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12-15-2019, 01:37 AM | #16 | |
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Re: For sell SEAL 130 new and never used!
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12-16-2019, 10:25 AM | #17 |
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12-16-2019, 05:23 PM | #18 |
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Re: For sell SEAL 130 new and never used!
Kosta's daughter is nearly 3 years old, maybe some of you might like to send her something for Christmas.
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02-23-2020, 05:00 PM | #19 |
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The gun has yet to arrive as I requested that it be delayed to avoid the pre-Christmas log jam of parcels that nearly stops the various mail systems in their tracks. Something to consider when shipping a longer gun is its overall length as subsequent enquiries with potential shippers had one quote for 600 euros to send the gun!
With monocoque guns all you can do is remove the spear to shorten the package as with shaft overhang the spear can be longer than the gun itself. One advantage with tube guns is you can dismantle them, especially if they have a long cocking stock, I have received a few guns that way over the years. We see a few spears that are two-piece shafts, but there is yet to be made ones that don't succumb at the joint if loaded up laterally. |
02-23-2020, 11:56 PM | #20 |
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Re: For sell SEAL 130 new and never used!
Pete said monocoque!
Is a two piece gun a bicoque? Multicoque? Do you have a pile of coques Pete? Just kidding around. |
02-24-2020, 12:33 AM | #21 |
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Yeah, well this one is as "multi-coque" (cock) as you can get, but it was probably useless as a speargun. Never bought one, but Ron Mullins did as an example of "how-not-to-do-it" for his museum.
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03-05-2020, 11:34 PM | #22 |
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Re: For sell SEAL 130 new and never used!
The gun arrived today in a big cylindrical packing tube. The spear had to be left out and I will have that shipped later as it would have made the package way too long and incurred an enormous shipping cost if sent all in one package. When the delivery guy handed it to me I thought wow this thing is heavy, but it was actually the weight of the shipping tube making a bigger contribution than I expected. Customs had a peek at it, but only pulled the sealing cap at one end slightly open. Dull and raining right now, so I will take some photos once, and if, the sun comes out.
Thanks to Julian in doing such a great job in shipping the gun as it arrived in perfect condition. P.S. This is a photo sent to me of Kosta's daughter, she is 3 years old now, how time flies! Last edited by popgun pete; 03-05-2020 at 11:45 PM. |
03-06-2020, 12:30 AM | #23 |
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Stopped drizzling, so here are some photos. As is the gun weighs 2.5 kg.
Last edited by popgun pete; 03-11-2020 at 08:49 PM. Reason: added weight measurement |
03-15-2020, 08:48 PM | #24 |
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This is the incomplete 130 cm gun, needs to have its hardware installed. Also needs a butt pad glued on.
Actually I don't think this one is an inverted roller, or at least not like the one I purchased, as there are no anchor hooks or troughs underneath the gun where the band battery would be partially enclosed. It uses a wraparound band set anchored on the top deck at about mid-length and which then wind through rear pulley windows onto the lower deck, but the lower deck is completely smooth from there right up to the muzzle. Kosta may have intended this unfinished gun to be rigged differently and a search of his past photos may show another one just like it as he certainly made a number of different types. It would be handy if all his material on Spearboard was consolidated in one place so that we could readily refer to it as posts with useful information often get buried as time moves on. Kosta's YouTube videos can still be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHb...RLyFq381KkObvQ Last edited by popgun pete; 03-16-2020 at 10:04 PM. Reason: more info |
06-03-2020, 04:17 PM | #25 |
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Re: For sell SEAL 130 new and never used!
The spear which had to be sent separately has arrived, so Kosta's gun is now complete again. Thanks to Julian for his big efforts in packaging and sending everything in top condition as this is quite a big gun. I hope someone buys the other incomplete "Seal" gun as it is an opportunity which will not come again.
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06-04-2020, 08:44 PM | #26 |
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Some photos of underneath, note the molded in band anchor positions for the piggy-back bands and the troughs that the stretched bands sit inside.
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06-12-2020, 08:10 PM | #27 | |
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In many ways, I appreciate Seal's design and attention to detail of the invert. I'm slowly trying to figure out the aspects of my build. |
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06-13-2020, 07:12 PM | #28 |
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Yes, the knot(s) acts as a stopper when it runs into a stopper pin that is placed just in front of the roller axle as indicated in the attached photo. Each cable thus ends in a tied loop, the knot for the loop is the stopper knot and the actual wishbone is tied onto the resulting loop ends on each side. That means the pulling edge of the wishbone loop is stopped before it reaches the rear edge of the rollers and gives its last push to the shaft, after which momentum tips the wishbone loop forwards momentarily.
There is no wood in the gun, but the knot gets caught on the nip between the flange of the roller and the transverse stopper pin. I will take a photo once the rain here stops. Last edited by popgun pete; 06-13-2020 at 09:50 PM. |
06-14-2020, 10:33 PM | #29 | |
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It's really cool you have one of his guns. I like the design choices Kosta made. |
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06-15-2020, 12:46 AM | #30 |
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I will eventually move this info to a separate thread in the guns section as these member items for sale threads are intended to be deleted once the transaction is completed.
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