Yes good video. I asked Rob about this in one of his videos here on RU-vid. He mentioned loading as the first part of his answer, not wanting his clients to have more difficult loads. Perfectly reasonable answer. But he then went on to intimate that he didn’t feel like the extra band stretch was important, which I thought was just the businessman in him. Of course it’s important.
I think tuning is overhyped. Just my opinion. I was sorta forced on this opinion. I started getting all my shafts from devoto sub and you basically cannot tune the flopper because it’s such hard metal. At one point I remember saying to myself who am I to dispute these Italian guys who are the master spearos. It’s worked fine. My opinion is if you really want to tune your flopper just don’t do it and get a double flopper shafts. I use single flopper untuned Tahitian. I cant stand it when the flopper hangs down as I swim around if it’s on the bottom.
Sir if i order that how mich.size of 45.. I am a diver to spearfishing ... I want to use that im from philipines i am no rich guy.i only want to use that...
Stay with a 38 Spcl/357 Mag easy to obtain and more than powerfull for any fish, even goliat/jew fish, you are suposed to hit them in the head and at close rage, otherwise it will swim away, Check Dan MacMahon plenty videos using powerheads
Minor mod consisting of a screw and a ring holder need to be attached to the bottom of the gun in order to store the shooting line in either the stowed position or the deployed position.
Hello Rich...I also owned a Billar, "Floridian" do you know which custome muzzle Dan is using on his Billar? I would like to know so I can add a Divelight to it...thank you
its a custom made muzzle that Dan uses. we have kill spikes that can be attached to gun on our website as well as flashlight adapter for spare shaft or kill spike
our reuseable and disposable Personal Protection Devices do not have a firing pin so they are perfectly legal and safe until they go on the end of a shaft. the shaft becomes the firing pin once you shoot something
Thank you very much for your advice on how to face the shark when spearfishing, Rich... I've heard lots of advices but yours are logically acceptalbe... I consider to have one of those gears...
You would use it on any shark, especially one large and aggressive enough to eat a human. My big game gun is a Savage 116 Weather Warrior chambered in .30-06, and it can take the largest terrestrial animals in North America with the correct loadings and accurate vital organ hits. 7.62x54R is slightly less powerful than numerous .30-06 loadings, but 7.62x54R is both a powerful and affordable cartridge, whether steel-cased or brass-cased. Keep in mind, this bullet has almost no time to accelerate in basically an unrifled snubnosed barrel of a powerhead, so the higher the bullet mass, the higher the pressure, and the higher the gas volume, the better. I would want as much of that as I can handle if I am in man-eating shark-infested water.
@@VanDaRifleman Well, If you shoot a whale you might need a 12Ga or a 30-06, but if you hit any sized fish in the head with a 38 or 357 mag powerhead, it's done, unlike a wounded big bear or buffalo that will still come after you, you hit a shark anywere and it's gone. Mind, I spearfish and have shot and seen plenty shark plus hunt with a 30-06, 12 Ga etc, on land
These do not work like you think. The bullet is right at the end of the barrel so there is so little pressure that the bullet rarely exits the fish and the bullet has zero distortion. It’s the pressure from the powder explosion that does the damage.
Hey Rich, I bought the 7.52x54r reusable power head from ya a few months back. Big trip coming up and I see you are out of the holders and have been for a bit. When ya gonna make some more up? I’m looking to buy as soon as possible. Thanks man. Also, thanks for your patience i. The store with a super noob
Very informative and to the point. As always you have a great way of delivering the message. I really enjoyed your store and the variety of stuff that you carry. Best wishes and great success.
I like this. In addition I feel it's good to add that the fish does not suffer if you can get it in that place. Does not rip itself off and die regardless.
What distance between the two loading shark fin tabs do you recommend/you have in the shaft you are using in the video? Also, how far is the "rest" fin tab from the shaft end?
Distance between tabs is not as important as how far back they are. Remember, we are going for max stretch. The shafts I recommend are Spearcrafters brand shafts. They are the straightest and strongest Stainless steel shafts on the market and designed for max band stretch. Spearcrafters can put rest fins at various distances but rest fins should be anywhere you can hip load to rest tab and then chest load to rear tabs. I believe the one in the vid is at 19" from rear.
Great vid, as a side note, dull shafts also bruise the meat worse on impact so if you have a farther shot and don't hit the sweet spot you could affect your yield as well.
