• Welcome to the DeeperBlue.com Forums, the largest online community dedicated to Freediving, Scuba Diving and Spearfishing. To gain full access to the DeeperBlue.com Forums you must register for a free account. As a registered member you will be able to:

    • Join over 44,280+ fellow diving enthusiasts from around the world on this forum
    • Participate in and browse from over 516,210+ posts.
    • Communicate privately with other divers from around the world.
    • Post your own photos or view from 7,441+ user submitted images.
    • All this and much more...

    You can gain access to all this absolutely free when you register for an account, so sign up today!

2 more guns coming

Thread Status: Hello , There was no answer in this thread for more than 60 days.
It can take a long time to get an up-to-date response or contact with relevant users.

jtkwest

recreational user
Dec 2, 2007
808
144
0
these are my two new enclosed track guns under way. i poured epoxy/ graphite tracks 2 days ago. i was going to clean them up today but it is raining. one will be 50" total with a 42" track to shoot a 50" 9/32" hawaiian flopper the bigger one is another wahoo gun and is a total now of 66" with a 57" track . it will shoot a 9/32" x 65" spear with slip tip. all my guns will have neptonics triggers and hardware.(josh is great!) and so far handles too,( i am looking into wooden handles now) riffe spears.(jay is great!) the small one is mine to replace the riffe comp 42 s, that i gave my son for his first gun. the second is for my dive buddy. i just charged him hardware costs, about 310$ with spear,and slip tip these guns broke down to: 50$ neptonics trigger
15$ line anchor
40 neptonics handle
25$ west system,(approximate)
50 to 70$ for spear
15$ bungee with clip
3$ teak oil
3$ sand paper
2$ mono and crimps
90$ mori pencil point dyneema slip tip
27$ neptonics float line adapter,(this thing RULES!!!)
50$ beer money, for bribes for help and information and mood elevation
 

Attachments

  • 1st gun pics 007.jpg
    1st gun pics 007.jpg
    50.4 KB · Views: 150
  • 1st gun pics 008.jpg
    1st gun pics 008.jpg
    54.2 KB · Views: 148
  • 1st gun pics 010.jpg
    1st gun pics 010.jpg
    56 KB · Views: 162
  • 1st gun pics 014.jpg
    1st gun pics 014.jpg
    52.8 KB · Views: 157
here are some pics of the tracks after pouring the graphite and west system mix, i sanded one down and it is eady for milling. the other is still rough, i will hook that one up this weekend.
 

Attachments

  • newpics 009.jpg
    newpics 009.jpg
    64.5 KB · Views: 163
  • newpics 006.jpg
    newpics 006.jpg
    47 KB · Views: 149
  • one step further jan 09 001.jpg
    one step further jan 09 001.jpg
    70.7 KB · Views: 158
  • one step further jan 09 002.jpg
    one step further jan 09 002.jpg
    68.9 KB · Views: 152
DeeperBlue.com - The Worlds Largest Community Dedicated To Freediving, Scuba Diving and Spearfishing

ABOUT US

ISSN 1469-865X | Copyright © 1996 - 2024 deeperblue.net limited.

DeeperBlue.com is the World's Largest Community dedicated to Freediving, Scuba Diving, Ocean Advocacy and Diving Travel.

We've been dedicated to bringing you the freshest news, features and discussions from around the underwater world since 1996.

ADVERT