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    Anyone still using the APTA?

    It's from an old speargun. I think you could zip tie most anything onto the pipe and it would work as well. Or no handle at all.
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    Anyone still using the APTA?

    Here you go - Barrel is thin wall aluminum tubing, rest is plumbing fittings. Short plumbing nipple jammed into barrel screws into the butterfly valve. Paper circle is "wadding". I added a handle but it's not really necessary. Need to add a 90-degree short fitting for the Schrader valve so I can...
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    Anyone still using the APTA?

    I made my own APTA, using some 1-1/2" aluminum tubing I already had, a couple of 1-1/2" galvanized plumbing nipples, a 1-1/2" galvanized cap and a Milwaukee BB2-100 1-1/2" butterfly valve. The butterfly valve is the key; the valve handle opens very smoothly, which improves your aim. A Schrader...
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