Top Gun
“This here is a pumped up 115 Supersten, the strongest speargun in the world and it was noticed since in Greece at least, no one knew much about “heavy” rail guns. There
can break your spine in two – so you have to ask yourself: do I fell lucky? So, do you were even some, who searched in old, neglected stores to find some tired Supersten
feel lucky, punk?” This phrase is of course taken and modified from inspector Cal- 130. And just like that, at the end of the former century, while all “elite” spearos were
lahan’s role, being used quite often by many spearos who having gone insane from diving with rail guns, they all ended up with a pumped up air gun in their bag, which
snapper aspettos, at the end, manage to catch the dreamed fish with a very long and had been fully customized. This nostalgic wave was so mighty that it actually forced
difficult shot taken with the strongest gun they had in their bag. The long pneumatic Mares to resurrect the production of the Scarpati Supersten named now after Pipin (
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gun. A just name since Scarpati may have shown to the world how to fish for pelagic fish
But just like all “Dirty Harry” movies, almost everybody freaks out with the con- with air guns, but it was Pipin that showed how to fish with air guns in deep waters.).
troversial characteristics of the large pneumatic gun, while others are blown away Naturally, those who bought it (victims of the B.W.H. trend themselves) never used it
from the outcome of its action that “doesn’t solve the crime, is crushes it”! Indeed, the except for occasional target practice. At some point, around the time of the new mil-
shaft from a long pneumatic gun doesn’t simply make a hole, it shatters the heads of lennium, the long pneumatic gun was forgotten…
large dusky groupers and the spines of snappers and large amberjacks. But here it is again. The long air gun having been considered a cult phenom-
Story has it that during the late 80’s and early 90’s the first amberjacks were enon with its users being seen as graphic legends of the spearfishing world, seems
speared in mid water. A few years later, with the first tunas being taken by the long now to fit in perfectly with the carbon outfits of the new age hunters, consisting the
pneumatic guns of the pioneers in B.W.H. in Greece, a spending spree for these guns new, “chic air gun” style!
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