Yes, I remember growing up that the right way to hunt Doggies was using a Pranger, because that was your best shot at paralyzing them, and otherwise you were going to lose them and your gear.. Which proved true on many occasions for me. I've lost several complete set ups of Slipt TIp, Shaft, Nice Riffe Bungees, and Floats to those brutuses. In Indonesia, once they got the Float down and into the currents.. sometimes they just did not surface again. I like the looks of that Blue Gun. To be honest the Shaft looks a little long, but I like the Belly on that thing. I've done quite a bit of testing with different configurations of shafts, bands, on mid handles. It's amazing how dropping a diameter, ie from 11/32" to 5/16" or from 3/8" to 11/32" can effect the felt recoil. Similarly shaft length on a similar diameter can effect. Relatively small difference in mass ie 100gr. Can very much effect the felt recoil of a gun as can changes in band diameter, band %, Band #, and also changes in gun mass ie adding a Big Reel, wings, etc. You look like a Big dude, and Diver Mass, and Style, as well as a divers Recoil tolerance can all effect performance of a configuration on a platform as well. But, there is always a sweetspot.. and Recoil is the Great Robber of Range and Accuracy. I'm certainly not telling an Old Salt who's lugging around a stack of 50KG+ Doggies what to do. Just sharing some of what I've learned in general terms.