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Old 09-29-2017, 07:39 AM   #67
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Re: Thoughts on Abellan Albacore 130 vs Bleutec Oceanborn 125 & King Cobra

Billy, that's a pretty shallow Open Epoxy Track. Had a blank here with a poured track. If there was a shaft in you'd see that a 5/16" (8mm) shaft shows @ 4mm of depth. I tried that gun with a few set ups. It shot with very good range with an 11/32" Shaft in the pool. But on the prototypes I sent out for Field Testing all 3 of my testers put the gun through very extensive use and independently all said they prefer the 5/16 configuration for hunting. One of those testers took 3 Yellowfin over 200lbs with that gun with a 5/16" (and these were not the Handfeds in Ascension), as well as literally 50 Yellowfin over 100lbs, 100 Wahoo over 50lbs, and several King Mackeral over 50lbs so I guess it passes both the Mackeral and Tuna penetration tests. But at the same time a very nice set up for African Pompano, Burlying up Muttons or Uku.
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