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There are a ton of different guns out there. My recomendations for low cost guns would be a Aimrite 100-110 sized gun. They come in Aluminum barrels and are very powerful, well made, but not bulky guns. I have a 90 Aimrite and love it. I also have a few custom teak larger guns that are expensive. The Aluminum Aimrites are about $300 new and can be found used on EBAY, or on the spearfishing forumn sites for around $200. Look under classifieds on Spearboard.com
I would get a 52+ inch wood American gun like a SeaHornet or Biller, or a 100-110mm Euro gun like the Aimrite. The Aimrite will probably be more powerful and slimmer to carry, but harder to load, until you learn how to do it correctly. All my guns must be chest loaded and I find no issue with it. Many have problems doing this way and thus the American style guns with long butts(less band stretch). Those can easily be loaded on the hip.
A Biller 48 is a decent gun for low cost, but I think you would just wish you got a 52+ soon afterwards. Problem is the 52 is probably starting to get away from the $200 you stated.
I cannot say enough good things about the Aimrite gun I have, especially for the low cost. Aimrite just redesigned their gun and I have the old one. There are many of the old sytles around for sale and they are excellent guns for a very reasonable price. And the guy who makes them warranties them for life to whomever owns it(not just the original owner). Hard to beat.
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