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Annual and monthly…….unlimited pool til 6 pm……until 7 pm if there’s no league or patrons waiting.

Hey…..I understand …….especially when summer temps can reach 115 degrees. In 2021, we had 69 days over 100 degrees; in 2024, 60 days over a 100 degrees. Last summer was a reprieve but 2026 will be awful again. So I get your kibitzing. I dunno why Sierra Billiards is a smashing success. Opening...

Sierra Billiards & Bar is a huge hit. There’s a waiting list for tables and often just to get in the doors Fri & Sat night. It has the largest assortment of top brand liquors anywhere I’ve seen including the Beverly Hilton Hotel in LA. It is a sight to behold and 1/2 of the pool room is 7’...

I think the best version is made by Peradon. I have 3 others; one is made by Gil Castillo. It is red ringtail lizard that is the same leather as the 6x12 case he made for me. The other two I acquired are for backup purposes and not nearly as well stitched, constructed or the leather quality of...

Great question. I found that hard tips roll the cue ball faster with slower speed stroking of the cue ball. So for attaining position, especially when it’s newer cloth or a 7’ table, requires me to change my stroke speed too often. I love the ping sound of a hard tip on ivory ferrules and soft...

It doesn’t look like a cue design Ed Prewitt made. But then again, I don’t get to preview, or see, every cue he’s made.

Are you saying Mike built this very cue while he was with Tim? Aside from the pin, which you’re saying Tim never used but obviously it came from Tim’s inventory, what else indicates Mike built this cue instead of Tim. I know Tim was the front man and Mike was the behind the scene builder. But...

Probably even lower…..-$200-300. All a cue does is move the cue ball. The player determines how accurately the CB strikes the OB, not the cue.

It’s been my experience that the best cue makers pay attention to their materials. They are very selective in what they buy. And they invest in a having a good inventory. Ernie Gutierrez epitomizes that approach as do many other noteworthy names. They have the best stock or access to it and pay...

Absolutely……at least the comparison of a McDermott & Samboti cues. Is there a difference between a top of the line BMW with a Chevy Malibu? Quality truly does matters when it comes to some items like watches, cars, guns, gemstones, jewelry…..the list can become rather long…..but it’s real...

I can’t say with certainty which particular years were the best. Bob was obviously hands on involved buildung cues in their early years. I can state with certainty Bob built my cue. I met him at the Billiard Congress of America’s Inaugural Trade Show held in Fort Worth, TX. Schon was only in...

I initially looked at it that way and it was like a 6 ball runout in 9 or 10 ball. How often do you do that? Well, I run the table a lot more often if I get a scatter that looked like this instead of some of the crazy crap you get faced with after your opponent plays some safeties or break shot...

6 balls, none touching or on a rail and any order you choose, I’d gues 75-85%. 0n a Diamond table, the 2 missed shots could be the 1st ball attempt or the last remaining ball on the table. Cue ball speed doesn’t require stroking hard. For the best shape, play the angle shots before the side...

Hmn….2’ wide…333 yds & 1 ft. long,….how about using it to create the world’s longest shuffle boar table or a 1 person long distance shooting range you rent by the hour? I know a lot of guys, and myself, would use it to sight in our long rifles. There aren’t that many 1000 yd. gun ranges. It...

It sure seems like a lot of posters would benefit from reading and embracing Hal Mix’s Pocket Billiards Secrets. Just because you’ve done something all your life, or a very long time, doesn’t mean you couldn’t perform better. The issue becomes change is difficult and often seemingly impossible...

This is the radial pin version my cue has……..made by Tim Scruggs.

Gosh, I thought the original price seemed attractive and had I seen this, I would have bought all 3 sets. $150 a set average price seemed reasonable and fair. I’d ask for more photos and some close up pics. But now with the price increase from what’s equivalent to a 35% sales tax due to a new...

Leather is not going to mark or scuff your shaft unlike some house bridges can do. It takes up minimal case pocket space. Protecting your cue shafts is really something you want to do.

If you are getting paid to do a job, then you should do it. I know there are a lot of people that are slackers. They will work harder to avoid doing the work than actually performing the task at hand. Be that as it may, the majority of federal employees want to do a good job and so they perform...

Mike, Unfortunately neither the age nor origin of the ivory creates an exception under the current ivory bans. As you well know, ivory already in the USA prior to 1976 is commonly referred to as pre-ban ivory. It is because this is when African elephants were first listed under CITES...