No wagons here. To fat to chase it down.

Started using Abus over 20 years ago. Put as much time as I can on the water. Yes I do use china stuff. Yes I have been behind a Ming. And now it's in parts bag to fix other S*** reels that Breakdown.


Never had the Pleasure (or most likely Misfortune) of owning a old Ming Yang. If I ever find one in my price range I will be sure to pick it up and give a full report on it.

I just scattered mine across the bench like a schematic picture perfect.AINT NO (none) reason why this platform shouldn't perform with the best of them,unless I failed to see something??
Got everything cleaned up real nice,conservatively "oiled" and reassembled.

Its butter smooth with very precise movements,
pretty daaawg gone spiffy fer a Chinese built pig wench

Specs
UNDER THE HOOD:

Fast 5.3:1 Gear Ratio
19 Pound Max Drag
14.2 ounces unspooled
Line capacity 250 Yards of .35mm line. Equals approximately 16 pound Mono / 40 Pound Braid
Infinite Anti-Reverse
BOCA Ceramic Bearings
All Brass Gears
Stainless Steel Drag Plates with Carbon Matrix
Chrome Plated brass frame
Anodized Aluminum Side Plates
Machined Aluminum Spool
On / Off Clicker � Line Out alarm
Multi-Disk Carbon Stainless Drag
Magnetic Break with proximity tuned Everlast Magnets

And I would still not trad it for one of my Abu's!!!

Me either
Here is simple help for your Abu's that are seriously worth it
http://www.bocabearings.com/bearing-inventory/14883/fr009cyld-abu-garcia-6500-ct-and-cl-baitcaster

They have a bearing set for many of the Abus round reels if you dont run the 65's

Those reels look strangely similar to an Abu. They should at least run a close second to Abus.

Sure they should be,they are "knock-offs" and pretty damn good ones at that.
You get better spool bearings and a hawg wench handle
for less money too

http://www.mingyangreels.com/

it gets better here
http://www.mingyangreels.com/ming-vs-abu/

Man, I sure love tacos, they are delicious....

And yes, I have a ton of chinese made reels that have never failed me.
Point is, these are different times.

Ming Yang..... Hey if they are solid and you catch fish, well then, that is a good reel. Either way, it is fun to try out new stuff. No good getting stuck in a rut.

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I was given a ming yang. Used it 3 times and gave it back, felt awesome till I had a decent fish on. I will be sticking to Abu's or
my calcutta. But heck I am usually fishing spinning rigs and I am Cabelas Salt Striker all the way on those.

Sure hope this don't offend anybody but CatBoss how much plastic did ya find in um ? Just courious in case I run across 1

OPUS,check your emails! Your PM box is full!

Not anymore been getting a few LOL

This reel you try to reel it in and the handle just turns. Once you push the button you can cast fine but in order to get it to retrieve you have to push the spool to the right in order to get the handle to engage the bail. I beat it on the side of the boat and it still dont reel. pos. it will fail but I have caught a 30 pound fish with it so I still use it. you just got to jack with it to get it to reel in.

sorry Iforgot to mention $40 is retail on this reel I have 2 of them with the rod I have $60 in both of them one has a cabalas king kat rod and one has a ugly stick I dont trust either one of them I have a 1970 model abu garcia out cast it any day. and my 2012 6600 outcast it any day and the line out alarm is difficult to disengage (the bait clicker)

Where do you find the MC500's for $40 USD Retail ?