HOW TO LOAD A SPEARGUN IN 5 EASY STEPS!

[@philipmeisterl]

I have seen lots of videos explaining exactly this i think tthis is the best

[@renedelgado1572]

Awesome video, first one I've found that actually shows the setup process with the string, not just pulling back the bands. Ordered my first speargun today, I live near the Florida Keys and will be doing the majority of my spearing there. Cheers!

[@DepthWish]

I'm glad to share - I have to highly recommend taking a freediving course, maybe you have already? I met a guy from Florida that was teaching and seemed quite good if you need a referral. What kind of speargun did you purchase?

[@renedelgado1572]

@@DepthWish yeah that would be great! I am a certified scuba diver but no experience free diving besides KZbin videos. I got a Koah Euro 48.

[@DepthWish]

@@renedelgado1572 I keep trying to respond to this and the PC is crashing but anyway, definitely get a course in before you go. I personally like Molchanov and SSI organizations. The money you spend will not only make you safer but make you a lot better and may save your life. I am certified instructor and I won't taken even my best friends out until they can demonstrate some of the most important skills. Florida has a big community of spearos and on FB there are often clubs. I am a member of a bunch of them in places that I have visited and it's a bunch of instant kindred spirits. I highly recommend doing that after your course!

[@renedelgado1572]

@@DepthWish I will look into some courses. I want to be safe, no doubt. I have a healthy respect for water and don't plan to do anything difficult until I get my learning. I appreciate your time, thanks for the responds!

[@ThePOSSM]

Fantastic video and breakdown!

[@jack-gf6jw]

I wish everybody else who posted a video on how rig a spear would just delete. Your video is so much better and concise. Thank you

[@DepthWish]

More to come. Thank you for the feedback.

[@markmclaughlin4801]

This is really good. Very informative. Thanks for posting it

[@jamesrahn8339]

Great video!

[@tydengr]

You should make a video show how the short guy load a long spear gun.😀

[@DepthWish]

I can do that in the future when I start making videos again. There is definitely a technique that most everyone can use because blue water spearguns can be quite long and having shorter, super tight bands is pretty sweet for generating power.

[@Pablo_Yang_Foodvlog]

At 12:20 why did you load both rubber to the same shark fin ?

[@DepthWish]

I load the rubbers by the sequence of lowest goes to the shark fin that is nearer the front tip of the shaft, middle rubber goes to next shark fin closest to me and if there is a third it is the most on top and goes closest to me. If there were four or five rubbers they would go the same way. There can be some spearguns that do not have enough shark fins to handle all of the rubbers are they are built with intention to load on the same fin. Some can handle this and some cannot. If the shark fin does not have enough height to it, it is likely to slip off while moving through the water. If it is tall it may be able to handle more than 1 rubber on it. If I am trying to get maximum power out of a speargun and the shark fins are tall, I may load 2 or 3 rubbers on the same shark fin that is closest to me aka the shark fin that creates the greatest rubber band stretch. Generally speaking however, spearguns are intended to have 1 rubber per fin. I didn't rewatch the video but sometimes if the rubbers are tight, I will temporarily rest the 2nd rubber on a shark fin that is easier to get to and then I will move the butt of the gun to my sternum and pull it to its correct position making it tighter. Hopefully these scenarios help make sense.

[@isaiahcumberbatch9541]

Hi I have 2 x 16mm bañds on my 110cm speargun an it difficult to load can I use 14mm bands? It has a160 cm , 7mm shaft .

[@DepthWish]

160 cm shaft on a 110 cm track sounds really long. If it were me, I would work on loading technique and keep all of that power in the bands. It makes all of the difference for range and for getting through a big fish. Do you have access to someone that can weld on extra "shark fins" on top of the shaft? You could have 1 or 2 put at easier spots and then put on your sternum to jack them to the next spot. I think the short answer is you could use thinner bands but I would want to use whatever the speargun was designed for. If it hurts your hip or your chest, put an old flip flop under your wetsuit.

[@firstnamelastname9013]

👏👏👍👍

[@ruel1983]

You are loading the gun against your belly ?😳

[@DepthWish]

I am right handed so I will load on my right hip or my lower abs. If it the speargun has very tight rubbers, I will load it to one of the easier shark fins on top and then I put it on my sternum to move it up to the higher position shark fins on the top of the spear shaft.

[@hongchang9370]

Thank You, I learned something. Bearhunter5