Hiya
Congrats on the new gun!!!! Great weapon!!!
Regarding the loading issue.......well, we ALL battled to load our Railguns!!
There are a few things which make loading the gun easier. Wear a loading pad on your wetsuit. Your chest will still get bruised, but after a short while, the bruising goes away and NEVER returns
. Wear gloves, they do help. Also remember that loading it in the water is easier than loading it on land, safer too.
That said, remember that loading it is more tecnique than brute strength. I assume that you have twin 16mm bands on. They're not very difficult to load. Try this:
Hold the gun's grip in your right hand.
Now grab the rubber with your left, very close to the wishbone.
keeping the gun horizontal, PUSH the guns handle onto your chest. Look at your wetsuits loading pad, thats where the guns butt should be.
The left hand should still be holding the rubber, which will be under slight tension.
Now use you right hand and grip the same rubber, also close to the wishbone.
Pull back the rubber with both hands, whilst pushing your chest forward.
EASIER said than done!!
If you're still battling, put a additional loading notch about 20cm in front of your first notch. Then load it to the loading notch, THEN to the proper notch.
Hope this helps!!
Regards
miles