Shimano Antares manufacture year?
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Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Just purchased a used Antares off ebay at a great price. Ratio 6.2:1. What year would this be? I only saw 5.6"1 and 7.4:1 ratios listed on the reviews I read. Thanks.
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Best identifier would be a pic of the reel.
Try not to let your mind wander. It is much too small to be outside unsupervised.
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Would have to be pre 2006 era if its got the 5.#:1 ratios...
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
2012 Antares had a 5.6:1 and 7.4:1 ratio. Scorpion Antares had a 6.2:1 ratio, released sometime around 1997
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Coming from Japan. Estimated delivery is Nov. 6. Looks like a chrome finish. Will have to see if I can still find a link for it. Will have to be from my laptop because work has instituted an encrypted search, and I couldn't even find my company's phone number using it....much less anything of value to me. I imagine it was because one person ruined it for the rest of us. That is typically how it works.
My email is the same as my old pp address, pretty sure you still have that one.
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
What colour was the spool?
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
JapanTackle is always a good source to look up specs of older JDM reels.
https://japantackle.com/shimano-antares.html
https://japantackle.com/shimano-antares.html
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
2012 based on those listed ratios
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
According to this review http://www.tackletour.com/reviewshimantares.html the ratios in 2012 were 5.6 & 7.4. The reel I purchased is supposed to be 6.2
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Hmm, I guess I am speaking a foreign language
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Japanese? Soooo...as I thought....this is an older model. Pre 2012. It should have the MG spool. How would I tell for sure?
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Mid 90s (97 I believe). I have the same reel on my display case. The correct name is Scorpion Antares.
Here is a thread I did on mine.
https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishi ... c=135760.0
Here is a thread I did on mine.
https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishi ... c=135760.0
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
I speak 4 languages, unfortunately Japanese isn’t one of them, that would come in handy these days As long as it isn’t the V2(saltwater model) it should have the Mg spool.new2BC4bass wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:06 amJapanese? Soooo...as I thought....this is an older model. Pre 2012. It should have the MG spool. How would I tell for sure?
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Re: Shimano Antares manufacture year?
Wow! Thanks Matt. You just reinforced why I send my reels to a professional.LgMouthGambler wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:01 amMid 90s (97 I believe). I have the same reel on my display case. The correct name is Scorpion Antares.
Here is a thread I did on mine.
https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishi ... c=135760.0
I imagine as old as this reel is that I will probably send it out first thing for cleaning and making sure internals are up to snuff. Interested in another project?