I have been using these tips since January 3rd of 2025, I bought a new shaft in February and installed a Recoil tip on March 3rd, I have a table at home and practice EVERY day for at least an hour, I may have missed one or two days but no more and there are days I have been able to practice 3 hours, I practice by myself so I am hitting a lot more shots than playing a match, I premise this to give you an idea of how much this tip is being used, the pic on the right is on the new shaft, the one have used everyday since March the tip on the left I've used for 2 months, only slight wear and I don't let my tip get slick, I don't work for Bulletproof, I know people are skeptical of new things, I was too,it took me a while before I tried them, best tip I have ever owned
Bulletproof Recoil tips 7 month later
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On a CF shaft you have a vault plate, that is the clear or white on a Becue cue, the blue is an acrylic pad, and the tip is green, which let's you know it's a hard tip for the Bulletproof Recoil tip, the consistency is what I love about it, plays the same as it did when new, I expect this tip to last at least another 7 months if not longer, any changes good or bad I will update, I swore I would never use a CF shaft, Becue cues changed my mind about that, it also opened my mind to new technology in cue tips, I am not a pro player but I think of this as good, a pro player could beat me with a cue off the wall, I'm looking for everything that helps my game be more consistent, I believe my cue and these tips are helping me achieve this goal, I know the work and my gear have allowed me to progress a lot this year, I also have to give Kim at Dragon Billiards credit for his instruction on fundamentals and finding my vision center, it's not one thing, it's all of these things, if you are still searching for, "your" tip, give them a try, I cut off many tips before sticking with the Bulletproof Recoil tip.
You have 2 of the same exact shafts? Why is the blue bigger on the older shaft?
I've had several lessons with Kim Young, and plan on more, I never played with the Prime M, I love the Prime II 12.0, best shaft I've ever owned, I like the Engage 11.8 shaft but I like the Prime II even more, Becue built a custom rear extension for my Natural Born Naked cue for me, they are a great company to work with and the way their cues hit just work for me.
No, I was using the Becue Engage 11.8 shaft for the last 2 years, it's a great shaft, Becue is a technology company so I was not surprised that they came out with a new shaft, I saw a review that made me want to try one, the taper on the Prime II 12.0 shaft just works for me, feels like it was made for me, the blue is just an acrylic pad, I had the pad on the new shaft made a little shorter because the vault plate was brand new and was thicker than the Engage 11.8 shaft because of trying different tips, every installer would remove some of the vault plate when installing a tip to ensure it was perfectly flat.
The vault plate takes the place of a ferrule, you have to remove a little when replacing a tip just like a ferrule, there is a specification for how thin the vault plate can be before you replace it, by adding an acrylic pad you extend the life of the vault plate, I found no degradation in performance any of my shafts from adding the acrylic pad and I like the look of it
I understand now. Is that how Becue markets and suggests their vault plate to be used?The vault plate takes the place of a ferrule, you have to remove a little when replacing a tip just like a ferrule, there is a specification for how thin the vault plate can be before you replace it, by adding an acrylic pad you extend the life of the vault plate, I found no degradation in performance any of my shafts from adding the acrylic pad and I like the look of it
Predator vault plates are less than 2mm. They tell you to leave a thousandths of an inch of the old tip and not to cut into the vault plate.
No, the vault plate can be replaced but is more expensive I thought it was worth a shot and added the acrylic plate, it was only an extra $5 when installing a new tip, I have found no difference in the way it plays, when I got the new Prime II 12.0 shaft it played so well with the stock tip I almost didn't replace it but I was so happy with the Bulletproof Recoil tip I did put one on with the blue acrylic pad and found it played great, as you can see 7 months later and there is almost no wear on the tip and it still holds chalk as good or better than any tip I have ever tried, I think the future of cue tips will be synthetic tips.
Actually 7 months doesn't sound like very long. I would be interested in an update after 1 year and each year after if you stay with bulletproof for that long.
Leather tips don't go bad. They only wear out. I had a cue that I didn't play with much. The Lepro tip on it was 20 years old and still shoot fine.
A LePro tip is not a layered tip, almost all new modern tips are made from layers of animal hide and glue that holds the layers together, I had a Kamui Athlete med tip that only lasted 4 months, the hit changed from a medium hit to a hard hit rather quickly, I'm not picking on Kamui, this has happened with every leather tip I have ever used,especially layered tips, that's why I talk about the consistency of the Bulletproof Recoil tip, after 7 months the hit is still the same, also the minimal wear, since I started using the Sandman shaper for dressing my tip I find myself dressing it more often but it doesn't take off enough to talk about, I took the picture of the tips to check the wear of the tip on the new shaft, I was surprised at how little wear there was, I expect at least another 7 months from this tip, I will note if anything changes before that time, I don't see myself changing to another tip, I would be interested in different synthetic tip if one became available that is BCA legal, I would give it a try, you don't know unless you try.
Damn straight, wooden tennis rackets, and golf clubs, leather football helmets, and who needs a baseball glove, man up and catch that ball with your bare hand.......Good for you. The very fact that you’re in the low deflection, carbon fiber, group makes any further info from you dubious to me. Maple shafts, full size ivory ferrules and hard leather tips forever I say
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Nothing wrong with that. These tips however are the real deal. I think if you like the way they play you could probably use one for a decade without degradation.Good for you. The very fact that you’re in the low deflection, carbon fiber, group makes any further info from you dubious to me. Maple shafts, full size ivory ferrules and hard leather tips forever I say
I ended up cutting my green one off, not because it was bad, but because I ended up using the shaft for a break cue. There's a lot of smoke being blown around with "cue tech" but these tips are really good. There's nothing wrong with leather but these things are pretty amazing for being such a novel concept.
Couldn't agree more, if a leather tip works for you then you should use it, one size does not fit all, I am only relaying my experience, a lot of time the reviews you read are nothing more than a sales pitch, I love this sport and if I can help someone decide to try something that has worked so well for me I am happy to do it, I've had a lot of people help me so it's my turn to give a little back, small as it is, I also appreciate companies that are trying to advance the sport with new technology, I would love to see more young players in pool halls in the US.
Pool cue tips are a lot like fishing lures. Lures and all sorts of tackle are designed to catch fishermen. "Oh, lets put a red pad under the tip and a yellow ring around it." "This puppy is 7 layers...made by exquisite craftsmen in Japan...only $27.50 each." "Look out for fakes." "Lets make a cloth patch for the shooters that wear a trench coat."
boogieman
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ping.
Very true!