Spear Rail guide, or shaft guides on spearguns ???

[gserghiou]

Hi All,

I currently own two guns (Omer Excalibur Carbon and Cressi Apache) , both with the adjustable shaft guide (the small plastic guide), that you can move back and forth to adjust the spear travel or so.
At the time i bought these, other manufacturers were developing guns with a rail guide along the barrel. I thought If Omer, a reputable manufacturer did not incorporate a barrel length rail guide, then that was not needed.

As i am an amateur at freediving, and planning to remain one due to bad asthma, i havent played around too much with the idea behind rail guides.

I always wondered if a rail guide all along the barrel of the gun is better than the small plastic adjustable guide.

I am getting the Omer univeral shaft guide to give it a try and see if i land some more fish.

Can anyone share his thoughts about this issue ??

Thank you,

George

 

[Asturven]

George,

What are the lenght of those spearguns?

If they are short guns, let say less than 90 cm you will not see much difference.

Ivan

 

[Mr. X]

Check the existing threads. Mark from Omer USA gave a very full explanation on one (possibly two) threads already- which might be considered the anti-rail perspective. Check out the RobAllen site for a pro-rail perspective.

I dare say it doesn't make much difference. With stick on rails widely available now, even less so. Seems like it might be a bigger issue with longer guns. The Rob Allen rail also adds stiffness on their aluminium models (not all rails do) as the rail is part of the barrel tube. I have a 90cm aluminium Rob Allen railgun -- and I love it, it is one of my favourite things. I have heard others feel the same about their Omer Excaliburs.

I saw a Cressi Commanche recently, it seemed flimsier and more plasticy that the RAs -- but also sleek , fast and lightweight. It is very much a personal taste thing.

 

[gserghiou]

Hi Asturven,

You ask about the length of my spearguns.

They are both 100cm

Hope this helps.
meanwhile i will try and find the other threads to get more info.

Thanks for the info so far.

George

P.S I have added a photo on my profile but it doesnt come up in the computer.i can see everybody elses except mine...is there something i need to do ???