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Hi i have a brother in law who makes carbon fibre rifle stocks and asked me if i wanted him to try make me a carbon fibre speargun. Would this be worth it? Could it be done? Cheers
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yup it can be done but you need to use proper marine carbon fiber so it doesnt get water logged also try get it filled with that expanding foam for more bouyancy and ridgity
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[QUOTE=seacow]   also try get it filled with that expanding foam for more bouyancy and ridgity[/

Haha are you serious??
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Originally posted by CBSenior CBSenior wrote:

Hi ..... make me a carbon fibre speargun.  Could it be done? Cheers
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Some amazing guns have been built using carbon fibre. I like the Aimrite guns. There are a few yanks that do some amazing builds as well. Check the spear board forum as there's some good threads there on car on made guns.
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Cheers, will need to look it up and find all the dimensions etc
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C4 really needs to hire an english speaker to edit their website.  The euro mega-carbons have the unfortunate flaw of being an overgrown euro gun.  You can put mud tires on a Ferrari, but it's still best left out of the swamp.
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"marine" carbon fibre? It's carbon drawn to a fibre and spun, carbon fibre is carbon fibre?
Carbon fibre doesn't get waterlogged if it's resined correctly
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Originally posted by kolt45 kolt45 wrote:

C4 really needs to hire an english speaker to edit their website.  The euro mega-carbons have the unfortunate flaw of being an overgrown euro gun.  You can put mud tires on a Ferrari, but it's still best left out of the swamp.
Their translations are hilarious and poetic though. I say leave them as-is!


The big advantage of the Euro style is that the handle is almost in-line with the spear. That means recoil is pushing almost straight back, rather than pushing up the muzzle as with the US style mid-handles.
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Perhaps some resins used with CF are water-permeable?
 
Expanding foam for buoyancy is pretty hard case.
 
Chris, I remember some of Tom Sietas's translations being pretty hard case. "I made attack to the pond with my monofloppy."
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C4 Carbon guns are dogs - heavy as. They look great on the wall though.
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Interesting you say that pat, heard a few people say that, why is that? I thought if it was free it cant be all that bad
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C4 is an Italian brand - they make guns that are beautiful, over-engineered and weirdly dysfunctional. The trigger contains about a million moving parts and is made of titanium, but there's nowhere at the front of the gun to hold a shooting line. Presumably when you're designing such a masterpiece, mundane practical elements like attaching the gun to the spear it shoots are beneath consideration; an insult to the maker's art.
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Haha
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Originally posted by CBSenior CBSenior wrote:

Hi i have a brother in law who makes carbon fibre rifle stocks and asked me if i wanted him to try make me a carbon fibre speargun. Would this be worth it? Could it be done? Cheers

Does it have to be a euro style gun or were you thinking about a rail gun?

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Wasnt thinking style at all, but yeah could a copy of my rob allen rail gun be made in carbon?
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Originally posted by Mullins Mullins wrote:

Perhaps some resins used with CF are water-permeable?"

You use epoxy with carbon, reckon he's got confused with S/steel needing to be marine grade
Custom carbon gun would be nice! My next woody will have 2 or 3 carbon stringers to add stiffness and slimm down the barrel, but a full carbon would be cracking.
Are you going with a simple tube gun or making something special?
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Really open at the moment, he just raised the idea to me. So said i would do some investigation and come back to him. Not sure what is the best option, maybe try something simple first like a tube? If i can find a great plan/blue print then will run with that probably
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