VMC 9626 4X trebles, how strong are they ???

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Anyone know what lb test the vmc 9626 4X permasteel hooks are ??

I have them on plugs from 1/0 thru 4/0 and on friday night I had a big fish straighten out a 2/0 and I did not think I had my drag too tight.

From what I understand the 4x rating basically means its 4 times stronger than the normal strength of that material in that diameter, which seems kind of meaningless as I don't know how strong that is either ???

Anyone know how much weight the different sized vmc's can handle???

I was using 30 lb braid and a 40lb shock leader, which had a small breakaway clip. My plugs have 5.5 H split rings and I was suprised to see the hook fail before any of the other components.