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Clary, McClure and Manley split top three prizes on Q City 9-Ball Tour stop.

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As Saturday (March 14) showed signs of turning into the first few hours of Sunday morning, the last three standing in a Q City 9-Ball Tour stop, by mutual agreement, decided to split the top three cash prizes. The hot seat occupant at the time, Chris Clary, agreed to take half of the 1st and 2nd place prizes, while Aaron McClure and Sammy Manley agreed to split what was left of the 2nd and 3rd place prizes. The $500-added event drew 45 entrants to Action Billiards in Inman, SC. Clary, who’d won the last two tour stops in which he’d […]

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Underappreciated Cue Makers Section

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Hungarian said:
So let's say on a 19oz cue, you prefer a 3.99 to 4.18oz on the shaft.

and the ideal range is 3.42 to 4.37oz shaft.

Interesting. Just from experience in weighing shafts it sounds reasonable.

I prefer between 3.6 to less than 4.0 I think.

Hell, I'm not even sure. But this math is pretty granular. I don't think I could tell the difference between 3.99 and 4.18.
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Keep in mind that there is a sweet spot for most players and when you match a shaft with a butt, there are other things to consider, such as does the shaft have a receiver which adds weight to the base of the cue shaft. With my cues, I told my cue makers to build shaft 4 ozs or heavier since the butt’s were 14.5 ozs. The cues have flat faced joints so the shaft weight is just wood, ferrule and tip sans any receiver. Personally. I think 18% is on the low side but i have played with cues with a KW shaft that was on the lighter side for my taste but the darn cue nonetheless played fine. When the shaft is too light, I tend to push the cue ball more with my stroke because my stroke balance seems like it was a short stroke and not as deliberate.
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Bruner, Wallace claim VA State 9-Ball Barbox Championship titles

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It’s ‘been a minute’ since we last saw Chris Bruner’s name appear on our payout lists; 1 million, 36 thousand and 223 of them to be precise (rounded down to the nearest whole minute). That’s calculated from his 7th place finish at a VA Barbox 9-Ball Championship on March 31, 2024, to this day, as we’re preparing a report on his undefeated run to claim the 2026 VA State 9-Ball Barbox Championship, held under the auspices of the REVAMP Tour this past weekend (March 14-15). The last time he recorded an event win with us was in 2022, when he […]

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Cue shaft talk

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Sealegs50 said:
I assume you’re aware, but minor dings in wood shafts can usually be repaired.
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Yes, but I am also going from the original maple shaft to a lower deflection shaft. I tend to use a lot of aggressive spin and am curious to see how the accuracy and control will be affected by a low deflection shaft. A couple people here as well as a Meucci Rep have said that a lower deflection shaft helps improve accuracy when using aggressive english/spin.
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