Hello everyone,
I have been spearfishing for about 20 years and always used bandguns. After trying my friend's pneumatic however, I wanted to own one in order to play with it a bit!
I just got a SEAC asso 90, choosen it for it's polyvalence, as I do a mix of open water and cave hunting. So far so good!
At the moment it's really stock, and it seems I get about 2.50 to 3 meters of thread usable range from my tests. (+ gun length + arm length + shaft lenght, that gives something like 5m - 5m50 "eyes to fish" distance
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1) Haven't pumped it (it's supposed to be 20 bars upon delivery, but I can't check). It's however quite easy to load.
Stupid question probably, but is it possible to "pump it too much" with the manual pump?
How many pumps would you suggest to put it to 25 bars, if it was actually 20? The manual is unfortunately just 1 page and doesn't talk numbers![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I have browsed the forum a bit, and it seems you suggest to put some oil before pumping it the first time. Is some wd40 ok for example?
2) It's delivered with a thick 3mm cord, I believe to increase the range, I should rather switch to something thinner, like 1.5mm Nylon. Does anyone have the numbers to see how thread thickness really affects speed?
3) mods: I have stumbled on quite many threads about them (Tomba, mamba, Tovarich kit etc..). From what I understand they allow to shoot "dry barrel" and avoid the friction of water in the barrel, so the shaft comes out faster and travels further.
However a few things are still not super clear:
A. What are the differences between these mods?
B. What are the drawbacks of using these mods?
C. Can I still shoot rather point blank for cave hunting?
D. Any idea of the shaft speed/extra range you can get in %?
E . Last but not least: It seems they need to be made custom for the gun, an idea of where I can get them made for my SEAC Asso 90? In another thread I have read, I saw @tromic was maybe making some.
That was a long first post, thanks for reading and looking forward to discussing with you!
I have been spearfishing for about 20 years and always used bandguns. After trying my friend's pneumatic however, I wanted to own one in order to play with it a bit!
I just got a SEAC asso 90, choosen it for it's polyvalence, as I do a mix of open water and cave hunting. So far so good!
At the moment it's really stock, and it seems I get about 2.50 to 3 meters of thread usable range from my tests. (+ gun length + arm length + shaft lenght, that gives something like 5m - 5m50 "eyes to fish" distance
1) Haven't pumped it (it's supposed to be 20 bars upon delivery, but I can't check). It's however quite easy to load.
Stupid question probably, but is it possible to "pump it too much" with the manual pump?
How many pumps would you suggest to put it to 25 bars, if it was actually 20? The manual is unfortunately just 1 page and doesn't talk numbers
I have browsed the forum a bit, and it seems you suggest to put some oil before pumping it the first time. Is some wd40 ok for example?
2) It's delivered with a thick 3mm cord, I believe to increase the range, I should rather switch to something thinner, like 1.5mm Nylon. Does anyone have the numbers to see how thread thickness really affects speed?
3) mods: I have stumbled on quite many threads about them (Tomba, mamba, Tovarich kit etc..). From what I understand they allow to shoot "dry barrel" and avoid the friction of water in the barrel, so the shaft comes out faster and travels further.
However a few things are still not super clear:
A. What are the differences between these mods?
B. What are the drawbacks of using these mods?
C. Can I still shoot rather point blank for cave hunting?
D. Any idea of the shaft speed/extra range you can get in %?
E . Last but not least: It seems they need to be made custom for the gun, an idea of where I can get them made for my SEAC Asso 90? In another thread I have read, I saw @tromic was maybe making some.
That was a long first post, thanks for reading and looking forward to discussing with you!