The first thing that I would recommend is to measure the area where you are going to place the table. You say a 7-foot or 8-foot. It will make a difference in the room you need. Measure and see what space you really have to work with. That will help narrow your search. If you have any doubt on room for the 8-footer then look for a 7-footer.

Less straight pool, more nine and ten ball, and younger players get down further to shoot. You don't do a slip stroke when your chin is touching your shaft. So much different from the days of Cowboy Jimmy Moore, when they stood much more upright, and didn't take such longer power draw shots. Different game now. Different stance, different stroke, different games.

dendweller said:

Some cue makers weight them because some buyers don't like 3.3 ounce shafts. I don't think that a shaft that gets baked, ends up heavier. You're removing moisture and sugar, not gaining anything.

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I think that it's a mix of tapper (more wood per inch), that fact that mine is a hybrid and has CF insert at the front end, should on paper reduce weight but maybe it doesn't, the weight of the wood at the start before it get's torrefied, maybe it was more dense than most maple and the joint type, mine is a metal insert for a 5/16x14 joint.
I doubt that there is a weight bolt in it.
I know that other people with the same shaft for different joint have a lighter shaft a bit.
And still my KW shaft is 4.3oz

14.1'er said:

Efren Reyes uses a slip stroke. That’s why he only plays with wrapless cues.

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Example?