For those few of you who experienced interest in an open muzzled euro gun - here's my latest modified gun. Now open muzzle - with a rail!
After obtaining a carbon fiber beuchat for a very good price, I picked up an open muzzle from a friend who makes them(same person I got the gun from).
To start, I removed the stock muzzle from the gun. I had a section of JBL track I bought that was about 1-2 inches shorter than the barrel of the gun......... so I cut the end off of the carbon fiber barrel. Not the smartest thing to do, but I'm really pleased with the results, so no complaints.
With the freshly cut barrel - I lined up the muzzle with a spearshaft, put in some 5-minute epoxy, then permanently inserted the muzzle. Then I took some rubbing alcohol, cleaned the top of the barrel well, and laid the track down as straight as I could. Apparently this wasn't very straight
Laced up some bands(could only scrounge up some red ones), and rigged up my shooting line and bungie. Realized that I didn't have the right shaft for an open muzzle gun(notches instead of pins), but once again my friend came to the rescue with a slightly modified stock shaft(picture 7). I've recently added a more heavy duty shaft I picked up from Carl Krupansky at National Divers.
As far as accuracy? Pure bliss. Growing up in Hawaii, I've always used open tracked guns like Riffes or Wongs & I'm so used to sighting down the shaft/barrel without the obstruction of a closed muzzle. Even my first JBL magnum had an open top of the muzzle. Using this gun is like second nature - just look straight down the shaft at the fish & gently squeeze that trigger. My first try out with this gun I aimed at 10 fish & hit all 10. Aiming for the brain, my worst shot was less than an inch off target!!! Of course, this may be attributable to Nor. Cal's "stupid fish"
To spare those of you with slower connections, I made the following page on my website for viewing pics.
http://www.hapaboy.com/temp/open/
Here's one sample pic:
After obtaining a carbon fiber beuchat for a very good price, I picked up an open muzzle from a friend who makes them(same person I got the gun from).
To start, I removed the stock muzzle from the gun. I had a section of JBL track I bought that was about 1-2 inches shorter than the barrel of the gun......... so I cut the end off of the carbon fiber barrel. Not the smartest thing to do, but I'm really pleased with the results, so no complaints.
With the freshly cut barrel - I lined up the muzzle with a spearshaft, put in some 5-minute epoxy, then permanently inserted the muzzle. Then I took some rubbing alcohol, cleaned the top of the barrel well, and laid the track down as straight as I could. Apparently this wasn't very straight
Laced up some bands(could only scrounge up some red ones), and rigged up my shooting line and bungie. Realized that I didn't have the right shaft for an open muzzle gun(notches instead of pins), but once again my friend came to the rescue with a slightly modified stock shaft(picture 7). I've recently added a more heavy duty shaft I picked up from Carl Krupansky at National Divers.
As far as accuracy? Pure bliss. Growing up in Hawaii, I've always used open tracked guns like Riffes or Wongs & I'm so used to sighting down the shaft/barrel without the obstruction of a closed muzzle. Even my first JBL magnum had an open top of the muzzle. Using this gun is like second nature - just look straight down the shaft at the fish & gently squeeze that trigger. My first try out with this gun I aimed at 10 fish & hit all 10. Aiming for the brain, my worst shot was less than an inch off target!!! Of course, this may be attributable to Nor. Cal's "stupid fish"
To spare those of you with slower connections, I made the following page on my website for viewing pics.
http://www.hapaboy.com/temp/open/
Here's one sample pic:
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