Hi everyone
I'm new here, thanks for all of the useful info I read on the threads.
I would say I am pretty inexperienced compared to everyone on here and have only been spearfishing on my own.
I am hoping to meet other people and further develop hence the below question...
Sorry if this question has already been covered:
I don't want to start a debate as to whether pneumatic or band guns are better but for a few situational reasons I have decided to get a pneumatic gun.
I have previously used both both pneumatic and band spearguns - with bands you can see quite clearly when it is not loaded.
Although the user of a pneumatic speargun should know whether it is loaded - from my experience with shooting rifles and shotguns it is good etiquette to be able to demonstrate safety to other people around you.
I have been in very close proximity to 2 separate incidents of firearms being discharged unintentionally. These were both from people I would have never expected this to happen.
Both incidents involved semi-automatic guns where it is not as easy to see if the device is loaded compared to bolt action or break barrel. If I had known they had a loaded gun I would have hopefully reminded them that there was still a cartridge in the chamber before it was too late.
A red autosafe device in the chamber is sometimes used to demonstrate an unloaded firearm/shotgun.
I am not suggesting that anyone here is not safe - but I would really appreciate if anything similar is used with pneumatic guns, or whether having the spear shaft parallel outside the speargun is enough?
Likewise if I am being overly cautious please let me know - as I said I hope to meet other people - I have learnt several things through trial and error but I do not intend to learn anything safety related this way!
Dan
I'm new here, thanks for all of the useful info I read on the threads.
I would say I am pretty inexperienced compared to everyone on here and have only been spearfishing on my own.
I am hoping to meet other people and further develop hence the below question...
Sorry if this question has already been covered:
I don't want to start a debate as to whether pneumatic or band guns are better but for a few situational reasons I have decided to get a pneumatic gun.
I have previously used both both pneumatic and band spearguns - with bands you can see quite clearly when it is not loaded.
Although the user of a pneumatic speargun should know whether it is loaded - from my experience with shooting rifles and shotguns it is good etiquette to be able to demonstrate safety to other people around you.
I have been in very close proximity to 2 separate incidents of firearms being discharged unintentionally. These were both from people I would have never expected this to happen.
Both incidents involved semi-automatic guns where it is not as easy to see if the device is loaded compared to bolt action or break barrel. If I had known they had a loaded gun I would have hopefully reminded them that there was still a cartridge in the chamber before it was too late.
A red autosafe device in the chamber is sometimes used to demonstrate an unloaded firearm/shotgun.
I am not suggesting that anyone here is not safe - but I would really appreciate if anything similar is used with pneumatic guns, or whether having the spear shaft parallel outside the speargun is enough?
Likewise if I am being overly cautious please let me know - as I said I hope to meet other people - I have learnt several things through trial and error but I do not intend to learn anything safety related this way!
Dan