Accurate had spent a lot of time researching gears with focus on material and in December 2007 we decided to make a change. In January 2008 we started to manufacture all of our Boss gears with 17-4 Stainless Steel instead of 303 Stainless Steel. With this change in material all Boss gears are 70% stronger! We started implementing this in the production of all of our Boss TwinDrag reels including the Boss 2-Speeds in the beginning of the 2008. This decision was made based on feedback from our loyal fishermen looking for gearing that would stand up to rigors of today's Japanese style of Jig fishing.
This change was primarily made based on based how long our gears were lasting for the jigging enthusiasts using our 665 narrow and 665 narrow-narrow reels. This type of fishing is really abusive to gears and we have seen some main gears wear out in less than a year of heavy usage. The new 17-4 material will bring our Boss reel line to an even higher level of toughness.
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