Well, after debating between getting a Mares Cyrano 1100 or 970, I decided to go with the 970 as I thought it would be a good length for me to load. I recieved the 970 a couple of days ago and my calculations were right, it was just the perfect length to load without needing a loading device or extension of any sort so I was happy indeed!
My initial impressions were that this is a very nice gun with a nice gripping handle, convenient safety switch and my favourite: proper aiming sights with an illuminated, painted yellow front sight for precise aiming. My only gripe was that the line release won't hold the line very well unless you install the provided rubber ring expansion on the line to keep it tight and secure on the release but this is of no problem of course.
Shaft: I have heard many bad things regarding the Cyrano shaft but cannot fault the stainless tahitian shaft that was included with my gun, of course it is maybe not quite as good as Quickshot's Seatec SSS shaft but it does the job none the less. Another thing to question is I have never heard of Europeans getting this shaft with their guns so maybe it is because I purchased from the US? I at least know the loader is at least slightly different in the US model as per a notice and an extra metal insert inside:
The other threaded black shaft and tip probably aren't the greatest, but I at least replaced the tip with a stainless steel Cressi one.
Included stainless steel tahitian shaft and harmonic steel shaft (Cressi tip):
Now to get in the water and test it against my buddy, Quickshot's Cyrano 1100 he aquired a month or so earlier.
I quickly noticed one aesthetic difference between our two guns, with mine having a different Mares Cyrano graphic on the side of the gun. Here is my gun:
Here is what my mate's gun looks like in the same area:
Even though this is just an minor difference in appearance I suspect my gun may be a later model as this is the graphic currently shown on all the Cyranos on the Mares website.
Now we decided to compare our guns (high setting, factory default pressure, tahitian shafts, 3 wraps of dyneema.) beside each other in shooting parallel to the water surface for a rough comparison. The interesting thing was after about 3 shots it seemed both guns shot the exact same distance as our shafts were always lying on top of each other when we retrieved them, all 3 wraps of line came off my gun and pulled tight on each shot. Next we both switched our power regulators to low power, loading it on low each time and had about 3 shots again with identical results. We though it seemed like the guns were shooting the exact same distance as on high power which was strange so Quickshot switched kept his gun on low and I put mine on high. Guess what? the shots were identical in range again and for 3 more tests! Now I don't know what is going on here but I'm guessing maybe we need to pump our guns up more than the default 20-23 BAR to see more of a difference. It was definitely easier for the first half of loading on the low setting so there has to be a translation power wise. (Another thing to note is these tests are definitely not conclusive and were not performed in a controlled environment!)
I'm sorry, but I must stop typing now as this is maybe even more tiring than spearfishing for 5 hours straight!
So that's that and I hope this is an interesting read for those of you on the "Dark Side" and I hope to get back in the water with my new toy again very soon to test the 2 Omer Match 30 reels my mate just received from Subprof! I guess the next step in the near future for us might be MAMBA! But until then I say goodbye.
Cheers,
Britney Spears
My initial impressions were that this is a very nice gun with a nice gripping handle, convenient safety switch and my favourite: proper aiming sights with an illuminated, painted yellow front sight for precise aiming. My only gripe was that the line release won't hold the line very well unless you install the provided rubber ring expansion on the line to keep it tight and secure on the release but this is of no problem of course.
Shaft: I have heard many bad things regarding the Cyrano shaft but cannot fault the stainless tahitian shaft that was included with my gun, of course it is maybe not quite as good as Quickshot's Seatec SSS shaft but it does the job none the less. Another thing to question is I have never heard of Europeans getting this shaft with their guns so maybe it is because I purchased from the US? I at least know the loader is at least slightly different in the US model as per a notice and an extra metal insert inside:
The other threaded black shaft and tip probably aren't the greatest, but I at least replaced the tip with a stainless steel Cressi one.
Included stainless steel tahitian shaft and harmonic steel shaft (Cressi tip):
Now to get in the water and test it against my buddy, Quickshot's Cyrano 1100 he aquired a month or so earlier.
I quickly noticed one aesthetic difference between our two guns, with mine having a different Mares Cyrano graphic on the side of the gun. Here is my gun:
Here is what my mate's gun looks like in the same area:
Even though this is just an minor difference in appearance I suspect my gun may be a later model as this is the graphic currently shown on all the Cyranos on the Mares website.
Now we decided to compare our guns (high setting, factory default pressure, tahitian shafts, 3 wraps of dyneema.) beside each other in shooting parallel to the water surface for a rough comparison. The interesting thing was after about 3 shots it seemed both guns shot the exact same distance as our shafts were always lying on top of each other when we retrieved them, all 3 wraps of line came off my gun and pulled tight on each shot. Next we both switched our power regulators to low power, loading it on low each time and had about 3 shots again with identical results. We though it seemed like the guns were shooting the exact same distance as on high power which was strange so Quickshot switched kept his gun on low and I put mine on high. Guess what? the shots were identical in range again and for 3 more tests! Now I don't know what is going on here but I'm guessing maybe we need to pump our guns up more than the default 20-23 BAR to see more of a difference. It was definitely easier for the first half of loading on the low setting so there has to be a translation power wise. (Another thing to note is these tests are definitely not conclusive and were not performed in a controlled environment!)
I'm sorry, but I must stop typing now as this is maybe even more tiring than spearfishing for 5 hours straight!
So that's that and I hope this is an interesting read for those of you on the "Dark Side" and I hope to get back in the water with my new toy again very soon to test the 2 Omer Match 30 reels my mate just received from Subprof! I guess the next step in the near future for us might be MAMBA! But until then I say goodbye.
Cheers,
Britney Spears