How Do You Load a Speargun?
Posted on March 24, 2010 | No Comments
Kyle Inglarda asked:
Most cheap spear guns that you get you can load almost any way that you want. When you start moving onto the bigger guns with multiple rubbers, or thick rubbers then you need to be loading the gun in a way which is not only safe, but healthy for your body too! Small guns can be placed with the end on the top of your legs, but far enough from the groin. Of course, if the rubbers are too hard to pull back when doing this then it’s a bad idea.
The best way to load a speargun is actually with the end of the gun on your chest. Just above where your ribs meet in the middle there is a very hard bit of bone. Proper spearfishing wetsuits have a pad in this area to ensure that loading a gun doesn’t hurt as much, but you can still do it without these. For a right handed person, simply hold the end of the gun with your left hand, and take a rubber with the right hand. Pull the rubber up as much as you can, and then slide the gun from the left side of your torso into the middle, and then grab the rubber with both hands (on either side of the gun). Pull the rubber all the way back and hook it in carefully.
You can do this fairly quickly and easily even with the more powerful rubbers, and its controlled enough. It’s a good idea to keep your safety on when you are loading a speargun, and make sure that the spear is hooked in properly or it will fire straight way. Don’t ever point the gun at anyone, and that includes when you are loading a gun.
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Most cheap spear guns that you get you can load almost any way that you want. When you start moving onto the bigger guns with multiple rubbers, or thick rubbers then you need to be loading the gun in a way which is not only safe, but healthy for your body too! Small guns can be placed with the end on the top of your legs, but far enough from the groin. Of course, if the rubbers are too hard to pull back when doing this then it’s a bad idea.
The best way to load a speargun is actually with the end of the gun on your chest. Just above where your ribs meet in the middle there is a very hard bit of bone. Proper spearfishing wetsuits have a pad in this area to ensure that loading a gun doesn’t hurt as much, but you can still do it without these. For a right handed person, simply hold the end of the gun with your left hand, and take a rubber with the right hand. Pull the rubber up as much as you can, and then slide the gun from the left side of your torso into the middle, and then grab the rubber with both hands (on either side of the gun). Pull the rubber all the way back and hook it in carefully.
You can do this fairly quickly and easily even with the more powerful rubbers, and its controlled enough. It’s a good idea to keep your safety on when you are loading a speargun, and make sure that the spear is hooked in properly or it will fire straight way. Don’t ever point the gun at anyone, and that includes when you are loading a gun.
Kansieo.com