Railgun spearshafts?

I think Daryl Wong sells them for like $40, and Flfreedivers for like $35 or something. I'm like you though I do prefer RA shafts.

Pursuit stainless steel shafts $49 http://www.freedivingspearfish…tainless-steel-shaft.html

http://spearfishing.world/spearguns/2316-pursuit-shafts.html

Spring Steel RA shafts are the best hands down in my opinion. Even if they are $60 I would still pay it. There is no shaft more robust and bend resistant than a spring steel shaft. I have shot so many "shaft bending fish" with my 7mm shaft (that would have destroyed my Stainless shafts) yet my Spring steel seem almost untouchable. Usually my RA shafts will rust to death after several years before they get bent. My Stainless shafts often get bent after a trophy fish and its into the trash with them. When your in some remote trip and need something you can count on its Spring steel. I'm not into trying to straighten shafts because after they get bent once they are just never the same.

I say you should just eat the cost and stick with it.

I've just straightened a RA and a Sumora shaft a week ago. Both will bend like any other shaft. I have straightened many shafts and when you do the job right they function perfectly well. Based on my experience and the force I needed to exert with my hands to straighten a RA Sumora, Riffe, Ray Odor, H Dessault, Pursuit, and others shafts, I find the RA and Sumora to not be any harder to bend than average. Of all the conversations I had with guys claiming the RA shafts to be more bend resistant, none have actually tried to bend the shaft between their hands, while this is something I do all the time. There must be some psychosomatic effect at play here for them to claim those rusting shafts are more bend resistant. If you're curious and plan to come over to check out Pursuit gear, I can let you bend an RA shaft that I have here so you can see for yourself.

With all that said there are definitely shafts that are softer than others, I don't like those. But consider that there's a sweet spot between hardness and ease of straightening the shaft back. You can use an 8mm shaft that is more bend resistant, but some fish at some time will bend it. Then it will just be harder to straighten on the spot. I like the 7mm shaft, it has good bend resistance and is easy for me to straighten. Those of you who have seen me straighten a shaft know what I mean.

Matt, where exactly did the DW shaft snap and how did it happen?

I'd really like to see a pic of that. This indicates the steel is brittle, it's so hard it will break before it will bend.

I think that you should reconsider the DW shafts as he just came out with a new line. My buddy just bought a new DW and it came with a 7.5mm spring steel shaft that feels stiffer than the 8mm riffe shaft that I have on one of my guns. http://www.wongguns.com/component-shafts.php

i know it is not an answer to your question, but it is easy to prevent the rust, I have an RA shaft that is 3+ yrs old with not a spot of any kind on it. I keep a rag in a ziploc bag that has some 3in1 oil on it...once my gear is dry I simply take the rag and wipe the shaft once...done

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i know it is not an answer to your question, but it is easy to prevent the rust, I have an RA shaft that is 3+ yrs old with not a spot of any kind on it. I keep a rag in a ziploc bag that has some 3in1 oil on it...once my gear is dry I simply take the rag and wipe the shaft once...done

Same here.

I don't really mind if they rust.... I've only had one shaft totally rust, and that was a bad batch of coating. It still killed fish just like the other ones, until it bent. Other than that, the tips rust... no big deal. I like that they are cheaper than stainless shafts.
RA shafts or Riffe shafts....... they all bend, it's just another expendable piece, so don't worry about it.
--Dave

Thanks for the pic. It doesn't look too bad in the sense that you can sharpen it. But I've never seen a shaft break like that before and it makes me wonder about the shaft as a whole. Or it could just be a random weakness in a particular spot. BTW if that happens to you during a trip just keep fishing with the shaft as is.

Please send me your bent shafts I'll pay the shipping.

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It was one of the newer shafts. Daryl Wong offered to replace it for FREE and I declined. I did not think it was fair but I do think he is a very stand up guy and makes a good product with an amazing warranty. I will be ordering one of his guns one day.

I dont understand the picture. Did the tip just break off? Is that what i'm looking at?

I have heard that the Orca shafts are very good.