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09-16-2019, 07:26 PM | #1 |
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My Invert Roller
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I thought I'd share my invert roller gun that I put together almost a year ago. It's been the most accurate gun I've had so far. The following are the specs on it: - MVD Handle - Invert Roller G3 Muzzle, with Inox bearings - Ronstan Block Pulleys (the MVD pulleys didn't give me confidence in holding) - Nautilus Carbon barrel (110 cm) - 3 pairs of 9" 14mm (small I.D.) bands - 7.5 mm, euro, wire fin, Rob Allen shaft I'm all about accuracy with my guns and I'm very picky about its function over anything else. With that said, it can be a pain to load compared to my other classic style band setups. Things get tangled more easily and everything needs to wrap just so. When I first built it I was encountering problems with my shooting line tangling with the 6 bottom bands. MVD's videos show the shoot line running between the pairs of bands and it was tangling with that configuration. Also, the shaft didn't slide into the mechanism nicely. The shaft butt was coming in too high to the mechanism and so I needed to raise the shaft front up a bit to get it in. Both of these issues were causing shot inconsistencies and it was frustrating me. Discouraged, I gave up on the gun for months, but then decided to give it another try and resolve the issues. To resolve, I added a SS line wrap/anchor at the side of the barrel, near the muzzle. Second, the shimmed the handle higher to allow the shaft to slide right in with no fuss. I target shot the gun at about 15' from the muzzle and I was able to hit center in a repeatable fashion. I've been using this gun the past few months and I'm VERY happy with the accuracy. The gun also has extremely low recoil and an amazing line of sight, since no bands in the way. This has become my Mu gun. With the 9" bands all loaded, the gun is powerful. If I recall correctly, I measured the pull of one band pair at 50 lbs. So for 3 bands, 150 lbs. My 110 KAP speargun, two bands, also measured at 150 lbs with two bands pulled back, except the invert has the longer throw (which we know). The modifications I've had to make resolved two issues, but also created other minor ones in the process. If you scrutinize what I've done in the pictures below (at the muzzle), it's odd, and it makes loading a bit more difficult and, at times, causes my roller line to be pushed off the roller when first pulling back. So I have to be careful. I'm planning to grind off the plastic line guide/wrap on the muzzle and replace with a more standard SS line guide/anchor. The plastic one is fraying my line and a little too far forward, near the muzzle. Aside from this gun, I'm still planning on building a wooden gun, but this gun is really making me think about building an invert roller style wooden gun. Question, why do some invert roller guns also have a single classic band on top? Does it give the shaft more initial velocity? Last edited by musubi; 10-02-2019 at 02:51 PM. |
09-16-2019, 08:24 PM | #2 |
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The "helper" band on top seems to unstick the roller system, the rollers need to turn and cables can take a temporary set under tension from the cocked bands. The gun will shoot without it, but with a conventional band there is no delay and it just jerks forwards when you pull the trigger.
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09-16-2019, 08:59 PM | #3 | |
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Did I describe that right? So my original thoughts on a helper band is that it would create more recoil to the system and not provide that clean line of sight. Would that be true? Also, how powerful (% stretch) do people typically make this helper band? Similar to a single band setup? I realize I'm not going to be able to add a single helper band to my carbon gun, but I'm just curious since a helper band may make more sense on a wooden gun with more mass. Plus, I'm reluctant to mess with a helper on this gun since it shoots well for me. |
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09-17-2019, 12:26 AM | #5 |
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Cool build and great to hear that the perseverance paid off.
No disrespect, but if you need a tad more power it seems you can gain an inch or more of band pull by shortening the connections at the Ronstan blocks. Might not be so easy to change bands after that though - I think you may have some loop now to easily get the bands on and off the blocks if needed? As for the band on the top, perhaps drop Neven (gspearguns) a line in one of his posts or PM him as his Gladiator spearguns have had a booster band for a long time now. Would be good to hear his thoughts. I think he tends to use 16-17.5mm on the bottom band and a 14mm (small ID?) on the top. Your MVD handle actually does what Neven does on some of his guns - moving the reel to the trigger guard to be able to put the attachment points for the bands a bit further back than if the reel was mounted on the stock in front of the trigger guard. The Gladiator band setup seems to be what Carbonia has adopted, too though they have dropped the riser at the front and use a stopper knot system a la Roisub (or your muzzle) and their solution to increasing band stretch on the bottom is to put the reel on a bracket: Last edited by Diving Gecko; 09-17-2019 at 01:46 AM. |
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I'm thinking I could actually add a helper band. I could just increase the hole size a bit at the muzzle where the green line runs through. I would have to see how cumbersome it would be to load it for me. If I didn't like it, it would be easily removable. I'd love to add more power as long as I could control it and my accuracy remained. Sometimes I feel like the fish I shoot at have that split second more to react or turn away with my invert gun vs my classic 2 band setup. I end up hitting the fish, but not in the angle I shot them at. Happens sometimes. Ultimately, if I add a helper band, I'm going to want to target practice again. Wish I had access to a pool. Thanks for the connection. I'll see if I can get Neven's thoughts as well. |
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09-17-2019, 01:25 PM | #7 |
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I hear you on the pool access.. I tinker more than I dive, being landlocked and all but but would be great to have a pool.
