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Old 07-19-2010, 08:44 PM   #1
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~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

Under pressure from some customers ...ha ha!
last month i did take the time to built some new guns , all upon the requests from their future owners

here they are :

130 cms weaved Carbon fiber .



EDGE muzzle loaded w 2 x 16 mm rubbers and a 180 7 mm spring steel shaft from ORCA.




Picasso Asegai modified Handle




Reel from Italy with 40 + meters of 2,5 mm line .





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Light 120 Carbon fiber .




new rail from Edge . Imersion light muzzle



with a 160 x 7 mm spring steel shaft from ORCA


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Old 07-19-2010, 09:11 PM   #2
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

this light gun floats with shaft , reel and line on , as per customer request.

those are how the French Polynesian competitors wants their spearguns to be balance .





================= 2nd light CF comp gun=======================
here still in part ..




Italian made Handle and muzzle .






was finalized with an RA reel , a 6,5 spring steel shaft , and 1 x 18 mm rubber with as most others nylon dyneema insert bridles


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Old 07-19-2010, 09:32 PM   #3
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

some alloy`s based on EDGE barrels .



a 130 Camo .





=================4 guns for 1 guy from Bora ===================

he wanted few diff lengths ..

so barrels were a 150 cms / a 130 / a 120 and a 110 cms .



3 were made with Imersion long muzzle and the 120 with a new Beuchat muzzle





===================== the giant =========================

on special order i can make some very long guns such as this 160 ms barrel
that all together tip to tip is a :



Picasso Basik modified Handle



with Rob allen original style closed double muzzle .

SPECIAL THANKS TO MIKE FROM FL FREEDIVERS who help me to get those muzzle that were out off stock over here ..and are still !!


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Old 07-19-2010, 09:34 PM   #4
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

like what i see what is there website?
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Old 07-19-2010, 09:50 PM   #5
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

loaded with a 200 cms x 7 mm spring steel shaft from Orca , this gun as already landed few Wahoos and else around Tahiti recently .



====================== Franck new gun =====================

one my spearo partner from Fakarava is Franck and he wanted to replace all his guns with new ones ..here is the 1st one for him :

a 115 cms weaved carbon fiber .





Imersion short muzzle and a short 20 mm rubber with a 160 cms x 7 mm spring steel shaft .



re-using his old ORIGINAL SS insert bridles from EDGE Australia.



yes , it some times good to be said that all others SS inserts bridles are issue from copying those originals..

Franck and his new gun ..



and next morning test :





i think he as killed 5 or 6 of them same morning in 2 hours !

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Old 07-19-2010, 09:53 PM   #6
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

Thanks for the pics. Do you mind sharing the Picasso handle/trigger modifications?
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Old 07-19-2010, 10:39 PM   #7
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

reloading ..



and here is the 2nd one ..





then i stopped taking photos for spearing myself !!ha!ha !

===========================The 2 kids guns ==============

while this time my partner ~G~ was guide on board a private Motor yacht and the 2 kids from the owner that were spearo beginners needed some better guns than the small 75 cms imersion challenger they had on board .

the problem , there were not strong enough to load else than a 16 mm rubber ..
so this is what i did on a 110 and a 120 alloy Edge ..

nevertheless after almost 15 days of practicing with ~G~ , Sam from CA
was able to kill shot and land 2 dogtooth tunas ..here is a photo from the smallest one !!





=======================TAPU 140 ======================

may be some of you would remember that the best ever World champion in the past as been Mr Jean TAPU , world champ in Cuba , nobody as to day landed as many fishes as he did in a comp ...
he has teach all his tricks and technical to his little son Tyrone who is living on the same atoll ,Apataki , where he still live and sometimes still spear with his old tahitian style wood gun ...he is very old now ..

what ever Tyrone ask me for a simple , good , and not too expensive gun for big doggies with a spear that could be released ...so he will not loose his gun
that what he did 2 weeks ago on an estimate 150 Lbs dogtooth in Apataki same day when spearing with ~G~ who did land the 43 kgs that is in photo
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http://spearboard.com/showthread.php...87#post1242687

so i put this together for him :

a 140 cms alloy Edge barrel with a Picasso handle and a RA muzzle .



