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esoxmag |
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Posts: 96 | Anyone know the difference between a 6500c3 and a 6500ssc. | ||
muskie! nut |
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Posts: 2894 Location: Yahara River Chain | I think the ss stands for stainless steel gears, while the C3 has brass gears. | ||
George W |
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Posts: 27 Location: SW Ohio | I have an Abu SSC4 that I picked up used at a swap meet about 4 or 5 years ago... as far as I can tell, it is the same as an Abu C4, except it has the push button free spool instead of the thumb bar. | ||
muskie! nut |
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Posts: 2894 Location: Yahara River Chain | George W - 3/29/2015 7:52 PM I have an Abu SSC4 that I picked up used at a swap meet about 4 or 5 years ago... as far as I can tell, it is the same as an Abu C4, except it has the push button free spool instead of the thumb bar. The push button is a 6500C4 and the thumb bar is a 6600 model, I still think the ss stands for stainless steel gears. Checking the schematics, the gear numbers are different. | ||
Cedar |
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Posts: 341 Location: Western U.P. | Abu Garcia made the SSC and SSC3 reels for a sporting goods company 7 or 8 + ?? years ago (private label models with a mix/match of parts to differentiate them from the AG models at the time). The initials of the company were SS. Can't remember their name, but a good reel repair person should. I picked up a 6500SSC3 several years ago, and took it to Mats Reel Repair for a good cleaning when he told me the story behind it. The SSC's and SSC3's did have some different stainless steel/aluminum parts that the reg AG models didn't, and the SSC3's have a thumb bar in place of the button on the SSC's. Kind of wish I had kept that 6500SSC3, it was a solid reel. | ||
fatdad |
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Posts: 218 | I have several 6600ssc3 reels.. Same brass gears as all the other abu's . I think the frame may be stainless but not 100% sure on that.. | ||
RyanJoz |
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Posts: 1677 Location: Mt. Zion, IL | The bearings are stainless and the ssc3 models have thumb bars. I have several and they are decent reels. | ||
Peltz |
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Posts: 14 | I have a 6500 SSC3. It is red and has 5.3 gears and a thumb bar. It is like a 6600 C4 with 5.3 gears and a red frame. There is also a reel that Abu Garcia used to make that had stainless gears that was heavier duty. It was designed for salt water jigging or bottom fishing. It did not have a cast control other than spool tension knob. It weighed a couple ounces more than a standard 6500 due the stainless steel construction. I forget the nomenclature, but it has SS in the name. That one was silver. | ||
Mat Hegy |
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Posts: 37 Location: Eagle River | I believe the SS stood for Sports Specialist, they had the reels made for them as a promotion. They are exactly the same internally as an C3, they just added a thumb bar and a red color. Plus I believe at the time they sold for $15-20 less than the C3. We pick them up when ever we can. | ||
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