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<80cm speargun | 40 | 10.13% | |
80cm speargun | 4 | 1.01% | |
90cm speargun | 56 | 14.18% | |
100cm speargun | 45 | 11.39% | |
110cm speargun | 90 | 22.78% | |
120cm speargun | 89 | 22.53% | |
130cm speargun | 31 | 7.85% | |
140cm speargun | 15 | 3.80% | |
>140cm speargun | 7 | 1.77% | |
Roller gun | 7 | 1.77% | |
Pneumatic speargun | 11 | 2.78% | |
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03-09-2014, 08:16 PM | #31 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
Here in the pacific northwest short guns are king. My go to gun is a 70cm R/A, I have longer guns up to 110-120cm in wood and euro but rarely get to use them. Even if I killed a fish with one of my longer guns I still could have taken that same fish with my 70cm...so why bother.
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03-10-2014, 09:58 AM | #32 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
120cm RA
building a 130 enclosed euro though I much rather a guns classification be mech to muzzle. Id be pissed buying a 130cm gun and it turns out to be a 100 or 110 with 20cm of waste.
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03-11-2014, 01:24 AM | #33 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
I understand the concept of band stretch, and yes, it is the best way to measure a gun's power and range (depending on number of, diameter, type [circular/tie in/screw in] and length of bands, + length of wishbones). That information can be ascertained with a quick calculation. I just prefer an overall length measurement when talking about gun length. So, it would be more accurate to have your poll question asking, "What length of band stretch do you prefer?"
Do you get where I'm coming from? And to answer your poll: I prefer my 57", aka ~145cm overall, aka ~130 cm band stretch gun.
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03-11-2014, 01:37 AM | #34 | |
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Re: Most used speargun length
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03-11-2014, 02:00 AM | #35 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
I think the correct way to calculate a gun's "caliber" is by band stretch or distance from band slot to the last available spear fin or notch. Calculating by total length is simply not accurate and can cause confusion, but by band stretch, you can pretty much know what kind of power to expect and what kind of range.
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03-11-2014, 03:27 AM | #36 | ||
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Re: Most used speargun length
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When we are talking about guns we are using effective band lenght not overall size (euro guns). I have 130cm gun, but bands can strech only 102cm. For me it is 100cm gun. Last edited by labrax; 03-11-2014 at 03:37 AM. |
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03-11-2014, 10:50 PM | #37 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
120 for clear salt water and 80-90 for murky / freshwater
I don't typically fish in holes, but that's what a polespear is for IMO, amongst other applications.
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03-12-2014, 12:55 AM | #38 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
trying to fit something that is 6+ft long into holes sucks ass a lot of the time, I've not been able to take many fish i found in holes with my poles when a 60 or even 90cm euro would have been cake.
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03-12-2014, 11:33 PM | #39 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
Lube, lots of lube.
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03-15-2014, 03:27 PM | #40 | |
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03-16-2014, 08:19 AM | #41 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
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03-21-2014, 12:57 PM | #42 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
Around here my RA 100 gets the most use by far.
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04-04-2014, 06:10 PM | #43 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
60cm euro with shortened 18mm bands.
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04-04-2014, 06:13 PM | #44 |
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Re: Most used speargun length
110cm euro
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05-06-2014, 04:57 PM | #45 |
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