2 x short 16 mm rubbers and a 7,5 mm spring steel shaft from Orca .




and a simple breakaway system ..same as the one i use myself on some my carbon guns

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Old 07-19-2010, 10:55 PM   #8
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

Hey Marco, nice equipment I must say you guys really enjoy close muzzle spearguns over there. What gives ? fast reloading ? Also surprised to see amber bands in some of the guns, just because the rumors on their current life span that's all.
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Old 07-19-2010, 11:06 PM   #9
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

================== the ``Kodawari``================================

a 140 cms weaved carbon





RA double muzzle loaded with 2 x 16 mm rubbers from Riffe and



a 7,5 mm x 190 cms spring steel shaft from Orca .



reel RA with 40 meters of 2,2 mm `HOTDOG` coated spectra .

SS swivel from Riffe .



yes it floats ..



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~~ The best customer service ..is the one you ll never needs to call after yr purchase ~~



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Old 07-20-2010, 12:16 AM   #10
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

Wow a cat on the beach! You don't see that everyday.
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Old 07-20-2010, 12:52 AM   #11
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

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like what i see what is there website?
sorry no ..anyhow my guns are 95 % made for French Polynesian market for the moment and exporting them would increase too much their costs .

may be later if the transportation could not be an issue any more .
Best is to come over here for a spearing vacations and buy one while yr stay.

Man-o-War ,

Sorry yes i could , but i did give my word ; to the one who did teach me How to ; about not saying ..and this person is Tony Heugh
also i believe those are small secrets that can make some differences ..

Armandoz ..
white vs black rubber >>
i myself prefer naturals ..are bit more progressive and their life time is usually bit longer than blacks under the sun in a warm country .

closed muzzles ..> lot faster to reload .
open muzzles > by example try to reload one in reef fishing in 3/6 feet water with 6 feet swell ..

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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

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Armandoz ..
white vs black rubber >>
i myself prefer naturals ..are bit more progressive and their life time is usually bit longer than blacks under the sun in a warm country .

closed muzzles ..> lot faster to reload .
open muzzles > by example try to reload one in reef fishing in 3/6 feet water with 6 feet swell ..

rgds

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I always thought the same thing about black vs amber slings. But, here in South Florida for some reason people prefer black coated rubbers rather than all amber all together it makes no sense though. Black heats up the rubber more than a softer color which would reflect the sun a lil better. Beats me, that's why I ask I guess band degradation here in south florida is more common of amber bands rather than those which have a coating of red,black, or blue on them.

CLOSE MUZZLE FTW! I will revert my setup because I'm tired of the reloading process with open muzzle.
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

Marco and I have gotten into the open vs. closed debate before, no point in rehashing it. Personally, I think it's down to what you're used (or naturally inclined to) to rather than something scientific and objective for everyone.

Marco- last time we talked we both mentioned the possibility of magnet installation on a pipe gun's open muzzle. I tried this on my CF Aimrite, it has worked out wonderfully. Not that I had any significant loading problems before, though. Just stick the shaft through the bands while holding it mid-barrel, move it in the general direction of the track, it sticks on, then slide it down to the mech. No careful inserting or sliding anything into a tiny muzzle or mech

While we're on the subject, I notice you put the rails/guides on different portions of the guns. Some covering half of the barrel, either closest to the muzzle or closest to the handle. I've always thought that having the rail/guide/track form an uninterrupted line to the mech was essential for easy loading, regardless of what kind of muzzle one has.
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Re: ~ Blue Water Killers ~ spearguns , last month guns built .

That's damn cool! I want a beach cat now too.
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Wow a cat on the beach! You don't see that everyday.
And where's the spear hole? I think he hook-and-lined that one.
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