Hi Spaghetti, you should have taken up a career in industrial espionage eh eh
Since the cat’s out of the bag here already here are a few more details since one of my privileges of working with Omer is having a say or two in the guns for the and their US specs.
Like all the upgrades we do
No Charge here in America on our specked guns T-20 Millenium, Ocean Mimetic, Mimetic Med Carbon fiber guns (sharkfin shaft with rest tab, stainless steel line releases) the Cayman’s will be specked for the US market for 2007 with an extra more comfortable loading pad and they come stock with a SS line release.
The Excalibur was such a successful model around the world that it gave Omer plenty of time to reengineer a successor to the Excalibur series and improve it for all types of fishing, therefore suitable for multiple band heavy duty Oceanic conditions as well as fast competition style conditions with a single band. The real beauty of this gun will be not only an affordable price in the aluminum rail version, but the technical characteristics you can see in the chart below. As a big T-20 fan, I was very impressed to see Omer make the new trigger mechanism very sensitive even under heavy band loads (see chart). The mechanism is a very unique and the handle has a good anatomical shape to confirm very well to people’s hands. The other revelations are in the new barrels and a very impressive stiffness to weight ratio. Personally, I couldn’t believe the numbers on either the handle or the barrels….but here they are(see chart).
Take into account that our Cobra teak barrels are more than 46mm thick at the widest points comprised of 6 vertical laminations of teak. The new aluminum HF hydro formed barrels weigh less than half and are stiffer. Hydro-forming now is only used in the bicycle industry on high end bikes.
I hope to have a couple of our US Team Omer divers, Cameron Kirkconnell and Brandon Wahlers, using one before the end of the year.
Clarification: The Excalibur models will not be discontinued and neither of course will the
T-20's. The Excalibur is a great gun for the money that people like and they have no reason to get rid of it.