hey, how do you guys load your guns. I had heaps of trouble doing it. I tried doing it the way the guys showed me in wild blue by putting it on my chest. But I couldnt reach the rubber :) Im sure im doing it all wrong as im around 6ft
cheers
Dane :)

Dane...... our ones where so powerful the only way we could load them was by having a notch halfway up the spear which we could pull the first rubber to with the butt of the gun on your thigh and then move it on up to your chest and then we had to do it again as we used two rubbers......

if the whole rig is too long for your arms it may be a good idea to have someone weld a notch onto it for you dont cut one as this will weeken the sharft......

or you might like to make up a small hook just to get the rubber to your hands when its up on your chest......

hope this helps sort out you problem........

Case is right on. You need an overhand grip so that you are using your back and shoulder muscles to load the gun, not your biceps. There is a gun loading tutorial on the rob allen website. I think I saw one that Reid had written too that was pretty good. Once you have done it a couple of times it is a piece of cake.

Paul G

sorry that did not work and neither the text edit option.

try this, ie copy and paste into a new browser window.

http://www.geocities.com/supefrog/loadingtechniques.html

Case

Is your RA 120 a double rubber or not? Its a very powerful gun and you'll find that it 'takes out a kingie' easily. Provided you place the shot correctly (eh Paul ) For the smaller reef fish its a bit of an overkill and you will find out soon enough. I use a 1m Beauchat Competition gun which was my first gun I purchased now close to 5 years ago. Easy and quick to load and still enough punch for a small kingie.

I think you'l be happy with the RA gun. And maybe look at getting a smaller Edhe gun if theres a need for it.

I have dived the edge on the mana side of the 'Bridge' and found some large cod there at the time. Its a busy thoroughfare and one has to be careful diving there with boats large and small steaming through that gap on their way north or south.

Good luck and maybe we'll catch up one time.

eric

Rob Allen makes great guns, I have 2 of them.  I use twin 16's on my little 120, as I found I got just a bit more range for shooting big snapper in awkward hunts than a single 20mm rubber.  And I think the shaft moves faster with twin 16's also.  I've gone back to one wrap though, as I reckon you are pretty unlikely to hit or land a fish past the end of that. 

Save your 1m Picasso for a winter gun. I have thoroughly enjoyed using a 106 for snapper etc this past 6 months, and found my 120 a bit hard to move around last weekend when snooping snapeprs at Rabbit Island. 

Little compared to my 140.  It has tight twin 16's and ... wait for it ... an 8mm stainless spring steel shaft...

ooohhh  aaaahhh now I know what petrolheads get off about talking about their cars ... grunt grunt full throttle fuel injected ...  grunt grunt...

When the shaft hits fish they just about die of shock, bone shatters, and they usually stop moving. 

Hey Reid

What type of shaft is that? Any disadvantages? Is it less prone to bending?

Paul G

I get the feeling that the standard shafts bend quite easily when the fish get on the bottom. Need to kill them outright.