mike,
three four years ago penn sends two prototype slammers to Bill Pew (Fishers) out here. I bet you got a couple or more.
Bill gives the medium one to me (which would become the 460) and the smaller one to Captain Tom M. and tells both of us to NEVER rinse and give it back in November.
The friggin thing was the greatest reel I had ever used and worked perfectly all season. I dunked, sanded it, puked on it and it still worked great. It broke my heart to give it back but the season was over.
So the next year I buy the 360, 460 and they are so so. The drag is good, if you maintain it but the components overall work so so.
I wish I had that proto still it was the best reel ever. number 80 hand inked on it....
