cool

[foxfish]

I though some of you might enjoy seeing this gun?

SeaSniper - Gun of the Month - March 2006

[spaghetti]

Cool it is.
I just have the impression it might be a gun for Scuba hunting: the tubes are said to be for for "water ballast", so I mean, if they leak with water, won't the the gun sink?
If so, that'd be a common feature for scuba hunting guns, but not for freediver's guns, which must float, not sink...
..or is it just my own wrong impression?

[Magpie]

I think the gun has the bouyancy in the main barrel but the water ballast tubes underneath the barrel fill with water when immersed thus adding weight to the gun when in use but not when its out of the water.

Cunning I reckon.

[Pastor]

It might float if there is enough wood in it to balance it. I have mixed feelings about water ballast, unless the tubes add enough strength to justify their inclusion then all they really do is add volume. A balanced gun out of solid wood might have more strength without the tubes and have the same volume but easier to balance. Anyone put me right on that?

[spaghetti]

Originally Posted by Magpie

I think the gun has the bouyancy in the main barrel but the water ballast tubes underneath the barrel fill with water when immersed thus adding weight to the gun when in use but not when its out of the water.

Cunning I reckon.

If I remember, there is a very expensive greek eruo speargun (must be Trygons, or may Bleutech) designed from a similar concept of water ballast. But I confess I've always been skeptical.
And I tell you why:
Years ago I had my old Sporasub Viper whose barrell was leaking (but that was due to a defective gasket, not to cunning design ). I used it a couple of times before I fixed it, but what I remember well is that flooded Viper felt so heavy to handle and hard to swing...

[foxfish]

There is some cool kit here as well Bluegreen

[ulysses]

Originally Posted by Pastor

It might float if there is enough wood in it to balance it. I have mixed feelings about water ballast, unless the tubes add enough strength to justify their inclusion then all they really do is add volume. A balanced gun out of solid wood might have more strength without the tubes and have the same volume but easier to balance. Anyone put me right on that?

I had Stratis' (of Medfish) SeaSniper Pro Series gun (72 inch = 183 cm with 5-6 bands and 9.5mm shaft) in my hands this March which featured as gun of the month some time ago => SeaSniper - Gun of the Month - July 2006

What a remarkable workmanship on every detail! I have not shot the gun, but according to Stratis the ingenious water balast system provides for neutral buoyancy. Needless to say the tubes are titanium and actually add strength

Contact Stratis via Medfish for any questions you may have.

Cheers