I recently got my hands on a Technisub "Drago" that I now have repaired and restored.
The "Drago" has been a hitch-hiker in other speargun threads on the forum, so it is already described in details on the forum. The "Drago" offers a rather ingenious design, so I thought that it deserved its own thread.
The Technisub "Drago" is a forward latching pneumatic speargun and features a sliding handle which can be locked at various positions along the reservoir tube to provide either a rear handle or mid-handle speargun.
A more detailed description by Popgun Pete can be found here:
http://forums.deeperblue.com/threads/inalex-alpha-c1-pneumatic-speargun.88246/
The "Drago" was introduced in February 1971 together with the "Pulce" [Gizzo]. The first model had a silver barrel and grey handle. Later this was changed to an all black model. The "Drago came in two lengths - a 80cmm and a 100cm; both supplied with a 9mm threaded shaft.
The patent for the "Drago" is dated 1970 [Popgun Pete]. The inventors were Luigi Ferraro and Gianni Beltrami [Gizzo].
The early technical drawing can be found here:
http://forums.deeperblue.com/threads/technisub-grinta-pneumatic-speargun.100365/#post-927513
Here's some studio photos of the result of my restoration. It's the later black version in 80cm.
The Pump is from a newer Technisub "Ranger".
Jégwan
The "Drago" has been a hitch-hiker in other speargun threads on the forum, so it is already described in details on the forum. The "Drago" offers a rather ingenious design, so I thought that it deserved its own thread.
The Technisub "Drago" is a forward latching pneumatic speargun and features a sliding handle which can be locked at various positions along the reservoir tube to provide either a rear handle or mid-handle speargun.
A more detailed description by Popgun Pete can be found here:
http://forums.deeperblue.com/threads/inalex-alpha-c1-pneumatic-speargun.88246/
The "Drago" was introduced in February 1971 together with the "Pulce" [Gizzo]. The first model had a silver barrel and grey handle. Later this was changed to an all black model. The "Drago came in two lengths - a 80cmm and a 100cm; both supplied with a 9mm threaded shaft.
The patent for the "Drago" is dated 1970 [Popgun Pete]. The inventors were Luigi Ferraro and Gianni Beltrami [Gizzo].
The early technical drawing can be found here:
http://forums.deeperblue.com/threads/technisub-grinta-pneumatic-speargun.100365/#post-927513
Here's some studio photos of the result of my restoration. It's the later black version in 80cm.
The Pump is from a newer Technisub "Ranger".
Jégwan
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