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Gil · 10-03-2007, 02:30 AM

So Brian Koprinik emails me early on this summer to see if I was interested in building a custom gun for him, one specifically for cruising inshore kelp beds. What he was describing to me didn't fit what I currently have in my gun lineup. He wanted an enclosed track mid-handle gun, a relatively short and maneuverable 54 inch stock with a lot of mass and power. He told me "he likes um wide". He also wanted an inline band pull using a stainless Kitto style muzzle. Also, a bottom line drop if I could implement one. He had gotten a couple of guns a few weeks earlier from Tom Mitzlaf which were amazing looking guns and were extra wide as well. After seeing those guns I got a good idea of what he was talking about when he said "wide".

Well I felt a little reluctant at first since I knew it was going to be a lot of work and I knew my summer was already going be a busy one with a couple of events to attend and the summer rush of speargun orders. This was a tall order. But this gun piqued my interest since I've never built such a short and stalky gun before. I was also wanting to get one of my bottom line release concepts on an actual gun. I took on the challenge and asked Brian to be patient with me as I started another gun design from scratch.

So I juggled it in between other guns, carefully figuring out how I was gonna build it. Three months later this is what I ended up with. I really appreciate Brian letting me take my time on this one. Big THANK YOU MAN!!! I kept telling him "I don't wanna effitup". It came together nicely. He hasn't gotten the gun yet, its in the mail first thing in the morning. But I'm sure drop he’ll drop his jaw when he sees this thing.

By the way, are guns female or male? I think in this case its a girl, no doubt. Bye bye my baby girl. Oh well, another one I grew to love only to send away to make some other guy happy… LOL… I’m starting to feel like a speargun pimp.

SHE weighs about 10.25 pounds without shaft. With a short shaft it will literally have no recoil, hence the title “Concept ZR”. She measures 54.5 inches long, has an enclosed track with forward UHMW track reinforcement, shoots a 5/16 shaft, winged stainless muzzle that is perfectly align with the shaft, my trigger, and an Alexander aluminum handle. Stock is vacuum laminated teak, ten laminations in all. A bit over the top but at least I know this gun will never warp. Last but not least a stainless steel, automatic resetting bottom line release that uses a co-axial pushrod system. Pretty nifty!! A new design, I won't elaborate.

Gil

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fishkabobz · 10-03-2007, 04:35 AM

Wow. Simply Wow.

Blackfoot · 10-03-2007, 06:59 AM

extremely impressive.

will

jriggs · 10-03-2007, 07:33 AM

i think a quote from Deuce Bigalow will fit perfectly here......

THAT'S A HUUUUUGE B*TCH

i think really big guns end up looking sorta fat and slow sometimes.....but that thing looks really sweet! very streamlined and sharp!

NICE JOB!

BigMako · 10-03-2007, 07:49 AM

Absolutely awesome work. Beautiful!

suncoastjunkie · 10-03-2007, 07:58 AM

That is sick!! I can only wish!! Perfect for florida Blue water!! absolutley perfect!! You ressesed everything...

bug_power · 10-03-2007, 08:02 AM

There is a similar gun made here in Texas by a local guy who builds a 44" gun with awsome range. The 44" gun was able to pack on mass by adding wings which didn't hurt the horizontal swing too much. That gun would do 20-30' shots with some power on a 5/16's shaft.

Grin · 10-03-2007, 08:27 AM

Wow! that is too nice!

seacrecher · 10-03-2007, 09:03 AM

Perfect, just perfect! If ever there was a perfect White Seabass gun, there it is!

eward4 · 10-03-2007, 09:07 AM

Work of art!

Man-O-War · 10-03-2007, 09:59 AM

Wow, awesome work

a.s.alvarez · 10-03-2007, 12:08 PM

Very Bad ASS! Great work!!

Brian Koprinik · 10-03-2007, 01:45 PM

GULP!!! is she all mine

everything i asked for in a gun! PERFECT GIL! you really nailed the vision i had in my head, thank you very much!

jwhit88 · 10-03-2007, 02:04 PM

That is one awesome gun.

seacrecher · 10-03-2007, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Koprinik

GULP!!! is she all mine

everything i asked for in a gun! PERFECT GIL! you really nailed the vision i had in my head, thank you very much!

So do we have your blessing to ask for duplicates of this gun, or is she really "all yours"?


