I was at the gun range this past Saturday. A patron was there firing a fancy custom S&W brand new
he ordered right from the factory’s custom gun shop. It had a trigger job, custom grips, ported barrel,
and customized iron sights. What he really should have added is laser grips because he struggled.
A cursory glance over his silhouette targets revealed a lot of complete misses and limb wounds but
the cavity area was missed quite a bit and head shots, forget about it because the attacker would have
been successful or escaped unharmed. Now he was firing hot loads in a big caliber weapon and I’m sure
he will gradually improve.......I hope fast too and I dunno if he has a CCW permit but if he did, this was
not a gun I’d prefer to see him carry based on my observation of his shooting skills with the gun, not at
least until he becomes a lot more proficient using that particular gun.....It looked gorgeous but he sucked.
Well, custom pool cues are no different. Go order the best version you can think of from any cue maker
and it doesn’t matter whom it might be, what it cost or how long you had to wait. The cue could be made
exactly down to finest detail and built to exacting specs you thoughtfully came up so the cue could be the
cue you dreamed of owning......the perfect cue, at least for you.
The fellow who ordered the custom S&W gun likely felt the same way at one point or another. And then he
found out the gun doesn’t improve his eyesight, arm steadiness, ability to absorb recoil & reacquire target
acquisition for the next shot. In other words, his new custom S&W gun did not make him automatically
improve his shooting skills. What it will do is make him try harder to get better and he should improve
or I sure hope so. IMO, custom cues are akin to custom guns. They only perform as well as the owner’s
skills and abilities allow because a new custom cue does not just empower you with new, expanded pool skills.
Matt B.