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View Poll Results: I mostly use...
<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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Old 08-15-2016, 05:12 PM   #61
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Re: Most used speargun length

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Old 10-29-2016, 09:02 PM   #62
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Re: Most used speargun length

I use a 130 HH in the Philippines clear water and a 90 HH and 120 Riffe here in SoCal.
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Old 10-29-2016, 09:32 PM   #63
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Re: Most used speargun length

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54" AB Biller LTD,43 inch band stetch.1 24"x5/8 for small fish 1 24"x3/4 for bigger fish.60 inch shafts with JBL paralyzer tips.400 mono when lineshafting but mostly freeshafting.Butt weighted to allow empty gun to stand upright on bottom.
I don't know HOW you do what you do with those 3 prong tips. After watching one of your vids- I tried to use that setup for commercial shooting also- and it didn't work for me at all- not even a little bit. Freeshafting in general doesn't work for me- everytime I tried - I had the spear - go through the fish - out the other siide- then the fish swam off one way - while I swam down my spear and went after the fish- to no avail.
I have seen your videos and I know you do big things with that setup- but I just chalk it up to different species - and some kind of technique that I am missing or something.
i like the idea of the 3 prong - so it wont exit the fish - but it didn't kill the fish for me and they were still able to swim off with it.
my hat's off to you man.

I built an over under - 2 shot gun - with top line shaft at 130cm stretch
and the bottom is 90cm freeshaft- now THAT is a good gun for commercial scuba!
for a pure freeshafter - it has big advantages- you can take 2 shaots without relaoding and have 2 extra shafts on the gun to reload it

for all my freediving - I use a 57" - 2 band gun with 125 to 130cm stretch- rear handle

as far as what I sell - it is skewed heavily to 120 cm 55" guns - with occaisonal 110 and 130
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Old 12-09-2016, 08:23 AM   #64
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Re: Most used speargun length

For what it is worth this poll actually mimics the most commonly sized shafts that I have sold over the years. The poll is in line with the demand I see in both Euro and American shafts.
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Old 01-25-2017, 01:27 AM   #65
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I have a 115 but I would think a 110 would be the most popular
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Old 01-30-2017, 10:19 PM   #66
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110 cm RA Tuna
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Old 02-22-2018, 10:21 AM   #67
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Re: Most used speargun length

For most of the reef diving I use either my 52 or 58 inch midhandle w/9/16 bands(2) cut to 300%
For bluewater,65 in. Midhandle w 3-4 bands@ 300%


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Old 02-22-2018, 10:27 AM   #68
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Re: Most used speargun length

Most of the time it’s my Denton 90cm. I do have a Denton 120 which gets used from time to time though


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Old 02-22-2018, 03:05 PM   #69
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Re: Most used speargun length

Why dose Abellan call it a 120 when it has 130cm of band stretch?
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Old 03-08-2018, 01:20 AM   #70
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Re: Most used speargun length

Not sure but I have a denton 110 and it has 121 cm band stretch
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Old 03-08-2018, 01:22 AM   #71
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And I love it by the way! freshwater use only .
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Old 03-08-2018, 07:39 AM   #72
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[quote=yeddy;2162137]Why dose Abellan call it a 120 when it has 130cm of band stretch?

For Abellan spearguns it used to be that they were named after how much band stretch they had. The 120 had 120cm band stretch but only had the length of a 110. That got confusing for some i guess since euro style guns are typically measured by how long the body of the gun is and not how long the band stretch is. Today, the 120 model is roughly 120cm long in the body but has a band stretch of 132cm.


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Old 03-22-2018, 01:43 PM   #73
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75cm
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Old 08-07-2018, 09:54 PM   #74
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105 Alemanni double roller, deadly accurate and enough power for big tuna.
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Old 08-07-2018, 10:09 PM   #75
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Re: Most used speargun length

Whelp, this poll is really biased upon the individuals diving location. Diving in murky water in Tampa bay, I use a sawed off 42" AB Biller. It's the right gun for the job, especially under ledges and sorts.
Offshore is whole 'nother story.
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