Posts by monster slayer

  • Roller spearguns

    Why would someone want a shorter gun for longer shots? That kind of defeat the purpose of a shorter gun which is manuverability in tight spaces , when I'm hunting among rocks, I generally want to power down the gun instead of increasing its power for obvious reasons. If you need a gun that's more maneuverable and powerful for it's size, just go with a middle handle, which is a very versatile set up. A riffe No ka Oi, for instance is way more manueverable than my RA 1000 and is even shorter from the handle to the tip if you measure both that way, and it's significantly more powerful, if I want less power I just take one band out, if I want more reach , I just pjt another 14mm band on the gun's slot and that's it.


    The only way I'd go with a roller configuration is IF that gun would give me more reach with A LONGER gun, but sadly, it's not the case...


    Excellent thread by the way...

  • RA Rollergun Review

    Quote from Dan

    Nice review Monster.


    I've reached the same conclusions about roller spearguns. I recommend you sell that roller rather than cut it. There are always more guys looking to experience the "magic" so it should sell well.

    Dan, you don't even know how much I appreciate your practical and keen common sense and your logical based wisdom. I was thinking about switching the set up with a shorter gun that I have, but probably I'll stick with standard guns and sell the roller...


    Thanks

  • RA Rollergun Review

    By the way, Rob Allen himself says that the longer the Roller the less advantage it takes from the set up. That the max length advisable for a Rollergun is 110, still he offers rollers in the 120's and 130's range. But there's no difference in performance between a 130 roller and a 130 standard railgun. According to him a 110 roller shoots equally to a 130 standard railgun, following that logic I'll cut my 130 roller to 110 so it shoots as a 130 back again lol... X/

  • RA Rollergun Review

    Rob Allen is one of the Big names on spearfishing no doubt about it. Most of their products are excellent products that are a good choice and they generally offer a fair cost/quality ratio.

    One of the hottest products available is the so called RA rollergun. The advertising claims that this guns are super powerful, super accurate and negate the need for the usage of multiband guns for bluewater.


    These guns come with some pros and cons, here are some of my thoughts bout it.


    The gun is a RA roller 130, factory made


    Cons:

    The gun is super expensive for what it is.

    The loading process is a major hassle, it depends on a loading aid in the form of a mini band that you must carry with you all the time. It's super difficult to load, the loading aid is prone to be lost at sea and render your gun partially useless, and to top it off the hook on the mini aid can and will scratch your barrel.

    The gun is not suitable for hunting near rocks. It kill fishes but not in a more efficient or better way than a standard railgun.

    It's a bit tip heavy

    The plastic that is made out of doesn't look very durable, nor the rollers by themselves.

    It does have some recoil that goes with a very odd "thump"

    It doesn't reach the advertised 6 times the length of the barrel, that's just horeshit, it has a bit more if not the same reach of a standard two banded railgun of the same size.


    Pros:


    It looks super cool and it's a great conversation starter

    It's a bit more powerful than a standard twin banded railgun

    It's fairly accurate.



    Bottomline / conclusion


    It's not worth it...


    It shoots almost the same of a railgun of it's same length , it's so difficult and slow to load and its expensive AF...


    I hope you find it useful


    Here are some fishes speared with my Wong hybrid, none was caught with the Roller, but was placed among them for illustration purposes...