I bought a full spliced predator sneaky(linen wrap) and finally had sometime to play for a few hours. After some adjustment in shooting i got very comfortable with the 314 shaft. I have used an early pred. shaft and didnt like it, but this time i gotta say i was shooting very good after about an hours playtime. I bought the cue because it was full spliced rosewood with green veneers(falcon built) with even points unlike most we have seen from them including the ones somebody on the list is selling. Im going to have Mike Pancerny build me a reg. shaft for the pred. full splice butt and see what happens. Maybe it is the full splice thats helping but after i get the other shaft made i will find out.