Budget Billiards Schon butt extension, my review....

[Shooter1]

I had asked recently about an extension for a Schon and got a lot of feedback, I got a lot of good info from you guys thanks very much. I bought the Budget Billiards item and it arrived yesterday. I installed it w/o the weight bolt and tried it. I then bought a variety of 3/8x16 socket screws and replaced the OEM weight bolt as close as I could and still properly install the adapter/bumper. The butt with the weight bolt was 15.85 oz and I was able to get it to 15.7 oz using a set screw, not bad.

In either configuration above, when striking the CB, using center ball or max, a half tip above or below center, the hit/feel was identical to the hit with the cues original weight bolt installed. The farther you got off center, top/bottom/left/right, it had a noticeable hollow thud to it. This was on my everyday STL4 player. I also have an old SL6 and I installed it on the 6 as well and it did the same thing. I tried it with a Pre-Cat Pred, a Cat shaft and a Mezz 700 and the shafts made no difference.

I removed the adapters and put both cues back to their "pre-test" set up. Tiger Products makes an extension that enables you to leave your OEM weight bolt and just replace the bumper but it's kind of pricey. BloKid also has one as well. I'll figure something out.

 

[skor]

I had asked recently about an extension for a Schon and got a lot of feedback, I got a lot of good info from you guys thanks very much. I bought the Budget Billiards item and it arrived yesterday. I installed it w/o the weight bolt and tried it. I then bought a variety of 3/8x16 socket screws and replaced the OEM weight bolt as close as I could and still properly install the adapter/bumper. The butt with the weight bolt was 15.85 oz and I was able to get it to 15.7 oz using a set screw, not bad.

In either configuration above, when striking the CB, using center ball or max, a half tip above or below center, the hit/feel was identical to the hit with the cues original weight bolt installed. The farther you got off center, top/bottom/left/right, it had a noticeable hollow thud to it. This was on my everyday STL4 player. I also have an old SL6 and I installed it on the 6 as well and it did the same thing. I tried it with a Pre-Cat Pred, a Cat shaft and a Mezz 700 and the shafts made no difference.

I removed the adapters and put both cues back to their "pre-test" set up. Tiger Products makes an extension that enables you to leave your OEM weight bolt and just replace the bumper but it's kind of pricey. BloKid also has one as well. I'll figure something out.

Where did you get those headless 3/8x16 socket screws? I might want to get some

 

[Shooter1]

Where did you get those headless 3/8x16 socket screws? I might want to get some

Ace Hardware.

 

[skor]

Ace Hardware.

Just ordered a set from Aliexpress

 

[skor]

In either configuration above, when striking the CB, using center ball or max, a half tip above or below center, the hit/feel was identical to the hit with the cues original weight bolt installed. The farther you got off center, top/bottom/left/right, it had a noticeable hollow thud to it. This was on my everyday STL4 player. I also have an old SL6 and I installed it on the 6 as well and it did the same thing. I tried it with a Pre-Cat Pred, a Cat shaft and a Mezz 700 and the shafts made no difference.
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I’ve only played one session with my LTD after installing the budget billiards extension.
With that cue, the replacement bumper hasn’t affected the weight or balance point and the total length of the “insert” stayed about the same so I didn’t experience what you describe here.

It makes some sense in theory that when removing a long bolt out and leaving a hollow space, it will affect the feel and sound of the hit.

To be honest, if I would take my STL cue after the same modification for a session, I probably wouldn’t be able to say if I feel any difference as I haven’t played with that cue for years…
I’ve ordered some socket screws to fill the hollow part of the bolt space and hopefully get back some of the weight I lost by removing the bolt and fix the balance point shift.