The only difference is the Rush butt… I think slightly forward weighted. I found absolutely no difference in the shaft of the std. 12.9 and BKR 12.9. Even the metal weight plug center of the shaft is located the same. You can locate it with a magnet. All marketing to sell the BKR as you have to buy the cue as a whole, and not just the shaft.
Well, I believed you at first, now I'm not sure. The website has some pretty lofty statements, for instance the page starts out as...
-"...REVO BK-R carbon fiber composite break shaft..."
Then references salesman buzzwording...
- "The BK Rush’s
shaft construction is optimized to deliver a higher coefficient of restitution (COR). The result: Faster cue ball speed. "
But above that, identical jargon appears from the regular REVO...
- "Revo features our proprietary carbon fiber composite and ferruless construction achieving our lowest front-end mass and highest stiffness rating. "
Here's 2
images that appear identical on both REVO and REVO BK-R, these support your claims and are the only real indication of construction...
Onto the regular REVO webpage, new and opposite jargon appears, well, maybe not opposite but leading..
- "REVO 12.9 MM is for players of all levels who choose
Power over control or spin."
Of course the above leads to a description of a good break stick, but also leads you on as a playing stick... whatever.
Although not related, this is subjective and clearly not overwhelmingly true...
- "Black Vault-Plate (Ferrule) for Easier Sighting"
Anyways, I'm not sure if you're correct, but I can't see how you are not. The only problem is that added in jargon of "COR", but it's backed up by absolutely no data at all. What baffles me is that I would of swore I read Predator claiming thicker walls, but clearly that is not correct and I have no idea where I read that (but it wasn't here).
I wonder if they weight the same. It's not a great indicator, but it's something.
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