changing pins?

pin difference

if i lay 10 cues on a table, 5 with 5/16 by 14 and 5 with 3/8 by 10 pins. is there anyone that can shoot with these 10 cues and tell the difference between the two pins?
 
desi2960 said:
if i lay 10 cues on a table, 5 with 5/16 by 14 and 5 with 3/8 by 10 pins. is there anyone that can shoot with these 10 cues and tell the difference between the two pins?
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I believe if one took his personal playing cue that he has been using for years and changed the pin, he might be able to discern a difference, albeit small.

Could someone pick up 10 different cues he does not know and play with them and pick out which were which? I would have to see it to believe it and would bet against. I say no, not with consistent and repeatable accuracy.

I would like to see a blind test done with your pin, 10 different cues. Five of them your pin with phenolic collars, and 5 with a 3/8x10 with identical phenolic collars. Different woods, different shafts, different makers, I have my doubts whether the average decent player could accurately select which joints were which, particularly if efforts were made to make all 10 balance the same.

Kelly
 
desi2960 said:
if i lay 10 cues on a table, 5 with 5/16 by 14 and 5 with 3/8 by 10 pins. is there anyone that can shoot with these 10 cues and tell the difference between the two pins?
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If the only difference is the pin, then I would say yes. That is quite a difference in mass between those two pin styles.

Do the same test between a 14thread and an 18 thread, I'd say probably not.

A 3/8-10 vs Radial in that same test, I'd say yes.
 
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