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Speargun Shooting Tests
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To counter this i will ask 5 spearos to shoot all the guns in sequence.
One shot on each and then repeat 5 times. This will not allow the spearo to get used to any particular gun and aim naturally.
If on all five shots the same spearo shoots high but hits the same spot all the time, we can say that the gun shoots straight although the spearo is aiming high.
If on the other hand all shots are fired to different parts of the target, we can say the gun is inaccurate
One shot on each and then repeat 5 times. This will not allow the spearo to get used to any particular gun and aim naturally.
If on all five shots the same spearo shoots high but hits the same spot all the time, we can say that the gun shoots straight although the spearo is aiming high.
If on the other hand all shots are fired to different parts of the target, we can say the gun is inaccurate
Rig/Shane
How many mid-handles are you planning on testing ?
I think I am right in guessing that all the guns will be based on a basic design (rear handled Euro).
Therefore the test should be pretty relevant. Sure it would be hard to compare a tuna plank to a bass 'wand' - but I think that they are all of the same basic design and therefore of the same basic class ?!
Ed
How many mid-handles are you planning on testing ?
I think I am right in guessing that all the guns will be based on a basic design (rear handled Euro).
Therefore the test should be pretty relevant. Sure it would be hard to compare a tuna plank to a bass 'wand' - but I think that they are all of the same basic design and therefore of the same basic class ?!
Ed
Shane I think a good objective test would be to compare the dispersion of say five shots from one gun against the dispersion of another gun but comparing the successive shots of all 5 guns with relation to the target might not be so objective.
You can eliminate the human error factor from your experiment if you make a cement/lead base with vice-like brackets that will hold the gun in a fixed position.
That will give an accurate reference point. The ideally accurate speargun is one that in a fixed position can shoot the spear every time repeatedly in the same place/hole. So a target when using this method is not necessary. The gun fired from a fixed position that has the closest grouping of shots will be the most accurate.
Nikos
You can eliminate the human error factor from your experiment if you make a cement/lead base with vice-like brackets that will hold the gun in a fixed position.
That will give an accurate reference point. The ideally accurate speargun is one that in a fixed position can shoot the spear every time repeatedly in the same place/hole. So a target when using this method is not necessary. The gun fired from a fixed position that has the closest grouping of shots will be the most accurate.
Nikos
Murat
Ive seen it done before in a Spearing Show where the manufacturers of a gun (Balco)wanted to prove its accuracy by exhibiting the close grouping of the shots. They used a fresh water tank and a fixed base with 2 brackets on which they mounted the speargun to take shots. The results from this test were published in some magazines causing alot of discussion and other gun brands were reputedly making similar tests at that time. This was in 1993-4.
Ive seen it done before in a Spearing Show where the manufacturers of a gun (Balco)wanted to prove its accuracy by exhibiting the close grouping of the shots. They used a fresh water tank and a fixed base with 2 brackets on which they mounted the speargun to take shots. The results from this test were published in some magazines causing alot of discussion and other gun brands were reputedly making similar tests at that time. This was in 1993-4.
I agree entirely with murat.
A gun has to be able to cope with recoil. That is 90% of the accuracy right there.
Think about a gun with say 15 bands :O
If you clamp it, the accuracy will be there. But try hitting a fish with it rofl
Thanks for the ideas though
Shane
A gun has to be able to cope with recoil. That is 90% of the accuracy right there.
Think about a gun with say 15 bands :O
If you clamp it, the accuracy will be there. But try hitting a fish with it rofl
Thanks for the ideas though
Shane