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excalibur 2000 or t20 ?

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Meshari said:
i dont want the excalibur because it feels very weak
can it handle 2*16 easily ?
Yes, it can. But let's put it this way: you initially said you want to buy a 130cm speargun, and you must have a reason for this (presumably: clear water, open terrain, big pelagic fish to catch).
If so, I can assure you that for a 130cm, a T20 Millennium is better than an Excalibur 2000, because it has more mass, less recoil, a better barrell and a stronger trigger for holding multiple bands.
The Excalibur is a great reef gun in intermediate lenghts, from 75 to 110. I have used an Excalibur Carbonium 100cm as my main weapon for five years, and enjoyed it: lightweight, comfortable, fast tracking and with a very smooth trigger.
The choice depends on where and what you hunt.
 
Pardon, some more words about the rail.
The rail helps the shaft to keep a straight trajectory in exit from the gun, especially if it has circular bands. But accuracy does NOT depend on this. If a gun has a rail, but will "dance" as a dead leaf under recoil, it wil not be accurate. Accuracy depends on:
For long open water guns (distant targets):
-enough mass to match recoil
-a "clean" trigger action
-a rigid barrell that doesn't bend.
-being a T20 :t
For short reef guns (close targets):
-same as above, but most of all:
-being light enough to be easily pointed exactly on a quick, close target suddenly appearing and disappearing.
-being an Excalibur :t
 
here in the red sea we hunt mainly queen fish( i think it is the enflish name ) .
these can be very very big some times .

but i want 130cm mainly beucause this type of fish is very shy . and it is impossible to get close to them .
 
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