H.Dessault Gear

[glowworm]

back to original, dessault gear thread, and sorry for peeing on someones bonfire here, but I have the non-carbon 75 with matching reel. It is not a very good gun IMHO:

- the coated tube is too thick, hard to use in cross-currents
- my trigger/ safety exploded on a dive, first time I have ever aborted a dive day due to a bad gun. The solution was to entirely disassemble and permanently remove safety.
- the reel is flimsier that a fisher-price toy
- the guide in the barrel and muzzle was 3mm off, i had to re-grind it to line up
- the spears bend easily (they are that brownish steel, no, not hardened, but is some kinda rust prevention)
- it just feels cheap
- i can't hit much with it (probably lack of love on my part)

Azapa i am suprised you have had your troubles. I will confess that the non-carbon 75cm is not aswell built as the carbon 90cm i have.

I cannot comment on the real as i don not use one.

I have shot many many fish with my 75cm though

 

[Mr. X]

Sorry for the late contribution to this thread but I was surprised to see so many folk using rubber O-rings and similar to hold the barb against the spear. I do this from time to time (I bought a load of mixed O-rings some years ago as part of a large order from one of the on-line hardware warehouses); the small O-rings fit the XXV's 6.3mm spear perfectly. However once you fire - especially when you hit a fish - the O-ring soon ends up way down by the muzzle bungee. I simply don't have the time/patience to be resetting that each shot. So, if I use one, I set it in place at home & its only good until I take the first shot/fish.

How does that compare to your use of the rings? (Or is this essential for the double-barb spear mentioned earlier in the thread?)