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Carbon spearguns

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Pav

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Granted carbon fiber looks great! .. but what are the advantages of a carbon made speargun for different lengths?.. 75, 90 , 120?

Is upgrading or spending the extra on a carbon speargun worthwhile
 
in my opinion the carbon has two main advantages:
1) lighter, more manouverable
2) more resisitant to bending from powerful bands in comparison to aluminum...
i dont think that for a gun shorter than 90-100cm it would be worth the exra price but for 100+ i would definitly recommend the carbon fibre
 
ok so on a longer gun the strength of carbon is needed... Not an issue then for me as I don't fish with anything over 90cm.

But I question how a lighter gun is more manouverble. I would be keen to pay extra for carbon if this would be noticable on a shorter gun (75 - 90). But I have always felt when in the water and tracking a fish it has been the water resistance of the gun and not the weight of the gun that has prevented me tracking the gun quicker.

Is the carbon version of guns diameter smaller? as i would understand how this would have a large bearing on the speed you can move it.

If a gun had an oval shaped barrel making it more streamlined when moved left / right I imagine you would notice a difference.

I'd be the first to spend the extra ££s for a carbon gun because it looks sexy :inlove but would the change in the speed you could follow a fish be noticable on a 75-90cm gun?

thanks
 
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Pav said:
...carbon...
but would the change in the speed you could follow a fish be noticable on a 75-90cm gun?

thanks
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No, just very slightly noticeable for a difference of few grams in weight.
However, if you spear in low viz, or if the fish is very nervous in your area, and therefor you need a very lightweight and fast tracking speargun, I would consider the Omer XXV or Omer XXV Gold. It's specifically designed for fast tracking: the round carbon barrel is just 25mm wide, instead of the 28mm of the Comanche/Excalibur/T20 et cetera. If you try it you will feel the difference and be impressed, as I was when I tried it.
 
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Pav i paid out for a carbon gun last year and i will be the first to admit it was love at first sight:inlove There is even a thread in the european speargun threads detailing my long search for my choosen gun.I owned a Cressi Comanche 75 for a year and wanted to get a longer gun as i had seen a few shots drop short:head I went for a 90 and the weight was a big factor once i got my new pride and joy in the water.The accuracy of the gun is mind blowing and i have a wonderful memory of tracking a large grey mullet in a shoal while on the bottom and hitting him where i aimed just behind the eye.Not only did i hit him where i aimed but the spear went through his thick head straight.I also shot a bass from the surface as i drifted over him right through the top of the head.Nothing gives a spearfisher more confidence than knowing his spear will go where he has aimed

I love my carbon gun
 
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Spaghetti

Do you have any opinon about the cayman HF and the cayman carbon. Which one would be best track the fish. The reason I am asking this is my problem right now, I am having a hell of time tracking the blue fish donw here in Brazil with my azimuth and the sporasub does not have enough power.
I see a omer in my future.
 
If your barrel diamater is the same in both guns I cant really see how it will make tracking faster. As it is mostly resistance not weight that afects the speed of your movements underwater. Just my 2cents worth though.
 
Deepthinker, the two guns mentioned by Strangelove have in facts different shape barrels. You're not supposed to know, cause they're a shiny new series forthcoming on the market.
Strangelove, happy to hear that: you left the winter in Alaska, you lucky man! Hope you're having loads of fun.
On your question I just can give a theorical answer. The Caymans arrived in shops just a few days before Christmas and the stocks were soon sold out. I went to my local shop just to see them last week, but there were not any more left on the shelf already. The power of advertisement! But none of my friends or clubmates were among the lucky purchasers, so I have no first nor second hand feedback about that speargun.
Tracking:
the Cayman HF has an oval/ellyptical barrel, hence it's supposed to be better in left/right swinging, but not so good in the up/down. At least, this is my experience with the Seatec Gabbiano, a very good gun whose barrel has quite the same shape of the Omer HF.
The Cayman carbon has a round barrell, which makes me think it's a better overall reef gun, but for BIG fish I'd pick the HF, which has more mass to absorb recoil from double band heavy punch. But it's just theory.
Now my question: How big is blue fish down there? My biggest one in Tuscany was about 8 kg. I once hit a bigger one, for sure over 10kg, but it broke away.
Enjoy your tropics
 
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Spaghetti

The blue fish is small 3 kg max, but they are really far, they are very hard to track with my azimuth 100, (not the gun for this job). Tomorrow I will try with my yokooji 115 mid handle.

I will be back in Alaska next week, I need money to buy more spear fishing stuff ; ) But because I am in Alaska I can't spear fish this is the strangelove paradigme.
 
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