new mid handle completed

[jtkwest]

i have been making a bunch of new guns. this is one of the new ones.: overall 61" track is 52" 6 vertical teak strips 2 horizontal, for an 8 piece laminate. stock is 1 5/8" wide 1 15/16" tall. fully enclosed track, poured graphite and cut in place. neptonics tuna trigger mech, neptonics handle frame. ballasted with 2 1/2 lbs of lead for neutral buoyancy,VERY slightly heavy at the tip,(i like that) shoots a 5/16"x65" riffe spear with riffe slip tip. slim front wings, and 4 really tight bands.weighs 16.5lbs fully rigged. low recoil. high power this is a great wahoo gun!

 

[jtkwest]

i also adde a bayonet spike in the front, since i use this gun in blue water with a breakaway set up, this way, if i shoot a fish, i still got a sharp tip to poke with, or attachach a powerhead to. i still havent glued a piece of flip flop on the butt yet. i need to it was killing me all day today,(we went for wahoo, with ny-er in my boat)(didnt get any, saw some but couldnt get close enough)


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[foxfish]

Hey mate you are getting pretty good at this gun building

 

[jtkwest]

Hey mate you are getting pretty good at this gun building

thanks. you know its funny, when i started gunbuilding about 2 years ago. i did it as a way to turn a 24" ab biller into a 50" gun.i really thought i had done something special but i learned two things: i really didnt know anything, BUT i had some skills and needed to keep trying. i really have db to thank, as far as info is concerned. there really is a wealth of info on this site.i really was never aware of things like enclosed tracks, and even mid handles.

 

[Salehthefish]

Hey man wonderful work not to add on FoxFish his words are enough!!!

Wish one day i will b able to make my bazoka

 

[Tango2Echo]

Very nice work. I've seen some so-called customs that were not as nice. What kind of range do you have on large fish like wahoo? I'm working on a few projects at the moment, and will soon start a new bluewater gun much like this one.

tim

 

[jtkwest]

Very nice work. I've seen some so-called customs that were not as nice. What kind of range do you have on large fish like wahoo? I'm working on a few projects at the moment, and will soon start a new bluewater gun much like this one.

tim

thanks for the compliments.
i have only fired it three times, so i'm not sure about the range. i took it out for wahoo 4 times but couldnt get close enough. so i didnt get to fire it. last time though, i decided to try it out on some chubs,(always plentiful in the blue water here. this gun is so much more powerful than anything i have ever fired! i would say an easy 25ft shot gun on horizontal shots. more on down angle shots. very little recoil though, (i guess cause all the weight)
jason

 

[jtkwest]

oops those are pics of the wrong gun.thats the euro.