19 Antares A weight

[HellaBread]

I don’t know why it didn’t hit me until now but how in gods name did shimano manage to make this reel so heavy especially when it’s compared to its big brother the 21 dc. The 19 being the significantly smaller reel with a magnesium frame somehow only weighs 0.1-0.2oz less than the 21 which is both scaled up from the 19 and uses an alu frame + the weight of the dc system and spool. I get that the front and side plates are all aluminum on both but you would expect a bigger weight difference just from the size increase alone.

[DirtyD64]

Not 100% sure, but I know there are some shared Conquest A parts in there. Most of those parts are heavy, say brass gears, so that fractionally adds some more. I want to say I saw a disassembly of an Antares back when they came out and dude commented on how thick the side plates were or something.