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Originally Posted by badlander
Had to chance to feel the hf 90 in the water and compare it to my Gabbiano 90 this morning.My mates just got it 'as it came' and though it's very light,the muzzle is way too light so i suggested adding some of the weights to get it more balanced,then i reckon it'd be a nice weapon,but,i still preferred the feel of my gabbiano,heavy sure but lovley and smooth and i just love the handle size and shape.I'd buy the hf 75 though as an additional gun because properly set up there's no denying it's quality.
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I find my guns muzzle heavy, so a lighter muzzle sounds like a good thing to me - although I guess its a question of degree. Wouldn't want to drop it & find the loaded gun pointing up at me.
I suspect a light muzzle is one of the key advantages of the HF/HF2 design, as the barrels are not slim. Either way, I imagine it would take some getting used to.
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Originally Posted by Mr. X
(What do you think would be a good speargun around 70cm?)
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I'll answer my own question: the Omer XXV 75cm is a superbly agile gun around 70cm. Yes it's a tad longer than 70cm but its also unusually light and slim (25mm barrel, super-slim handle) with a slim spear (6.3mm) that is 5cm shorter than usual; it probably handles sigificantly better than many/most 70cm guns. I don't anticipate needing anything smaller than this (I now wonder if the 82cm model might have been agile enough to be my small/"Dorset"/poor viz/pier gun!).
Any more news on the new Omer pneumatic gun? Anybody used one of the "reverse trigger mech" speargun designs care to comment/review it - I'm curious to find out if really are more powerfu/ harder to load/etc. or pretty much the same as a normal gun).