I'd def start by shortening your connections where ever you can and then checking if you have enough power for your needs. I know you spent money on the Ronstans already and it's nice they are plastic so they wont scratch the barrel, but I was wondering if there's an easier way to shorten the connections by switching to Harken Micro blocks with the pin? Then you could just use a small loop in the rubber and put the pin through each loop "mini wishbone" of the rubber? I have probably seen pics of this somewhere as Harken Micros have def been used on rollers by others. Last edited by Diving Gecko; 09-17-2019 at 01:44 PM. |
09-17-2019, 02:16 PM | #8 |
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You can have cords at either end of a helper band to shorten the band, the rear is the usual wishbone and the front ties to your muzzle as the band anchor. From memory the Alemanni had that extra band as optional on the Vela 135 Special which is the gun shown in the diagram. It may now be included as the diagram was done a year or so back for another thread.
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09-17-2019, 02:29 PM | #9 |
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Musubi, maybe try 1-2 thicker bands on bottom. 14mm are pretty thin, even 14.5mm have more Schnapp to them. 15mm more. 16mm more..You should be able to get away without a kicker band with a 7.5mm Shaft.
Another thing I would fuddle around with is using a Roi type partial band on top. This will allow you to grab bad to load on top and maybe that band section is set to a certain elongation with a string inside or not, but I think that little section of band stretches and may function to give that little bit of a boost you are looking for. Any big Mus?
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I always thought the Roi type band setup was interesting. For use with rollers, am I thinking about it right that I would be losing some length of a power stroke with the connected bands on top? I've been getting some Mu's. Nothing too huge. That's my fiance's favorite fish, so I make sure she has some available. Personally, I love eating the goats. Although, hunting Mu's is much more exciting. |
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09-18-2019, 01:26 AM | #11 | |
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Actually there are no decent photos of the shackle pulleys or rollers besides this one now added. Nice catch, always good having fresh fish to eat. The silver tube is slotted on top and is the wishbone arrestor that lifts the wishbone off the shaft tab as otherwise it might hang onto the tab and pull up the shot slightly. Last edited by popgun pete; 09-18-2019 at 01:44 AM. |
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09-18-2019, 03:35 AM | #12 |
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Hey Musubi,
Sorry, I was mistaken - if you wanna try the Harken option with a pin, you don't want the Micro series, you want the even smaller '16mm' series. (I used to race sailboats and just looking at Neven's pics I always thought it was a Micro block, but nope). This is the smallest Harken with a pin: https://www.harken.com/productdetail...4395&taxid=410 The specs say it weighs in at 11g. If I am not mistaken, you now have the RF25019 block, which Ronstan says weighs in at 9g, so a 2g difference. Probably nothing to sweat over. I downloaded tech drawings for both and dropped them into a CAD program to give you a bit of a size comparison. The measurement is in mm: I hope Neven doesn't mind I share a few of his pic of how sleek it can be done with these blocks (If one was to make his own block you could eek out a few mms more, haha). I think the reason, he and others use a spacer bar is to have no friction between the bands. But for your use, leave out the plate and just imagine your dyneema loops going around the pin: Last edited by Diving Gecko; 09-18-2019 at 03:44 AM. |
09-18-2019, 05:37 AM | #13 |
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Someone needs to design a pulley specifically made for invert roller spearguns.
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09-18-2019, 06:11 AM | #14 | |
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Yep. I agree;-). Been thinking about a spacer with built-in pulleys and wishbone inserts. There’s about an inch more band stretch to be found on the pulley and connection over the Harken solution. That said, someone already has done the plate with pulley wheels but not the inserts (again, it is one of Neven's beautiful Gladiator guns, but not sure where the hardware is from): Having inserts - as you have pointed out before - would stop water getting into the bands which none of the pulley setups are doing yet. The inserts could be pinned in place on the plate or screwed in. So, changing bands would still be easy if the replacement bands had the insert already in them. Even if the inserts are permanently attached to the plate, changing a band would still be as easy as just tying one constrictor knot. Ah, that plate is an Ermessub product but Neven customized it with some centering plates in CF and larger pulleys. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by Diving Gecko; 09-18-2019 at 09:04 AM. |
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09-18-2019, 07:22 AM | #15 |
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Musubi,
Finally found a pic of what it was I was trying to describe all along, haha. No surprise, but Neven did it ages ago Notice the lack of spacer plate - I think he started doing that later on. I suspect to not have the bands touch each other at all. But on a pipe gun you may just have to live with that. And then if you build a woodie, you can take it into consideration. No disrespect to Neven at all, as he is one of the most amazing builders, but in case he is dropping by on this thread, I am just wondering how come the pulleys don't go all the way to the front in the loaded position? |
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