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Rigging

Rigging in some ways quite a personal thing, so we will just show a few examples with the pros & cons of each setup.

Remember, your mono might have a breaking strain of 150 kg but if you have badly crimped mono, that might be your weakest link. For my own standard 120 cm gun I use 1.5 mm thick mono, which is not quite as durable as 1.8 mm & 2 mm, but I think it has less influence on the shaft when fired. At the shaft end is a copper crimp, which are small & less likley to catch the muzzle on the way through.. At the muzzle end is alloy crimp which is a bit bigger for grabbing hold of, for when it has to be disconnected from the gun. Below is an example of old mono that's been left too long, the mono has split wide open.

This gun has been strung with 2 mm mono,but again this is not our only choice.

Some guns are strung with Dyneema or Spectra. Instead of crimping , the line passes through the shaft, down the other side with just a small knot to hold the line in. The trick is having a small enough knot so it doesn't catch on the muzzle.

The first example shows a coastlock & swivel which are very quick to release but do lack a bit of finesse.

This gun has a pigtail & swivel which is probably the most common. Sometimes the winding wire sits hard against the center wire & I would have to say in the middle of winter when the fingers don't work so well I have trouble unwinding the mono.

Here is a gun with the mono strung directly to the muzzel which has it's merits too. When a gun is fired, the shaft drops as is reaches the end of it's range. A shaft strung this way will have less slowing it down as it reaches the end of it's range.

Open & closed muzzle

Here we have a typical closed muzzle, which are quick to load, but the muzzle can be a bit distracting when taking aim down the barrel.

Here is an open muzzle gun where the mono actually holds the shaft down in place. No obstructions down the line of the shaft make it easier to site a target. The mono does need tension to hold the shaft in place, and it takes more experience with the gun to load it quickly.

The Gun

Rigging

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