The Most elusive speargun manual

[centurionknight]

My dear friends and colleagues,

Greetings I am a scuba diver haunted by the ghost of a missing manual. In 1982 I bought a technisub La Spirotechnique Pulce 40 pneumatic speargun from Richards Aqualung located on 42 St. in New York, from where it happens I hail. I still have the speargun and all its parts. It still works like a charm however I seem to have misplaced That darn technical manual and seeking it is like seeking the Holy Grail. I've actually had dive shop owners laugh in my face for trying to find it. Every Star Wars fan I've come across has tried to mug me for it; it turns out that yaba the bubba fett used it on Hans Skywalker or something(no offense to Star Wars fans)...I come to you, my fellow frogmen and frogwomen, fins in hand, as a last resort, does anyone have a clue, advise, or even a feeling as to where I might find one? You would win a friend and dive buddy for life. I'm desperate, if this doen't work I'm consulting a spiritualist clairvoyant! Thanks in advance and sorry to ramble on...Take Care...Did I mention I was desperate? -David

 

[Don Paul]

This is the best I can do Luke Skywalker.
Cheers, Don Paul

 

[popgun pete]

The Technisub "Pulce" was also sold as the "Pirate". They came in 40 cm and 60 cm length models, the shorter gun had a holster to strap it to your leg. Main claim to fame is the elliptical aluminium body tank, so the exploded parts diagram posted by Don Paul is not distorted, those body cross sections really are ellipses. The handle frame over the top of the body tube construction was also used in the later "Jeans" and "Grinta" spearguns, but these guns had circular cross section tanks of 30 mm diameter.

It seems a pity that some old pneumatic spearguns get turned into "ray guns" by "Star Wars" enthusiasts, the Nemrod "Galeon" speargun being another "ray gun" parts source.

 

[centurionknight]

But I still can't find that *&!#ing(Blooming) manual. The fortuntelling even struck out!

 

[demasoni]

It may be worth contacting "Frenchie" as he may still have his and can copy the manual?

http://forums.deeperblue.com/goods-wanted/79648-wtb-technisub-pulce-speargun.html

 

[centurionknight]

Frenchie? Thanks I'll try to contact him right away, David

 

[centurionknight]

Thanks, I did find this on a Star Wars site or was It Star Trek, LOL, David