![]() I think that the Greener, and similar launchers are more intended to afix a line to the animal, to facilitate recovery, rather than to kill it. I think that this was a shotgun type powder, but do not know this for a certainty. The trick would be to determine a safe charge for loading the blank launching cartridges.303 grenade launching blanks used "Ballistite" powder. There should be a swivel ring for the line, so that the line trails directly behind the dart, otherwise the tug of the line could pull the harpoon off course. I don't know why a parallel sided spiggot could not be fitted to the muzzle, and a hollow tail put on the dart. Imagine holding up your hands while your mother would wind yarn off them into a ball. Used a 2 armed line holder mounted under the barrel. The Greener Martini was a light harpoon gun. It's actually quite an interesting piece, I could have gotten into all sorts of mayhem with it in the Bahamas as I grew up in Georgetown, Exuma, Bahamas for 18 years. I could have used it to get some monster Snook in Florida had I known about it, sort of like bow fishing. Well gee thanks for telling me about that harpoon gun now dad, I could have been shooting all sorts of stuff for the past few years. With the dozens of expeditions I've been on down south I had never known about the gun until we got back to Florida. We do a lot of diving, scuba, fishing, Kiting, all of the above, and only when we got back from our last trip and had winterized my dads 71' expedition trawler, did I ever hear a word about this harpoon gun. As it stands I don't really have any date in which I need to sell this, I just wanted to put it out there hopefully to make some more more for other toys.įunny thing actually, me and my family often go to the Southern Bahamas, ya know, Samana Cay, Plana Cays, Mayaguana, Mira Por Vos, Hogsty Reef, Crooked Island, Acklins Island, Inagua, Little Inagua, etc, etc. Sorry for the (second) derail.good luck on the sale. Nikki was so small, that they actually had to custom make a harpoon that was short and light enough for her to be able to actually hold and throw, all while she had to maintaining balance and sight of the fish jostling around on the boat. They used regular harpoons for when they were hand lining tuna, once you got the fish close to the boat, youd give it all you had and chuck the spear at the fish. You would wait till you could see the whites of the bellies, SHOOT, and hope like hell the dart stuck. I imagine it would shoot quite a long ways but would loose its momentum pretty quickly. She said there they normally be about 10-15 feet away from the fish and the dart would stick a few feet under. They would go after the tuna that were just on the surface chasing after bait. She would stand on the bow while her father would literally chase them down with their boat. ![]() They would often use a spotter plane that would guide them where the schools of BFT were. These harpoon guns would be for when the fish weren't biting and they were off anchor. My roommate/buisness partner was just 12 years old shooting this off the bow.she said there wasnt that much recoil. Navy Arms makes cool shit, but for 3k Im going to have to find another way to hunt my tunas I bet the recoil will loosen your fillings. ![]()
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