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Originally Posted by Pastor
It's usually no problem to get your hands under the bands to unload so it should be ok. My concern with that idea is optical effects when sighting down a curved gun
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Ooh - you raise a good point. I aim down the side of the gun, SA-style, so even a triangular side-tapered barrel (like Foxfish's elegant designs) would a problem for me. Although, while confronting a similar problem with my new Omer gun today I briefly mulled over the possibility of drilling a large hole through the loading butt to restore the line of vision; the butt is removable, so that would be another option. But perhaps I am just peeing against the wind & need to just start aiming along the top.
BTW I got my brother to hold my new speargun & was amused to see him trying to figure out how to tuck the loading butt into his shoulderrof. He was surprised that they are fired pistol-style and asked why spearguns don't have a stock. It made me think, a shooter looking to make an accurate shot would opt for a rifle rather than a pistol (even it were a Winchester repeater vs. a 6-shooter). The only response that came to mind was "don't need one" but there is probably more to it (e.g. maneouvrability, overall length, short range, close confines - more like a bar room shot than a "shot across the pass"
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