how to rebuild bands or where to buy?

[HarrierMech]

For next time...
Spearit Spearfishing Knowledge Base

It's really simple and you can build a few extras to keep handy.

 

[redneck23ms]

thanks. i got the bands and shock cord in the other day. the new ones ended up being a bit shorter than the old ones but i can still load them so all is well. will just have a little more power. going to give the old gun a good going over this weekend and give it a paint job. will post up before and after pics

---------- Post added January 18th, 2014 at 03:21 PM ----------

Here are the before and after pics. This is a voit swimaster speargun that i picked up along with some other scuba gear. I didn't have much money in it so i decided to get it back into usable shape. It is a little over 30" overall and the spear is a little over 24". should be fine for smaller fish.
before


after

 

[MAKO Spearguns]

It looks like you did a good job of refurbishing the old gun. Voit has not made spearguns for a long time, probably over 30 years.

In any regard, please be careful with that configuration. We like to caution divers, (particularly freedivers) to make sure that any wrist lanyard they use be constructed of stretchable bungi material rather than nylon cord.

If the gun should get caught in a rock or the shooting line entangled or a shark comes in and grabs a fish you shot, it may become very important that you can rid yourself of the gun in an instant.

We offer elastic lanyards that are safer than nylon. Of course it is impossible to know what type of lanyard you have elected to use.

Elastic Lanyard

 

[Hank49]

Ditto on what Dano said.

Also, take your bands off after diving and keep them in a sealed Ziplock bad. I keep mine in the refrigerator. If not, they'll dry rot much faster.