Rumors are just that.
Why is it that this one gets hashed so often though?
Why is it that this one gets hashed so often though?
sledgehammer becoming illegal?
- Thread starter mindtriplx
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BiG_JoN said:Why do they have a limit on the max, and not on the min?
From the way the equipment rules are, i could play with a .5oz cue with a 1mm tip...
BUT, i couldn't play with a 25.1oz cue with a 14.1mm tip...
That is just stupid.
That's so you can play with a conductor's wand like Kramer did in that one episode of Seinfeld...lol.
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Bruce S. de Lis
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mindtriplx said:
BCA Rules for Cue Specifications State Per the BCA Pool League Players Handbook
2005 Version PAGE IV:
Width of Tip: No Minimum, 14 mm Maximum
Weight: No Minimum, 25 Ounces Maximum
Length: 40 inches minimum, no Maximum
Tip material can not SCRATCH BALLS, Tips must be Processed Leather, or OTHER Fibrous Material, or Pliable Material that extends the Natural line of the Shaft.
Ferrule is to be a Maximum length of ONE INCH....
stinger jump/break
Jerry powers (JERICO CUES) makes a good jump break that Danny Basavich is using it has leather made into the tip and is as solid of a jump/break cue you will come accross. the tip and ferrule combo has its own patent. also the best shaft seal out there!
Jerry powers (JERICO CUES) makes a good jump break that Danny Basavich is using it has leather made into the tip and is as solid of a jump/break cue you will come accross. the tip and ferrule combo has its own patent. also the best shaft seal out there!
Bruce S. de Lis said:BCA Rules for Cue Specifications State Per the BCA Pool League Players Handbook
2005 Version PAGE IV:
Width of Tip: No Minimum, 14 mm Maximum
Weight: No Minimum, 25 Ounces Maximum
Length: 40 inches minimum, no Maximum
Tip material can not SCRATCH BALLS, Tips must be Processed Leather, or OTHER Fibrous Material, or Pliable Material that extends the Natural line of the Shaft.
Ferrule is to be a Maximum length of ONE INCH....
Hey Bruce, how the hell did Meucci get around that one? LMAO
This rumor will go on forever...the sledge has been out for years and I don't see it going anywhere.
Shorty
nipponbilliards said:
Hey Richard, my buddy and I did a test with a sledgehammer II, a stinger, and a Gilbert jump/break. The Stinger was actually the poorer breaker of the cues...with the sledge being the best. It was not a scientific test in any way shape or form. We just had the opportunity to compare them all side by side. The Gilbert by the way is the best playing of the bunch. Can really get some english with the Gilbert. My buddy hass a GREAT break with the Sledge II, so much so I talked him into staying with his sledge and putting the Gilbert away for a bit. I personally think the Stinger just has too big of a tip on it to be a good break cue. You can smack em hard yes...but not much action as far as english and stopping the ball.
Shorty
Shorty said:
Hi Shorty:
Does the Gilbert have a leather tip?
I tried the jumping portion of the Stinger and I think it is pretty awesome. I am a bit concerned about it not having any joint collar as a breaking cue.
Do you think there is a big improvement from the Sledgehammer to the Sledgehammer II?
Take care,
Richard
nipponbilliards said:
At the time, the Gilbert had a phenolic tip on a regular ferrule when we did the tests. Turns out I took that off and put two talisman's on it. I sold it to my buddy after he begged me out of it. My buddy is going to now take one off and put a white diamond or phenolic on it and try it again. He is strange, he really has mastered that Sledge II's break style. He was pulling shape on the 1, and putting four balls on the head end of the table every single break with that Sledge II...he don't need no stinking Gilbert as I joke to him all the time.
As far as the Sledge I vs. the Sledge II, I think there is a big big improvement. The reason being the smaller tip allows you to actually put some stopping english on the cue ball for once. The sledge I came with a 13.5 tip size, where as the Sledge II is like a predator, 12.75. For jumping, I don't know...I would still lean towards a bigger tipped cue.
I am beginning to think you should use two cues, one for jumping and one for breaking. Just too different of requirements to try and combine the two things.
Shorty
Shorty said:
Thank you for the reply. The Sledgehammer II also has a one piece maple butt design, do you think it hits more solid?
Have you tried breaking or jumping with a purple heart shaft?
I agree, it is hard to combine a jump and a break cue into one. Having said that, if someone can do it successfully, wouldn't you love to carry one less cue?
When I saw the Sledgehammer II, it seemd to me that the taper is a bit stiffer but I could be wrong.
Take care,
Richard
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Bruce S. de Lis
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Shorty said:
I only Copied & Posted what is Written in the Rule Book.
