Expectations of New Predator Vantage Shaft

tashworth19191

tashworth19191

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I have to start by saying I have only played with Meucci shafts (red dot, black dot and pro shafts). I just won the new Predator BK-4 with the Vantage shaft and I was wondering what differences I can expect with squirt, hit and play of this shaft?
 
Lol no one on earth besides the contest winners have access to this shaft so it might be hard to get opinions until it actually hits the market. All you can do right now is wait and see.
 
I believe that I read somewhere that the shaft is slightly larger in diameter then their 314's. They have released stats on how much stiffer it is then a 314 or z but no comparison in deflection.
 
tashworth19191 said:
Yeah, I saw that stats and it is a 12.9mm shaft, so it is thicker than the 12.5mm shafts on 314 and z. I also notice it is stiffer, but I always thought stiffer means more deflection. Am I wrong?

http://www.predatorcues.com/shafts/vantage-shaft/
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I'm far from being an expert but I have always understood that squirt was primarily dependent on the mass at the tip of the shaft. Lower mass less deflection. That's why they put a little doo dad right behind the tip.
 
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