Hi Philly,
I used a Viper for many years (90cm and an Omer Viper 115cm). They were both very accurate - shot some really good fish with them (including a 36kg sailfish with my 90!) There as Spaghetti has mentioned, trigger mechanism is not the strongest. There is also a design weakness on top of the trigger mechanism 'cartridge'. If you look closely at the top of the castle, you will see a notch (I suspect to aid aiming or something) - this tends to crack. Once this happens, I am always afraid that it will fail. Incidentally, the Rabitech Stealth handle is almost identicl to the Viper handle - without the groove.
I would recommend this gun for hunting mediun sized fish (up to 5 to 10kg) with shaft diameters up to 6.7mm - beyond this, the muzzel becomes too small.
I find this gun very well balanced - especially with a 6.5mm shaft.
If you are planning to hunt jewfish, leave this gun at home - I have lost a number in the 20kg mark at the spear did not pass through the fish.
I would suggest a RA or Rabitech instead - rather wait for the correct gun than buy something you are not totally happy with.
Good luck
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