It seems to me that you Adon and me, have similar problem with our guns. I was also getting the cramps in my hand after some time hunting with may Gabbiano. Although the Gabb. is a great gun, somehow I could not get used to its handle. This is the main reason I am in the quest for a new gun, and hf of all guns I hold in my hand have the most comfortable handle for me.
Ones again we opened the everlasting question - which setup is better : one powerfull band, or two smaller. I agree with you Adon that with two bands you gain in flexibility, but on the other hand there is a set back in tracking.
My Gabbiano has old trb muzzle, that means only one pair of bands - 20mm.
For diferent kinds of hunting I use diferent shafts : for smaller fast fishes I take 6,35mm, it has superb speed in first 2-2,5 meters which is ok for golden gray mullets, oratas and even for smaller bass. When I need a longer range and good penetration ( amberjacks ettc. ) even on the end of effective range I use 6,5 or 6,75 mm( trygons ) shaft. So you see, same goal can be achived with a number of diferent strategies.
I am sorry, Spaghetti, that I misspell your nickname last time, its my bad english.
I was a bit dissapointed when saw Gabb. Snake - they change only the muzzle and yet, put a higher price. Gabbiano is a very good speargun in so manny ways, but I think it is time for more serios renewall. Handle should have better ergonomy and be placed higher towards barrel - better shooting when you don`t have time for aiming and also better control of recoil. Trigger mech can be moved further back to increase effective lenght of the gun ( lenght of streched bands ) while owerall lenght stay the same - like on Trygons dmr.
I am sure that Seatec team will come up with some great new ideas soon, but looking at the commpetition, they should hurry.
So I´m still in dilema - wait for new Seatec gun next season or take hf. To be honest, with no many issue my choice will be c4 Mr Carbon, but that is way too much many for me.
However, maybe we are all too much focused on equipment. Sometimes when I see us all debating on every litle detail of equipment with so much passion,energy and spent time, I think of spearos 30 or 40 years ago - they din`t have as near advanced equipment as we have today. Were they catching less fish then we do ? Don`t think so.
All the best to you all.
Marin
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