I voted early (oops). Hteas information interesting & unexpected but I also found Pastor's come back somewhat reassuring. I think most of us have & are comfortable with rear handle euro-guns & smaller wooden mid-handles are a bit of a USA specialty. However, I like the idea of doing something a little different and I've previously noticed that Daryl Wong offers such an option -- which suggest to me its unlikely to be a horrendous mistake. I also think (perhaps mistakenly?) that some of those very cool handmade wooden spearguns from Italy & Greece (& Guernsey?) have the handles a little forward (or perhaps that's just the wooden loading butt?).
As you probably guessed, I voted for moving handle a little forward. Seems like it might offer the best of both worlds -- or perhaps the worst, either way, time we found out!
[Although, at the weekend, while using my new 75cm gun, I was craving the full range of my 90cm gun*. Perhaps handle forward would be a better option for a slightly longer, say, 100cm gun? *My brother tells me it is the same with shotguns, and it always feel like you've got the wrong one! Unless you have a Mamba 90 of course -- no, don't go there.
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