Don,t do this!

[covert]

thanks to your inspiration DT and myself went on a suicide mission this weekend lol was lots of fun.

 

[Geoff]

Obviously was,nt successful then,better luck next time!,

 

[covert]

lol if at first you dont succeed try and try again.

 

[Jonny250]

Hey Geoff, Glad you're still with us, scary story.
I wonder whether a leash attachment like the surfers use for their boards would work - neoprene backed velcro with swivel to the lanyard - you could exchange the normal thick chord for a thinner line. Buy Surf Leashes at Surfinghardware.co.uk

Just an idea from a guy who cant even load his speargun yet...
JohnB

 

[covert]

nah johnny never attach a gun to your body no matter what contraption you use, inventive though ill give you that

 

[Geoff]

Hi Covert,Don,t try too hard, eh.
Hi Jonny 250,Thank,s,good avice from Covert,take it.What gun do you have?.

 

[Jonny250]

Hi Geoff, I have a Beuchat 750 Mundial. I found out today why I cant load it - the guy in the shop rigged the wishone upside down - doh (you can tell how little I know now as I didn't work it out). Point taken about not attaching the gun to yourself at all...
Cheers.

 

[covert]

we all have to start somewhere

 

[Geoff]

Jonny 250,Respect,but that did make me laugh, thank,s.Incidentally,I went to buy a handle for a band gun I was making,the sale,s lady(the owner of the shop)could,nt tell me what a little button on it was for,saying, "oh it,s nothing," I told her ,"I was,nt going to buy it if she could,nt tell me exactly what it was for" & that, "She should,nt sell equipment when she did,nt know how it worked".So I walk,d out & went into another shop just along the road,that guy had exactly the same handle,but it was on a "complete gun",I asked him what the little button was for,he replied "oh ,that, oh, it,s nothing",he also could,nt tell me,so I left.It turns out, that that, "little button" is to adjust the sensitivity of the trigger.These people sell "dangerous",not potentially dangerous,but dangerous equipment.They should have a thorough understanding of this equipment.I should say that this took place in Spain,Where, in my experience, all they want is "Your Money"!. Point is,(to all of us) don't rely on the shop staff,they don't always no what their talking about!...Geoff.

 

[Adrian]

You have to go to a proper spearo/freediving shop (there's one in Figueres and another in Girona, Geoff), apart from Subprof and Subashop not too far from L'Escala). The other shops that sell general boat or dive equipment plus the odd speargun won't have an idea.

A friend lent me one of his guns and forgot to tlell me that he had made the trigger very sensitive. A few minutes into the session my finger just slightly brushes the trigger and the gun goes off, luckily I'm not in the habit of pointing my gun anywhere near my buddies, even if the safety is on. My friends were just a few meters away.