sodwana, got this loner off the sand. equipment, 7mm spear RA 1.3. single 16mm rubber.
ok, so we were stuffing around after a good days diving. i had unintentionally fed a large potato bass by spearing a green jobfish a little too close to the reef. these potato basses are big (100+kg) bullies and a real menace to spearos. the encounter left my spear looking like a noodle. now i want to say that loading and shooting a speargun out of water is really irresponsible and i havent ever done it in my 5 years diving, but i was curious and my spear was stuffed, so i cut the line off and loaded it into my mates 1.3 and shot this bin. what amazed me, and why i am posting the pic, was the penetration. through both sides of the bin which was really tough plastic, about 1cm thick. we had to bang it out with a block of wood, about 2mm at a time! this was with a 16mm rubber that wasnt too hard to load.
a good reminder how lethal these things are, and why we shouldnt stuff around with them, like shooting dust bins.
cheers
mark
ok, so we were stuffing around after a good days diving. i had unintentionally fed a large potato bass by spearing a green jobfish a little too close to the reef. these potato basses are big (100+kg) bullies and a real menace to spearos. the encounter left my spear looking like a noodle. now i want to say that loading and shooting a speargun out of water is really irresponsible and i havent ever done it in my 5 years diving, but i was curious and my spear was stuffed, so i cut the line off and loaded it into my mates 1.3 and shot this bin. what amazed me, and why i am posting the pic, was the penetration. through both sides of the bin which was really tough plastic, about 1cm thick. we had to bang it out with a block of wood, about 2mm at a time! this was with a 16mm rubber that wasnt too hard to load.
a good reminder how lethal these things are, and why we shouldnt stuff around with them, like shooting dust bins.
cheers
mark