Zerksies said:

Carbon Fiber does not swell with humidity or become sticky like LD wood does. It's one of the things i hated about wood shafts. You could have some temperature diffrences, but not as much as wood

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I see this cited a lot, yet interestingly wood shafts (among pros) are far more popular among people in hot/humid places like Taiwan and the Philippines while carbon dominates Europe.

middleofnowhere said:

In that story I told in my other post that happened last month it would have been easy to panic and pull my gun and shoot finding the guy in my house. Getting out of the house myself and safe was a better choice.

Can you imagine what I would be dealing with now if I had shot the guy. Even if I wasn't charged with anything. You always have the civil end as well.

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You are right of course. You don't defend yourself once usually. You have to defend yourself two or three times if you have to shoot. Only the person in the situation can make the call. Too many variables for Monday morning quarterbacking to be accurate. You were the one on the scene, you made the right choice.

Just a story with a chuckle. A man came into the gun store one morning with a badly scraped nose. Somebody had kept tripping the burglar alarm at his warehouse and office so finally he lay on the couch in his office, pistol at hand. Sure enough, just shortly a man came and slapped the front door a couple times. The alarm didn't go off and he started on the lock.

The owner ran to the front door and the burglar took off. The owner fired a couple warning shots in the air and ordered the thief to stop. The would be thief turned around and fired a couple shots into the front of the metal building. Instant reflex, the owner went face down on the concrete, how his nose got so badly scraped, stayed face down while emptying his pistol and hoping like hell the guy ran. Not what he thought he would do or the heroics people imagine when faced with that situation, the owner just wanted to make it through the night!

Hu

garczar said:

needs pockets/gullies/ball box. good luck.

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Could be done but>>Would take a lot of custom work. Pockets can be found. Gullies possibly improvised. Ball box would have to be built

alphadog said:

Carefully how much you improve it can lead to new problems.View attachment 892052

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I've seen more serious and physical fights over $5 than for $1000 a game.

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I think that the DCC tournament with all the side events; Big Foot 10 Ball, Banks Ring Game and Formally Held 14.1 Challenge were a true test of endurance. For any player to play those events and win the "Master of The Table," clearly requires stamina and consistency of game not seen in any other pool tournament. This would also include "Action Matches" as well. So IMO DCC winners are remarkable players.

garczar said:

What some(most?) people fail to get is that ALL shafts deflect and you adjust to whatever that is pretty damn quick. The difference in lo-d shafts is tiny and once you play a while with a shaft, ANY shaft, your eye/hand/brain computer compensates without you thinking about it.

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Good point. A good player can adjust to a cue with any amount of CB deflection. Although, this will take different amounts of time depending on the player, and some players don't like changing equipment.

However, LD shafts do offer slight advantages.

CF shafts also offer advantages.

Black-Balled said:

His brain would be a helluva study, right?

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You ain't neva lied.

garczar said:

What some(most?) people fail to get is that ALL shafts deflect and you adjust to whatever that is pretty damn quick. The difference in lo-d shafts is tiny and once you play a while with a shaft, ANY shaft, your eye/hand/brain computer compensates without you thinking about it. I know a guy that plays with nothing but old-school hi-squirt maple and he'll beat just about everyone on here. Bring your lowest squirt, highest tech shaft and get a dose. BTW, he lives in Oklahoma and mows grass for a living. Durbin cue, solid maple, le pro tips is what he uses.

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I agree with this. I also know of the player you mention. I spoke to him at DCC a few years back. He plays onepocket great too. I told him I'm a fellow Exmark rider...lol

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