sporasub

[Dobs]

The booster and the megabooster rubbers are from Imersion. I've heard only good things about Cressi G20 and Omer 18 mm. Never heard any comments on the Sporasub thicker bands like 19 mm or so.