How deep is your Track

[ihab]

I've been trying to determine if the depth of a wooden Speargun track has any positive/negative effect on the spear accuracy.
I'm not talking about the enclosed track in this thread.

In some wooden guns, the tracks (rail) is very shallow; just covering about 1/4 of the spear….in other wooden guns, the rail covers almost 3/4 spear.
Does this make any difference …..the spear becoming more accurate since it is more or less "guided" by the deep track more than a spear in a shallow track.

Cheers,
Ihab​

 

[willloomy]

i made my gun and the track covers the entire shaft
correct me if I'm wrong but the partially enclosed shafts prevent shafts from bending as they are fired

 

[nigelr]

G'day ihab.
Depth of track depends on type of spear.
Notched spear you need a shallow track for the bridles to sit correctly when the gun is loaded.
Tabbed spear you can have a deeper track as the bridles sit on top of the shaft when the gun is loaded.
Cheers.

 

[ihab]

G'day ihab.
Depth of track depends on type of spear.
Notched spear you need a shallow track for the bridles to sit correctly when the gun is loaded.
Tabbed spear you can have a deeper track as the bridles sit on top of the shaft when the gun is loaded.
Cheers.

Hi Nigeler,
I'm not trying to fit a spear in to a track, rather determine if the deeper track has any advantage over the shallow track.
So far, the feedback has been, the deeper thye better

Cheers,
Ihab