First of all, hello. I'm just getting started shooting fish. I've done a lot of research and lurked here and on other spearfishing boards a lot. I'm pretty much down to choosing a gun or two.
If anyone is sick of this question, my apologies.
I live on the west coast of Puerto Rico. At this point I'll mostly be doing shore based freedives on reefs, none of really deep. So far it looks like the vis I'm finding is 25' at best but it could get much better. Sometimes it is pretty bad. I don't think I have much interest in trying to shoot in viz less than about 10'. Most of the fish I've seen so far haven't been huge. I've seen snapper up to probably 20 pounds. I doubt I'd regularly be into anything bigger than that. I have no interest in ciguatera either and I'm not after trophies, just dinner. On the other hand, I don't want to be undergunned if something a bit bigger looks interesting (permit? snook?) and I may like to be able to take a bit longer of a shot for shy fish(?).
For myself I've been thinking of the following guns:
OMER Excaliber or Dragon....or, spend more and get either...
RA or Rabitech in Aluminum
or
OMER T-20
The Questions:
for what I'll be doing, would the Excaliber be sufficient? Would the railguns be unnecessary (too much?) power for drilling fish around reefs? Would I pick up significant accuracy by spending a bit more?
Are there any other low-cost, yet still decent guns I should consider (picasso, beauchat,sporasub,etc)? I've seen the cheaper JBL guns and I'm not impressed.
Another thought...I'd like to be able to use circular bands instead of screw-ins (or would I?).
I'm also interested in getting a gun for my wife. She's 5'5", 115#, but very athletic. I need something that she won't struggle loading. Can anyone suggest a good gun for her? I was thinking that having a bit shorter gun for holes would be good anyway.
I'm on a budget (read unemployed) so I think Riffe, Wong, etc. will have to wait until I get a job. The highest priced guns I'm looking at are less than $300. I'd like to spend less than a total of $400 on both guns, less is better.
Thanks,
Mike
If anyone is sick of this question, my apologies.
I live on the west coast of Puerto Rico. At this point I'll mostly be doing shore based freedives on reefs, none of really deep. So far it looks like the vis I'm finding is 25' at best but it could get much better. Sometimes it is pretty bad. I don't think I have much interest in trying to shoot in viz less than about 10'. Most of the fish I've seen so far haven't been huge. I've seen snapper up to probably 20 pounds. I doubt I'd regularly be into anything bigger than that. I have no interest in ciguatera either and I'm not after trophies, just dinner. On the other hand, I don't want to be undergunned if something a bit bigger looks interesting (permit? snook?) and I may like to be able to take a bit longer of a shot for shy fish(?).
For myself I've been thinking of the following guns:
OMER Excaliber or Dragon....or, spend more and get either...
RA or Rabitech in Aluminum
or
OMER T-20
The Questions:
for what I'll be doing, would the Excaliber be sufficient? Would the railguns be unnecessary (too much?) power for drilling fish around reefs? Would I pick up significant accuracy by spending a bit more?
Are there any other low-cost, yet still decent guns I should consider (picasso, beauchat,sporasub,etc)? I've seen the cheaper JBL guns and I'm not impressed.
Another thought...I'd like to be able to use circular bands instead of screw-ins (or would I?).
I'm also interested in getting a gun for my wife. She's 5'5", 115#, but very athletic. I need something that she won't struggle loading. Can anyone suggest a good gun for her? I was thinking that having a bit shorter gun for holes would be good anyway.
I'm on a budget (read unemployed) so I think Riffe, Wong, etc. will have to wait until I get a job. The highest priced guns I'm looking at are less than $300. I'd like to spend less than a total of $400 on both guns, less is better.
Thanks,
Mike