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    Posted: 25 Oct 2005 at 12:20pm
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Since im new to this sport, can any one tell me the best way to load a speargun.  I can manage to do it, but it hurts like hell. Any methods or gadgets that make it easier?

Or am I just a weak youngster

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does your suit have a loading pad? How longs your gun?
I struggled at first, but you get the hang of it
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Hi Rusky, This thread may help

http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=11&TopicID=3607&ReturnPage=Search&PagePosition=0&ThreadPage=1

 

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all part of the fun rusky especially when you mistime  loading it (more so with longer guns) and get a snorkle and mouth full of water... took me a long time (and I am also new to the sport as well) to be selective about my shots. Especially in a nice cold Wellywood winter when your freezing it takes alot of energy to continuiously load and reload a gun.
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Rusky, sounds like ive got the same problem!! having trouble with my 120 Picaso, i see your from northland, where abouts do you hunt?
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From the RA website:

This is a series of photos to help new users of the RAILGUN to load up correctly, follow the steps.

Do not load the gun out of the water.

  
1. Position yourself comfortably in the water, get a good grip on the handle of the gun with your left hand as you prepare to load.

   2. With your right hand, reach for the right elastic, pushing with your left hand.

  
3. With a straight right arm, wedge the gun handle against your chest with your left hand.


   4. Once the gun handle is pushed firmly against your chest, release it and use your left hand to grab the left elastic.
  
5. Use your chest to push and simultaneously pull the elastics with both arms towards the notch on the spear.

   6. Click the cable into the spear notch and the gun is ready to fire.

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works great except when I'm freezing on the south coast after a few hours in the water....then all technique goes out the window (personally speaking)
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Quote: Originally posted by KeriBOI on 25 October 2005

does your suit have a loading pad? How longs your gun?
I struggled at first, but you get the hang of it

Yea Ive got a Imersion Challenger 120. Oh no one told me what that hard thing was on the wetsuit, but no I dont have a pad on my wetsuit.  Ill have to get one of those this summer

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Quote: Originally posted by Doc on 25 October 2005
Rusky, sounds like ive got the same problem!! having trouble with my 120 Picaso, i see your from northland, where abouts do you hunt?
 Yea doc, I hunt the Hen & Chicks and Bream Head area.  Spend new years and xmas up at Doubtless bay, much more to shoot at there.  Ive got the same length gun
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where did you get your gear from? im guessing you have a 16mm rubber. Follow the photos above.
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Hey thanks Narsil fort those diagrams, I usually start from step 4 using both my hands and pulling with my palms up. 

Maybe palms down might be easier.

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Keriboi

Yea its a 16mm rubber, got my gear from Wild Blue. Photos look good, ill save them on my computer.

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"I usually start from step 4 using both my hands and pulling with my palms up."

Yeah, that's fine for a shorter gun. When I bought a 130 a few months ago though, I definitely found that I had to start with one arm grabbing the rubber and pivoting the but into my chest (I'm only 5' 10" though).

Had never really thought about loading technigue with my last few guns, which were only round the 110 mark.

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Rusky, where abouts at Doubtless bay do you stay, ive got family up there and are there all the time, was out at the islands off karikari in the weekend, didnt see any kingies tho, got a nice 5.2kg packhorse in shallow, you got a boat up there?
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I stay at Hihi, got a batch there.  Im at that Doubtless Bay fishing comp every year and stay at these old folks place near the brifge.  Mainly just go around the bay fishing basically, but this summer im getting my feet wet.  Know a guy who is a Charter fishermen called garath, dont know if u've heard of the old bugger, hes a bit of a character.  He'll put me on the fish for sure

My boat is a Haines Hunter SF535, call name Rusky1, we tow it up there from Whangarei.

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video of loading speargun about 7mb

http://www.ronsseacorner.co.nz/videos.htm

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