Im with Newbie also.. I like the squid shape. If i couldnt pick that id go with long and sleak looking.
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The DeeperBlue.net Gun Building Extravaganza - Gun Options 2 - Length and Bands
- Thread starter Stephan Whelan
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too many UK voters on these polls i saymaybe equate my vote for 4 of those UK blokes
Yes you are right but the voting is still closer than I thought it would be!
I guess we all vote for what we would like to win but I did not vote for what would be the most suitable gun for my type of hunting - I have plenty of 90 single band guns!
Only a few more days left on this poll so regardless of what you voted for keep the suggestions comming
Whatever the final design the gun will be beautiful & special.
This is a great idea, the best of the best designing and building an epic gun!
with my limited knowledge i have voted for the 90, but would choose as much power as possible, so at least 2 bands, high mass(which I guess is an advantage of a wooden gun).
Personally, I'd like to see a QR tripod mount built into / under the barrel just forward of mid-length...
with my limited knowledge i have voted for the 90, but would choose as much power as possible, so at least 2 bands, high mass(which I guess is an advantage of a wooden gun).
Personally, I'd like to see a QR tripod mount built into / under the barrel just forward of mid-length...
I voted euro 100 twin band too because....
...my 106 has a muzzle for just one band and I can't change the muzzle because it's stuck in the barrel for salt and rust! rofl
Now I have some inputs scattered thoughts on what has been said by the other friends here:
-reverse trigger. The trigger with the loading notches back 7cm (i-e. the mech behind the trigger) was "invented" by Marco Bonfanti of C4 on the Monoscocca guns, AFAIK, all the others came after and copied (Cayman, Pathos, Effesub et cetera et cetera all copied this type of design).
It's a good solution because it gives a longer band stretch and more "power" compared to other guns of equal overall length. But it requirers a longer loading pad, to avoid the loading become unergonomic and difficult.
-squid section. The squid section, or ellyptical, or "cuttlefish bone" section for the barrell is very good for side tracking because it "cuts" the water in the left-right swinging. BUT you must take care of the position of bands: if the bands protrude too much above the barrell, they will spoil the hydrodinamic effect of the ellyptycal barrell.
I mean it's not just the nude barrell who must have an ellytpical section: it must be the barrell+bands as a whole who must have an ellyptical section. Thats why the bands must be somehow hidden in the profile of the barrell by some kind of groove carved in the sides of the barrel.
Hope this helps
...my 106 has a muzzle for just one band and I can't change the muzzle because it's stuck in the barrel for salt and rust! rofl
Now I have some inputs scattered thoughts on what has been said by the other friends here:
-reverse trigger. The trigger with the loading notches back 7cm (i-e. the mech behind the trigger) was "invented" by Marco Bonfanti of C4 on the Monoscocca guns, AFAIK, all the others came after and copied (Cayman, Pathos, Effesub et cetera et cetera all copied this type of design).
It's a good solution because it gives a longer band stretch and more "power" compared to other guns of equal overall length. But it requirers a longer loading pad, to avoid the loading become unergonomic and difficult.
-squid section. The squid section, or ellyptical, or "cuttlefish bone" section for the barrell is very good for side tracking because it "cuts" the water in the left-right swinging. BUT you must take care of the position of bands: if the bands protrude too much above the barrell, they will spoil the hydrodinamic effect of the ellyptycal barrell.
I mean it's not just the nude barrell who must have an ellytpical section: it must be the barrell+bands as a whole who must have an ellyptical section. Thats why the bands must be somehow hidden in the profile of the barrell by some kind of groove carved in the sides of the barrel.
Hope this helps
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You ALL Listen to ME now!!!
YOU MUST VOTE 100 DOUBLE BANDS!
In any case you will be able to use it with just one single band when you don't need the double. And since it will have a rail and open muzzle, you will be able to use it with a shorter shaft, so that its overall length will be equal to a 90.
If you vote 90 single, your gun will be nothing else than a 90 single. But if you vote for a 100 double, you'll have more options available on your gun.
100 double rules:martial
YOU MUST VOTE 100 DOUBLE BANDS!
In any case you will be able to use it with just one single band when you don't need the double. And since it will have a rail and open muzzle, you will be able to use it with a shorter shaft, so that its overall length will be equal to a 90.
If you vote 90 single, your gun will be nothing else than a 90 single. But if you vote for a 100 double, you'll have more options available on your gun.
100 double rules:martial
I'm just sulking because I wanted to see the GITS make a Tuna gun 
C'mon 110cm with twin band!!!!:ko He's just been sitting back till now watching the other lengths dual it out, now they're starting to go into O2 debt and the 110cm is coming home FAST!!!
I'll be the proud new owner of a RA 100cm CARANX Soon so I figure Either give me a little more or go the 90cm so I got more of a reef gun for the Shallower depths. Either way I'm not too fussed SO LONG AS I WIN IT!!!!:inlove
I'll be the proud new owner of a RA 100cm CARANX Soon so I figure Either give me a little more or go the 90cm so I got more of a reef gun for the Shallower depths. Either way I'm not too fussed SO LONG AS I WIN IT!!!!:inlove
110 twin band says Bluewater'ish and reef...its all good... the longer the stick the longer the shaft the more penetration, forward and aftrofl