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Second hand rob Allen sparid

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What about the handle? Is it vecta 1? Should I change that as well?
 
I did wonder if that might be the case!

Some shark-fin equipped spears have fins quite far forward, which would shorten the effective stretch of the bands. I suppose that might be desirable in some cases (to power-down/ease loading) but would tend to negate the benefit of switching to a reverse-mech.

Some folk cut their (bulk rubber) bands shorter than normal to increase power (and/or perhaps to remove the gnarly deteriorated ends bits? ). But that makes it hard to load. I tend to cut mine a little longer than normal and have not yet felt tempted to shorten them.
 
Yeah I thought it was the old muzzle, reckon it’s worth changing?
I liked the old muzzle, I haven't tried or seen the newer one, but I have shifted to open muzzle last year or the year before and prefer that now, I find it a little quicker and easier to load. I see there are some 3-band muzzles available now too (probably 4-band ones too) but unless you are going big game hunting it seems a bit OTT (take a look at some of the record fish speared with 2 band RA spearguns ).
 
With the rubber length and type your local spear shop should set you up pretty well and even show you the knots so you can do it your self next time it’s a lot easier then YouTubing it.
Those mecks you couldn’t lean on them too much or they just wouldn’t fire so stick to the recommended length/size rubber.
Happy hunting
 
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