need help flopper vs slip tip

[niorges]

hello I'm working on a wooden 90 cm gun for shalow (no more than 10 m) hunting and i need help about using slip tip or flopper thx..

 

[Bill McIntyre]

If its a 90 cm gun then I assume you won't be shooting really big fish and a flopper will be fine. Of course it also depends on the flesh of the fish. For instance in Southern California our premier game fish are white sea bass. Their flesh is soft and the commonly weight more than 50 pounds and can pull hard, so slip tips are used by almost everyone.

Another consideration is whether you will be shooting reef fish near rocks. Slip tips are very expensive and don't survive shots into rocks. If a flopper tip gets damaged, you can just file or grind it sharp again.

 

[niorges]

ok thanks i think the flopper will be the better option cause the gun is for reef fish, but i'm planning to diy a sliptip so ain't gonna cost a lot. Here in Cuba this kind of gear is hard to find we don't have spearfishing stores that's why i'm considering make it and try it, see how works near rocks.

 

[Bill McIntyre]

It won’t work near rocks at all.

 

[hteas]

If you are going to use a slip tip around rocks (bent tip or tip pounded onto shaft) or coral reefs (shaft becoming permanently attached to the reef), use less power (longer bands or smaller diameter bands). The shaft will last much longer.

 

[niorges]

i'll guess i'm going for the flopper is easer to diy and reload is faster with flopper than sliptip thanks all.