Rob Allen Wahoo Carbon Speargun

Overview

The Rob Allen Wahoo Carbon Speargun is a band-powered carbon railgun for spearfishing. The family uses a carbon barrel with conventional band power and is offered in selectable gun lengths for different spearfishing setups.

Barrel construction and testing

The carbon barrel is manufactured with an epoxy-bonded, pultrusion-type process that produces a higher fiber-to-bonding-agent ratio than the hand-laid construction method referenced by Rob Allen. The specified composition reaches up to 80% fiber and 20% bonding agent.

Each barrel is pressure tested twice. Rob Allen specifies testing at a depth of 40 m for one hour as part of its barrel testing process.

Configuration and finish

Rob Allen also identifies the carbon barrel platform as suitable for roller-gun applications, while the supplied Wahoo Carbon family uses a conventional band configuration rather than a roller setup.

Each barrel is individually hand airbrushed, so the pattern and visual detailing can vary from one speargun to another.