i was wondering if anybody can help me..... i have a sporasub aspic 75 and i am getting a hammerhead open muzzle for it. can somebody tell me if i should get 2 9/16 bands or 2 5/8 bands, and should i have 1 or 2 wraps of line? do you think i should take off the loading pad? i hope someone can help... thanks

two 9/16 bands is good.

One wrap of line is normal for euro guns.

Keep that loading pad on,it will save your chest.

I have the sporasub black viper and it is a excellent gun for the price!
Your aspic should serve you well.
Good Luck

thanks alot coral sniper.

I had a 75 cm aspic and installed the hammerhead reef muzzle. I used two 9/16" bands, cut to around 16" and 18", and found that to be optimal for me. As for the loading pad, I liked it, but it eventually broke, which I was told was not uncommon on that gun. After a few years the line release broke as well, and since I couldn't get replacement parts for it, that ended the gun's life. Be careful about keeping your shooting line too tight...
Ron.

what kind and size fish where you shooting Ron? did you have more then 1 wrap of line?

what kind and size fish where you shooting Ron? did you have more then 1 wrap of line?

I used that gun for NorCal rockfish, but when it broke it was at a freshwater carp/squawfish tourney in which I was reloading and shooting as fast as I could. I was using one wrap of 200# mono and a single, 5/8" band. I had an open muzzle on the gun, so I had to wrap the line to hold the shaft in place. About halfway through the tourney the line release broke, and since I had previously removed both alligator clips, (they had cracked early on), I had no way to shoot the gun.
Honestly I was probably just being too rough with the line release and it was my fault it broke. Too bad, because I liked that old gun.
Ron.