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How would you know if the miss was unintentional or not?

I don't see a reliable way of enforcing the rule. What happens if you get safe by luck? Do you penalize him because you think he did it on purpose?

Calculations are cool and all, but in the long run, I'd recommend playing with feel. I'd bank the shot 3 rails and see which side of the pocket it misses on, then use that as a reference to adjust either long or short.

@justnum My pet goldfish died today... :cry:

I have a Longoni CF 3 cushion shaft. Plays great but i have a friend who has the Predator 3c shaft and i think it plays great as well.

My God, I did not realize Boston Shorty was as strong of a 3c player as he was. He has 10, 3c tournament titles. And by the video, you can tell he is an experienced 3c player. I'm willing to bet he played better 3c than Efren did.

Woah... AWESOME!!

$750 with OB shaft $550 with original shaft The Great Ray Schuler made this cue and unfortunately, he is no longer with us. Cash only and will only meet in person locally. Houston Texas based.

You are probably right about that. I think it's just forcing you to shorten your bridge length. I have a friend who has to cue and I can tell you that it breaks well. but nothing super incredible.

The Mezz Power Break 2 is a good example of how the butt of a cue changes the break. They even go into it a little on their website saying, THE UNIQUE PB2 WEIGHT RING SYSTEM ENABLES TO BALANCE YOUR BREAK SHOT AND ENHANCE THE STABILITY OF EACH SHOT The “Power Break II”, with the innovative...

I actually play with 1 cue most of the time and interchange between carom and pool shafts. everything in my bag is 3/8 10

not sure about the butt diameter but I agree with everything else.

I took a 6" weight bolt out of the back of my playing cue and love the weight and the balance of the cue. I found that a forward balance was something I really liked. It works for breaking well and playing well. Carom cues are usually rear-weighted cues. Not sure why carom or 3c players prefer...

well, snooker isn't a good comparison because the tip size is relative to the ball size.

Can't remember where I read this, maybe Predators website. But I remember it was once said that a 12.4 tip diameter is the most optimal diameter for pocketing balls. while an 11.8 diameter would be more difficult to pocket balls with yet easier to get spin.

Not sure how one would prove that. Maybe they would have hit the object ball straighter with a low-deflection shaft while using a ton of spin.

Fish2 I would recommend getting a few extensions and trying out different tips and shafts. It's easy to overcomplicate how to break better and you can get all caught up in the equipment labyrinth. And most of all work on your break technique. There is probably more value in that than your...

There is a reason why beating people with a broom stick was always a ridiculous handicap.

Garczar, for the sake of the argument, let's take it to the extreme. How many players would play better with no tip on their cue?

I don't think that's true. how would one prove/disprove that? My preference of my playing cue is because I can DO MORE with it than other cues. Or it takes less effort to do the same thing. So I prefer my cue because it does what I need to do better. Same with my break cue. The magic rack...