Pain Killer 4 loading

[ihab]

I've just bought an RA 100 cm Caranx, 20 mm bands and it seems to be a canon...not a spear gun......My first band gun as I'm used to pneumatic guns.

LOADING...wow and another WOWrofl

It HURTS LIKE HELL !

I have no problems in the actual loading of the band but the PAIN on my chest is just unbareable...:crutch

If I go on like this, I will probably end up loading the gun 1 or 2 times an hour maximum...not a lot of fun.

I do not wear wetsuits .....so it's just my skin & the RA canon...

Any suggestion to load the gun with minimum pain....will be great :thankyou

 

[Groupermadness]

Hi again Ihab. Yes i know the problem, when its warm sea and you dont wear a suit hard plastic and soft skin dont exactly get on, i overcame this problem in a simple but very effective way, get an old Flip-Flop cut to size and super-glue it to the loading stem, "Voila" a non slip soft loading pad for bare skin use, all my guns have this on them just in case i go TOPLESS like Sara.

 

[ihab]

Thank you ...THANK you ... THANK YOU

I went to my bedroom, tried it immedietly, and it worked super.

Thank You...you saved me a lot of pain...I was beginning to regret I ever switched to band guns.

BTW, we export our protein bars to Cyprus to a very well know bodybuilder (Stavros) in Cyprus...actually he is also a personal freind of mine.
www.advanced-sportsnutrition.com
That's my web site.

Do you think energy bars would be a good idea for spearos on the hunt.

Thanks again Groupermadness..I owe you one.

Ihab

Hi again Ihab. Yes i know the problem, when its warm sea and you dont wear a suit hard plastic and soft skin dont exactly get on, i overcame this problem in a simple but very effective way, get an old Flip-Flop cut to size and super-glue it to the loading stem, "Voila" a non slip soft loading pad for bare skin use, all my guns have this on them just in case i go TOPLESS like Sara.

 

[Shadowkiller]

If you wear a weightbelt you can also glue a patch of neoprene onto the buckle (if plastic) and load on that.

I spent two weeks loading my double rubber 1.3m RA while diving in 30deg water using the following sequence:

1 day in the middle of the chest
1 day on the left pectoral muscle
1 day on the right pectoral muscle
1 day in the middle of my stomach
1 day on my left hip
1 day on my right hip
and then switched to belt buckle loading (metal buckle) for 2 days.

I then looked as if someone had beaten me up.

The last 6 days I used my camera only.

 

[SpeerO]

Or you can get urself one of these.. I bought one but never really used it.

http://www.austinsdiving.com/pages/store/skudetail.nhtml?profile=accessories&uid=10718&returnURL=http%3A//www.austinsdiving.com/accessories

 

[greendiver]

Thank you ...THANK you ... THANK YOU

I went to my bedroom, tried it immedietly, and it worked super.

Thank You...you saved me a lot of pain...I was beginning to regret I ever switched to band guns.

BTW, we export our protein bars to Cyprus to a very well know bodybuilder (Stavros) in Cyprus...actually he is also a personal freind of mine.
www.advanced-sportsnutrition.com
That's my web site.

Do you think energy bars would be a good idea for spearos on the hunt.

Thanks again Groupermadness..I owe you one.

Ihab

Hehehe.. , I have noticed that, before going out, it is not good to eat a lot.:naughty
My best results are made on a high carbohidrate meal without any fat, rice with a bit of honey for example, at least 1 and a half hour before spearing!!
The digestion of rich foods of protein and fatty food, take to much energy from your body!!
Afterwards!! Proteinbars are fantastic:friday

 

[iceselkie]

I glued a thick 7mm piece of neoprene to the butt of my gun- flip flop is an interesting idea.

 

[Rockbrother]

I had the same problem with a 1.2m gun with 20mm rubber, even with a 5mm wetsuit (the loading pad was probably to low). At the end of a long day I would have a bump on my chest. I eventually switched to 2 x 16mm rubbers. Altough it takes longer to load it is much easier to load than the single 20mm rubber.

 

[poacher]

Hey shadow you need to learn to shoot staright then you won't be loading so often to get that bruised

 

[Shadowkiller]

Hey shadow you need to learn to shoot staright then you won't be loading so often to get that bruised

:t When you are shooting to feed 30 people, you take a few shots. :t

Trout, tuskies, Spanish Mack, Emperor ect etc

 

[Pocoshower]

:t When you are shooting to feed 30 people, you take a few shots. :t

Trout, tuskies, Spanish Mack, Emperor ect etc

When you have 30 people to feed, better start looking for other uses of ruber. . . rofl

 

[Jez]

get an old strip off a 5mm or thicker wetsuit and fold it over as many times as you want. Then sew it together with someting like fishing nylon. Fix it to the but with a bunch or rubber bands (aslo acts as a handy store for rubber bands if you want to lash them around lobster claws etc). I've got a 20mm wedge on my butt (he he), works great. Oh and I've got a 5mm suit on too, so that's 25mm but hey I'm a big softy.

 

[jharryd]

hey thats an awesome tip i never thout of that
=)

 

[freediver7]

Sometimes I load my RA on the home grown padding of my fat gut.

 

[huntersinstinct]

I used to have the challenge of bruising my chest whenever I would go spearfishing 20MM band 90CM gun but lately the bruises have become less, I think my chest is actually getting used to it. I have tried weigh lifting grips and have heard the flip flop thing as well. I also heard that a squeegee has the right texture of rubber. I personally though like to keep the gun as basic as possible without over accessrising. your out there to hunt, be a man and take some pain. its good for you.......

 

[freediver7]

Took my RA 120 with a hard 20 Mill band on a Mexico Reef hunting trip. This gun is so hard to load that most of my friends can’t budge it. I whore a surf suit because the water was 80 something degrees. Loading the 120 the first five times was easy after that my chest started getting tender. I slipped a Frisbee under my wet suite as a hardened shooting pad. The Frisbee helped but my chest was bruised all to hell by then.

 

[seaman]

rofl

When you have 30 people to feed, better start looking for other uses of ruber. . . rofl[/QUOTe


rofl rofl rofl rofl

 

[SpeerO]

your out there to hunt, be a man and take some pain. its good for you.......

LOOOOL... Word man... I concur!!

So true tho.. it will hurt in the begining but then ull get used to it.

Zane

 

[Marwan]

i never got used to it, put a pad i say, be comfortable so that you could enjoy it more
now that sounds like a classic "always" commercial, just remember tp use the ad with wings hahahahaahhahaaa

 

[deep thinker]

That which doesnt kill you makes you stronger I say