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I need help with my new toy

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bake

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Alright, I just bought this scubapro speargun at a yard sale for $2.

I now need a shaft and and a band, I think one larger band would be better than two smaller ones, but I don't know. Tell me please. I think I'm gonna try to talk to my local dive shop and see if they can help.

I think the piece that holds the line is broke, it just moves freely right now, I don't know if it will lock in when a shaft is inserted?


Any help/tips would be greatly appreciated, I'm gonna try to go for a few short dives next weekend.
 
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That piece that holds the line does not click into place and stay rigid until the spear is notched in. It goes limp once the spear is released so that it can release the line. At least that's how it works on my sporasub...it's a pretty standard mechanism so i assume it functions the same. $2 WOW great buy. Shaft and bands will probably run $30-$40 for a new shaft and $20 for a couple of bands. Still a great deal though.
 
you should have bargained...never go for the retail price what were you thinking, you could have got it for 1.80$ easy!!!!
better luck next time...

On a side note, i think thats the first time the shaft and band will cost 10-20 times as much the gun
 
Where I can get some bands and shafts? I figure if I can order them from some place in FL by about Tuesday, I might could have them by the weekend UPS Ground.
 
The bands can be had anywhere but I suspect the shaft will have to come from Ray Odor. The scubapro uses a non standard shaft and I think he makes them to order
 
I just talked to him, hopefully he'll be able to do something.
 
Cool, try pming slingshaft who posted in that other thread, he seems to be the font of knowledge with the scubapro. Certainly a gun worth having, $2? Jeez!! rofl lucky bugger!
 
Yeah, but it looks like it might be tough to find a shaft, I emailed Ray that pic in the other thread, he's working on it.
 
I got a lead on a 48" shaft for about $40, what do y'all think? Too long?
 
How long is it from the end of the muzzle to where the shaft fits into the trigger? We don't know how long your gun is
 
bake said:
I got a lead on a 48" shaft for about $40, what do y'all think? Too long?
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If its all you can find you can always cut it and put a new flopper on it. Not all that hard to do.
 
Sorry, I guess I never did post that info. It's 38" from end to where it fits in. And to blaiz, huh???
 
rebuild the tip is what he means is cut off and make it shorter then put on a new flopper and point
 
no that sounds about right. Is that when its clicked into the trigger?
 
10" past the end of the gun sounds like the right size. You dont want anything longer than that as the shaft will bend down with gravity. Anythig shorter and you are taking the reach out of the gun

buy it! Sounds cheap too... $40? My shafts are like $60. Make sure that if its a used shaft that its not bent!

good luck!
 
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