Confused by Predator company response

Nikrnic

Nikrnic

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I was looking to buy a new 4 point Sneaky Pete with a Z3 shaft from the factory and was told (by Emails) I could only buy as shown on their website which shows a quick connect joint. I want a screw pin joint. Am I missing something here?

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Nikrnic said:
I was looking to buy a new 4 point Sneaky Pete with a Z3 shaft from the factory and was told (by Emails) I could only buy as shown on their website which shows a quick connect joint. I want a screw pin joint. Am I missing something here? ...
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So far as I can tell from the website, there is no joint option. I think their email just confirms that.

The joint is called the "Uni-Loc" and is about two turns to screw on/off. It is the standard joint for Predator cues.
 
Predator switched to the Uni-Loc Quick Release joint in about 2002 for all of their cues. That's their standard joint. They do offer a Uni-Loc Radial (better known as simply "Radial") on a select few of their cues, but not many.
 
Some of Predator's models come in both Uniloc and Radial, such as some P3's. The Radials sell out fast. You can check with Seybert's, Pooldawg and several other vendors and hopefully get lucky.
 
I'd wonder what the OP's distate for the unlock is based upon...if it is coz he wants to use owned shafts that aren't unilock, understood.

If it is the olden belief the unilock is subpar to other tread types...it isn't anymore.
 
Unless you are a sophisticated user, I would say try the Uniloc joint. I think you'll like it, I am not a sophisticated user/evaluator of cues joints (doubt I could detect a "shooting difference" between any type joints), I say that Unilocs shoot like any other SS joint, but as I said, I am not sophisticated -- if it locks up w/o issue and stays that way, I'm good to go.

I used to hear criticism of Unilocs not staying "locked up", but I've used the green veneered predator (SPJLW) with unilock joint as my "bar cue" for almost 20 years and have never had an issue of any type.
 
Black-Balled said:
I'd wonder what the OP's distate for the unlock is based upon...if it is coz he wants to use owned shafts that aren't unilock, understood.

If it is the olden belief the unilock is subpar to other tread types...it isn't anymore.
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I have had many Predator cues with Uniloc over the last decade. I used to believe this as well, until I got a Predator with a Radial last year - for me personally, there is a noticeably better hit and feel with the Radial. It is frustrating that there aren't very many Predator options with Radial joints.
 
Nikrnic said:
I was looking to buy a new 4 point Sneaky Pete with a Z3 shaft from the factory and was told (by Emails) I could only buy as shown on their website which shows a quick connect joint. I want a screw pin joint. Am I missing something here?

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I didn`t know Sneaky Petes had points. They wouldn`t be very sneaky.
 
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