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That's your opinion. When I was young and had a good eye and stroke, I used to occasionally play with pool balls on the 9' snooker table at Tulane where I went to college. It improved my eye on shots and when I'd move to the Brunswick (Sport King as I recall) pool tables the pockets looked so...

I have a friend that has a Diamond 4 1/2 x 9 table that has very tight pockets. I didn't measure them, but I can attest that they are the tightest I've ever played on. He's having his table re-felted in August and I asked if he was going to have the pockets opened up a bit. He said he had...

He thought it was a rule specific to BCA League play. So what then would be the definition of a push shot?

The BCA league rules state that push shots are illegal and are considered a foul. I was also told that if the cue ball is kissing an object ball and if the pool ball is struck in the direction of the object ball that it would be a foul, since it would be considered a push shot. If there is...

Funny you should comment. The only cue I ever owned that I preferred playing with to the Richard Black was a Doc Frye I bought in college back 69 or 70. It was stolen from the Tulane pool room (along with all the other cues stored there, no locking lockers at the time for storage, we thought...

I have been playing with a carbon shaft. Do you think having Proficient do the work rather than Scot Gilmore it would reduce the value of the cue? Has anyone here had Scott Gilmore do work on their cue? BTW, I am located in the Greater New Orleans area. I couldn't even find anyone in this...

I have heard that Richard is no longer dependable. I sent him this cue and had it refinished back in 89 when I purchased it. He was good to deal with back then. Very friendly, reasonably priced and not too slow.

Proficient is suggesting two new shafts as the joint on one of mine looks like it is missing some of the inlay. They mention on their work order sheet $12.50 to Reface shaft to straighten roll. They have only seen pictures of my shafts but the wobble is fairly significant so they may be...

I have an 84 Richard Black that I plan on sending to Proficient Billiards to get refurbished. I mentioned to them that all 3 shafts have a bit of wobble and they suggested that they use the joint rings and make new shafts rather than straighten the existing shafts (@ $195 ea, seems reasonable)...

Yay! Finally topped my earlier run of 28 this year. Ran 40 balls this afternoon. That's the first run I've had of 40 or more balls since the mid 90's. I've got the pool bug again now and the end patterns and break shots are starting to work better. If I could just stay focused and quit...

Wow! That's the same problem I have. If I didn't keep missing shots I could have higher runs.

Bob, these are not 14:1 rules. I think the questions here relate only to 14:1. I did find a reference in the BCA 14:1 regulations regarding what they call a special "deliberate foul" that says you incur an additonal 15 point penalty, however, the description of what is a "special deliberate...

So, I've been playing straight pool since the 50's and for some reason never went down this rabbit hole. I keep hearing legal intentional foul over and over in this discussion, but what exactly is the penalty for an "illegal" (intentional??) foul. Are there illegal unintentional fouls? We...

I see now that the 3/8x10 pin is on the new Meucci pro series cues.

I thought I saw an older Meucci for sale last week with a 3/8x10 pin, but I couldn't find it today when I looked for it so possibly I'm remembering incorrectly. I did find this though: https://www.budgetcues.com/products/meucci-3-8x10-joint

Do you know the pin size?

Finally got a run that (for me) is worth posting. Ran 28 balls and missed the break set up. Tried banking the corner ball in the far corner but missed. Unless some miracle occurs I won't run my age again in this life, but at least I hit 100 minus my age. (Although I expect when people talk...

I've always wondered about this, that is, as an engineer, I learned that "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So if I hit an OB full with right english, it throws the OB left, but the cue ball goes straight. It seems that the CB should be deflected to the right the same...

I did a search here and only found one that sold here. That one had a 5/16x18 pin but the one I am looking at is different for sure. That one sold for $225. No luck trying to get folks opinion of how they are made and how they play. Searched here and Google.

Does anyone here know anything about the Michael J Hall custom cues? Are they well made? What should they sell for? Pin size? I tried to contact the cue maker, Michael J, but unfortunately he died back in 2020.