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10-03-2007, 02:30 AM	#1
Gil Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 89	Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! So Brian Koprinik emails me early on this summer to see if I was interested in building a custom gun for him, one specifically for cruising inshore kelp beds. What he was describing to me didn't fit what I currently have in my gun lineup. He wanted an enclosed track mid-handle gun, a relatively short and maneuverable 54 inch stock with a lot of mass and power. He told me "he likes um wide". He also wanted an inline band pull using a stainless Kitto style muzzle. Also, a bottom line drop if I could implement one. He had gotten a couple of guns a few weeks earlier from Tom Mitzlaf which were amazing looking guns and were extra wide as well. After seeing those guns I got a good idea of what he was talking about when he said "wide". Well I felt a little reluctant at first since I knew it was going to be a lot of work and I knew my summer was already going be a busy one with a couple of events to attend and the summer rush of speargun orders. This was a tall order. But this gun piqued my interest since I've never built such a short and stalky gun before. I was also wanting to get one of my bottom line release concepts on an actual gun. I took on the challenge and asked Brian to be patient with me as I started another gun design from scratch. So I juggled it in between other guns, carefully figuring out how I was gonna build it. Three months later this is what I ended up with. I really appreciate Brian letting me take my time on this one. Big THANK YOU MAN!!! I kept telling him "I don't wanna effitup". It came together nicely. He hasn't gotten the gun yet, its in the mail first thing in the morning. But I'm sure drop he’ll drop his jaw when he sees this thing. By the way, are guns female or male? I think in this case its a girl, no doubt. Bye bye my baby girl. Oh well, another one I grew to love only to send away to make some other guy happy… LOL… I’m starting to feel like a speargun pimp. SHE weighs about 10.25 pounds without shaft. With a short shaft it will literally have no recoil, hence the title “Concept ZR”. She measures 54.5 inches long, has an enclosed track with forward UHMW track reinforcement, shoots a 5/16 shaft, winged stainless muzzle that is perfectly align with the shaft, my trigger, and an Alexander aluminum handle. Stock is vacuum laminated teak, ten laminations in all. A bit over the top but at least I know this gun will never warp. Last but not least a stainless steel, automatic resetting bottom line release that uses a co-axial pushrod system. Pretty nifty!! A new design, I won't elaborate. Gil [IMG]http://www.*********.com/images/IMG_0987_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_0997_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1001_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1017_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1034_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1038_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1041_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1047_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1039_small.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.*******.com/images/IMG_1066_small.jpg[/IMG] __________________ info@*******.com www.*********.com

10-03-2007, 04:35 AM	#2
fishkabobz Nor-Cal Snail Mafia Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vacaville, CA Posts: 1,376	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! Wow. Simply Wow. __________________ Dreaming of big fish and clear water... -Brad Austin

10-03-2007, 06:59 AM	#3
Blackfoot Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,238	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! extremely impressive. will

10-03-2007, 07:33 AM	#4
jriggs BUCKETS FEAR ME!!!!! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: bethlehem, PA Posts: 609	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! i think a quote from Deuce Bigalow will fit perfectly here...... THAT'S A HUUUUUGE B*TCH i think really big guns end up looking sorta fat and slow sometimes.....but that thing looks really sweet! very streamlined and sharp! NICE JOB! __________________ "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." -Mark Twain-

10-03-2007, 07:49 AM	#5
BigMako Keith Simmons Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mobile, Al Age: 54 Posts: 977	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! Absolutely awesome work. Beautiful!

10-03-2007, 07:58 AM	#6
suncoastjunkie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Holiday Age: 37 Posts: 252	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! That is sick!! I can only wish!! Perfect for florida Blue water!! absolutley perfect!! You ressesed everything...

10-03-2007, 08:02 AM	#7
bug_power Team Jetty Jumper! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Corpus Christi, Tx Age: 36 Posts: 1,482	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! There is a similar gun made here in Texas by a local guy who builds a 44" gun with awsome range. The 44" gun was able to pack on mass by adding wings which didn't hurt the horizontal swing too much. That gun would do 20-30' shots with some power on a 5/16's shaft. __________________ "Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain." http://www.TexasSpearfishing.com

10-03-2007, 08:27 AM	#8
Grin Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stuart Age: 48 Posts: 789	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! Wow! that is too nice!

10-03-2007, 09:03 AM	#9
seacrecher Registered Fish Killer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: MS Gulfcoast Age: 41 Posts: 2,990	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! Perfect, just perfect! If ever there was a perfect White Seabass gun, there it is! __________________ John Hanson Freediver DON'T FEED THE TROLL! "Welcome to the Hotel California...you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"

10-03-2007, 09:07 AM	#10
eward4 Reef Ranger Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC Age: 40 Posts: 731	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! Work of art!

10-03-2007, 09:59 AM	#11
Man-O-War Lothario Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palm Beach FL Posts: 4,096	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! Wow, awesome work __________________ PalmBeachFreedivers.com SpearfishingBest.com

10-03-2007, 12:08 PM	#12
a.s.alvarez One shot, One fish Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 994	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! Very Bad ASS! Great work!! __________________ A.S.Alvarez On my death bed I won't be thinking " Man, I wish I had worked more".

10-03-2007, 01:45 PM	#13
Brian Koprinik 25 skipjack Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: placentia, ca. Age: 38 Posts: 1,575	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! GULP!!! is she all mine everything i asked for in a gun! PERFECT GIL! you really nailed the vision i had in my head, thank you very much!

10-03-2007, 02:04 PM	#14
jwhit88 March YT Madness Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Orange County Age: 24 Posts: 1,235	Re: Concept ZR (Zero Recoil) - Some like um Fat!! That is one awesome gun.

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