The Deeperblue.net Gun Building Extravaganza

[Adon]

I voted hybrid, mainly because I have euro guns.
First time spearos are always asking what is the best gun for me to get, and the answer is always that there is no specific gun, as it depends on the area that you are fishing e reef, blue water …
How about the combined minds on DB can come up with a gun that can cover a large variety of spearing situations? One that you can quickly change shaft and band configuration and also balance when changed to a new configuration. I thought that the most versatile gun might be a mid-handled hybrib. My 2 yen!

[Pastor]

Originally Posted by Mr. X

Pastor thought cherry might be too light in colour, saw a cherry kitchen in the US and the deep, rich, red brown was very attractive (or did he mean light as in buoyant?). How about yew - very distinct pattens or figured walnut (pricey). We've got a beech tree in the garden, the limbs a very heavy - like iron, might not float though. Actually, I wouldn't use super fancy wood or the gun might end up hung on a wall unused.

Cherry is a very pale pink colour, it's a stain or pigment that makes it dark red. Yew would be OK if you could find a piece with a straight enough grain, it's a orange colour that matures to a deep red over time. Hang a gun on the wall? Never happen with a real spearo

Originally Posted by Mr. X

GIT? I bet the G stands for Guernsey. IT....ingenuity & technology?

Its actuallt GITS an anagram of the "STIG" but this one is from top spear

[capetownguy]

Hmmm...personally I would vote for Teak (tried and tested and lasts!), The mid-handle design seems great (Ive never shot one but held one of the guns tommy botha makes and it feels great) You should however make that handle customised to fit my hand......after all.......im gonna win it hehe

[podge]

Originally Posted by Pastor

Its actuallt GITS an anagram of the "STIG" but this one is from top spear

Guernsey’s inventive top spearo.
Guernsey’s innovative trades special.

Guernsey’s intoxicatingly tremendous shellfish.
Oops must be coming up lunchtime.

[foxfish]

Some great suggestions already but dont be afraid to speak your mind about your ideal gun - keep the ideas comming.
Very good Podge but I assure you I am not building the gun!
The gun will be built by an experienced craftsman but it wont be built in Guernsey.

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by capetownguy

Hmmm...personally I would vote for Teak (tried and tested and lasts!),

I don't know much about wood but teak does seem to be the wood of choice for a lot of marine applications, including spearguns. Isn't there a sustainability issue with a lot of hardwoods (the destruction of the Amazon & deforestation of Indonesia, for example)? [I bought a cedar garden set when I lived near Seattle because the whole area is a giant conifer forest and lumber is an important local industry, only to find out later than it was made in Indonesia I guess we can but try]. You're welcome to beech from the garden, if you can handle it that raw.

Originally Posted by foxfish

The gun will be built by an experienced craftsman but it wont be built in Guernsey.

Not in Guernsey? Will it be made in

"the Land of my Fathers".

[Pastor]

No GITS in Wales This is a local shop.

YouTube - Tubbs And Edward - League of Gentlemen

[miles]

2 Banded Hybrid roller gun with an enclosed track!!

[settingsteel]

OK how about some clarification/catagorization I for one have some mixed interpretation of:
1) Hybrid- as I know it is not necessarily the titanium or carbon tubes with the wood backend but rather a mix of the American midhandle with the Euro front...in other words it need not be tit or carbon, but rather all wood too and still be a hybrid
2) Mid vs rear vs Euro...12" from the trig is that a rear (I'd call it that) or is that a mid? 6" from the trig is that Euro or is that rear.
3) 3" from the trig Euro?

I'm bringing this up since more than once I've read or heard someone call one gun very different than the person next to them.

[Mongrel454]

Originally Posted by foxfish

Some great suggestions already but dont be afraid to speak your mind about your ideal gun - keep the ideas comming.
Very good Podge but I assure you I am not building the gun!
The gun will be built by an experienced craftsman but it wont be built in Guernsey.

From what ive seen id be happy to know your building the gun

[JPPLAY]

I think the functionality of the gun should first be decided.

1. Is it to be a workhorse or more of a decorative piece?
2. What kind of environment will it be built to preform in?

Since I prefer a workhorse for myself at the moment. Things I consider is how well it swings, accuracy, recoil and loading.

I would prefer a fast swinging, fast reloading, and accurate gun. So my setup would be a high density 16 mm band such as dessaults with 6.5 mm shaft with the gun length above 90 cm.

I believe this project would be more fun with a wood gun and they seem to preform best at about 90 cm and above otherwise the production railguns outperform them in their ability to swing while still being accurate.

Things to consider about wood in my opinion is their density before we worry about their looks. If we go with a one band setup then we can use a lower density wood for faster swing but if we choose to go for a more powerful setup we should consider a higher density wood to help absorb the recoil therefore helping to improve accuracy.

What are your opinions?

[Agar4Life]

I think it should be made of laminated hardwoods.
We do it for gun stocks to reduce the flex of solidwood riflestocks. The same would make sense here. It also means that there will be fewer imperfections in the wood that create weakspots.

As far as wood choice... Ironwood? A good bit of Lignum vitae would be nice, hardest wood there is.
Purpleheart is always a nice looker.

[Stephan Whelan]

The poll is now closed. It is a Euro gun.

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