Recent content by Brother Ron

I installed a Bulletproof recoil soft tip on my playing cue today and will give an update once I have had a chance to check it out. ; )

a bit small = I need 20.955mm Thanks

can you tell me what the diameter is on the large end of the shaft collar?

For many years I broke with the same cue I played with and it had a very soft tip on it. I used a second ball break and always had good breaks and pocketed lots of balls and sometime the 8 ball in the side. I don't need a rock hard tip for breaking as I like to have good control of the cue ball.

I am considering trying a Bulletproof hard tip for my break cue. It's just a cheap cue I won at a league end of year drawing 30+ years ago.. cost about 100.00 at the time.... About the same time I bought my Meucci HOF 1 for 320.00

A member here recently sent me some hard tips to try out and I installed one on my break cue yesterday. It was dark brown in color but turned light blue when shaped and sanded... might have been a water buffalo tip ??

The reason I don't do that is because I don't frequent the taverns anymore. I basically shoot against a few of my friends that are all 500 and up, and then shoot in a Friday night tournament the second Friday of the month at a pool hall 40 miles from me.

Back in the day when I frequented the taverns on a regular basis I often played a game within the game. I had a habit of playing the balls in in order such as 1 through 8, or 9 through 15 then the 8 ball when I played against someone on a lower level than I was. It would be more of a challenge...

Generally a baseball cap. Years ago I wore a fedora or gambler style .

Which ones have you used? I have not had that problem with their Ivory tips... All tips get harder with use except maybe the bulletproof tips. Thats just the nature of leather.

There are 3 different types of Ultraskin tips *The black play very similar to the kamui black in all hardness ratings. *I do not care for the Fire tips. *The Ultraskin Ivory medium are currently my favorite layer tips.. they get a little firmer after break in and stay at the upper end of...

The average players I shoot with are mostly around the 540 - 550 range. jason severson, terry schilling, travis arndt, and a few others.... there are some around the 500 mark, but I wouldn't consider them stud hustlers.

I would agree...... He was better than your average bar room hustler though ; ) I was not of his caliber - realistically I was probably around 600 In those days I lived in a Hotel above a bar and usually closed down the bar when my work day was over spending a good 4 to 6 hours playing pool daily.

Around central Wisconsin/North Central Wisconsin where I was weaned on pool I would venture to say 600 would be a better starting point. Those days I watched Randy Lamar go to tournaments and shoot for whatever anyone wanted to shoot for in 9 ball in the adjoining bar all day while the...

My Fargo rate started at 397 and 9 Robustness after my first tournament... It then went to 400 but stayed at 9 robustness after my next tournament ?? After the next 2 tournaments which I took 4'th, then 3'rd while beating a couple people with a 543 rating my Rate has jumped to 504 with and...