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Old 09-27-2010, 11:19 AM   #25
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Re: Have you speared another spearo?

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Originally Posted by kmoose View Post
Why is out of the water any different than in the water? Water doesn’t change the stored energy in a band or the mechanical operations of the sear. Clarify how one is more dangerous than the other.
It's not the initial firing that makes it dangerous. When the speargun is discharged, the spear hits the end of the shooting line and bounces back towards the diver. There are numerous Youtube videos about this that I cannot access at work to link here.

I know one person whose Riffe mech failed while loading and had the spear pierce the skin above his eye and into his cheek. The wounds ended up being relatively minor, but you can imagine other circumstances.

I have no opinion or knowledge of the intent of the OP, but I thought I'd answer this anyway.

I hope that spearing another diver is a rare occurrence and I've never even seen one incident.
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