Go with Rat. He's the only man outside of Meucci themselves that is authorized to work on their stuff. I wouldnt fool with a red dot or black dot shaft. Get Rat to make you one from Meucci's old specs. He wont charge much at all to refinish the cue. He done some work to my 95-8's shaft and did a heckuva job on it.
If not Rat, go with Proficient Billiards. They redone my 95-17 and dont ONE HELLUVA job on it!!!
I dont think you can go wrong with either of the two.