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RIFFE Euro Style Speargun Series "MAG-TRACK"

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The gun is a moderate sinker with the stock shaft but when tried with RA 7.5mm shaft its really heavy in the hand. However it floats after the shot.
I tried it with 2x18mm bands and short RA shaft 150. The shot goes up. I attribute it to the overpowering and the bad RA flopper.
I'll stick to 2x16 bands from now on. The original shaft with 2x16 shoots straight.

As I added the reel the gun is not balanced, the muzzle is lighter than its middle section. So I guess I'd use a strip of wood under the barrel to add the buoyancy and increase the overall mass to fight the recoil.
 
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it sounds like your headed in the right direction!!
good luck!!
I had wondered what adding a reel would do to the allready nicely shooting Euro.
I think I will stick to a floatline+Bouy+reef setup gun. I use three wraps of Mono so the range is quite nice. how Does the reel affect the range?
I still wish I had my Omer Cobra, I just liked the way it shot, lightening fast and accurate.

best of luck, and dive safe,

TBGSUB
 
tbgsub said:
I had wondered what adding a reel would do to the allready nicely shooting Euro.
TBGSUB
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Well you still can wrap couple of mono loops around. I think I have enough range with one loop (about 6m). 120gun + 160spear + 130*2line + 50hand.


It needs a good shaft and then you will hit the bull's eye every time. With the stock 6.75 shaft I think the best option is a single 20mm Riffe band.
Can't really use the 7.5mm without modifying it (too heavy).
 

Did you have to modify the track to accept the thicker shaft? I have a 110 riffe euro with the stock shaft and it seems to fit pretty tight as it is.
 
No, just had to shave a millimeter from the RA 7.5 spear butt to get the trigger accept it.
 
Well you still can wrap couple of mono loops around. I think I have enough range with one loop (about 6m)
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hey thats exactly what I did! only I added 300lb mono just in case.

what I am realizing now is if anything is going to fail with a flopper, it is the flopper will rip out or break before anything else does, so the shot better be good on a big fish, or he gets everything.
 
In case of RA spears you can build a house on their flopper. The problem with this flopper is it affects the trajectory of the shot.
Riffe uses light floppers but they are still sturdy enough to withstand a 50kg monster. The spear itself will be bent for sure.
 
we alot of bent shafts out here. thats why we aim for just behind the eye at the top of the gill plate, otherwise its a lost shot, but if its GT (giant travally) shoot straight into the head if possible.
 
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