So I’m the kind of cheapass who doesn’t like buying gear. Years ago, I bought this Omer on Craigslist with missing shaft, band, etc. It was basically a tube, trigger, that’s about it. Well I got a shaft, bought a MVD roller muzzle, and learned to tie bands from bulk rubber. I really like this gun. Almost more than any firearm in my safe. It shoots lightning fast and has killed a LOT of fish.

Fast forward, I moved to AL, and my bands and bungee dry rotted. I have no idea where my shooting line (it was Kevlar/dyneema) went. I have a trip to the Keys tomorrow, so I got building. I found some 200 pound mono, grabbed some double barrel crimps and made a shooting line. I trimmed a lot of the rot off the rubbers and had just enough left to rebuild my bungee. Good thing I have a mile of constrictor string. Stuffed it all together and tightened it up. Money!!

I just ordered some green rubber to be delivered in FL, and I’ll post pics of making the bands on Tues/Weds. Its just like how I made the shooting line, but it ends up as an enclosed loop with a bottom anchor point. Stay tuned! Fish kills will be posted in the Salt water forum.

Typically you clean up the band ends by sliding a nail inside the rubber, and turning the whole deal into a point on a belt sander, then remove the nail and insert your line. I don’t have a belt sander right now. So I settled for squaring it off.

Bands arrived today, tying tomorrow. Hopefully the wind dies and we can get in the water

Got some work done, hopefully the final results will be in the salt water kills page

Well if anyone was wondering, I shot one snapper and the wishbone broke. 😂 that ended my spearing day (only one of the trip)