Guaco!!!

[spaghetti]

It took me months to make a decision on buying a 90cm bandgun for bass and mullett.
The candidates I took in consideration were:
Omer XXV Gold 90 (160 euro w. reel)
Seatec Gabbiano Elite Open 90 (150 euro w/o reel)
Cayman Hf2 90 (140 euro w/o. reel)
Cayman HF 95 (180 euro w. reel)
Cressi Geronimo Pro 95 (160 euro w/o reel)
C4 Monoscocca 90 (330 euro w.0 reel)
C4 Mr. Carbon 94 (520 euro w/o reel)
Mares Phantom carbon 95 (140 euro w/o reel)
Mares Phantom fiberglass 95 (110 euro w.o. reel)
Totem Guizzo 90 (290 euro w. reel)
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And I finally said: SCREW IT! I'm getting a GUACO!!! (70 euro). And I did it!

 

[Pastor]

You just hit my ignorant bone! I haven't heard of them.

It looks more like a 90, is it very slim? (like spaghetti rofl) Tell us more

 

[spaghetti]

You just hit my ignorant bone! I haven't heard of them.

It looks more like a 90, is it very slim? (like spaghetti rofl) Tell us more

in one word:
GUACO!!! rofl
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..yes Pasty it's a 90. Classic french style arbalete, with Gabbiano handle, Marc Valentin style metal line release, 28mm allu tube, no rail, parallel screw in bands, closed muzzle (wich I will cut to make an open muzzle of it, which I'm prepared to bleed a lot for. Last time I did a DIY job like that I nearly lost a finger. But it's not just me: when I was younger I volunteered for over 1.800 hours for the ambulance service in a big city, and you can't make an idea of how many people get serious injuries with DIY and hobbies rofl).
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Now, back to Guaco (...GUACO!!!! rofl) click on red square and move cursor:
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[Murat]

good luck with it mate

 

[Marwan]

congrats spaggo!!..
i see you decided to drop all the fancy modern options and went back to basics, realizing that in a 90cm gun they probably make very little difference
so what does Gauco mean?

 

[Pastor]

congrats spaggo!!..
i see you decided to drop all the fancy modern options and went back to basics, realizing that in a 90cm gun they probably make very little difference
so what does Gauco mean?

To quote Podge, "well said that man!"

 

[Mr. X]

70 euro with Gabbiano handle - looks & sounds like a great deal I agree with Marwan's comment, it suggests a certain confidence & experience to strip things back to the essentials. Anyway it looks, and probably acts, much the same as any other speargun. You'll primp it anyway (cut the muzzle, different rubbers, maybe different wishbone, spear?).

 

[spaghetti]

Well finally, I must confess, after all that enthusiasm (Guaco! ha ha ha) I didn't make the deal due to a misunderstanding with the seller. But the gun is good, no doubt, and everything has been said in this thread is right.
Then if the question is: "Spaghetti, are you still looking for a 90 to buy?", the answer is yes. No hurry, because unlike the majority of mediterranean spearos, I rarely use the 90: the last one I had went sold to Podge and it was still like new after one year. It was a great gun (Omer T20) but I rarely use the 90. I hope that Podge is using it and enjoying.
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...Now I saw a XXV Gold 90 for sale on an italian forum, used but in MINT conditions, with reel and anatomic grip, not a single scratch, for 110 euro....and I'm also bargaining for a 90cm Aimirite hawaiaan railgun for some 130 euro...
meanwhile my Gabby 77, Master 106 and Medisten 70 are actually catching fish for my table...