Sniper tips

Varney Cues said:
Hey buddy...don't let nervous sweat drip onto your Sniper. :killingme:
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Good one KV. That might be the case my composer is minimum lately on the table. Chokin left and right....said it before I'll say it again. table time table time table time....I need it. And now with 2 jobs I have even less time to make it to the table and more time to complain and make excuses why I don't. :rolleyes:
 
I'm currently using a Sniper. I didn't have my cue for 4 months and I was using a le pro. I just got my cue back and the Sniper tip feels good. But I have been miscueing with it quite frequently, even right after I chalk it and don't use extreme english. I'm interested in the Triangle, Elk Master, or Milk Dud. I hear these are the cue tips that a lot of people are having success with. Which one should I go with?
 
you miscueda TON Tuesday night....I could hear every shot that scooped the cue ball. You should just ask Donny to put a nice Moori back on there for you, I think he'd do it at cost for you.
 
I was a Sniper guy

and had Snipers on several shafts for a year or so. My cue repair guy hated putting them on because it is recommended that you keep the tip and tool you are using wet when shaping the tip and water flew everywhere. My problem with them was that they seemed to become noticeably harder after the first couple of months of use, or even a few weeks. Of course, just about all tips become harder with the compression that occurs with play, but they got harder than I liked and would miscue a bit. I had switched from Moori tips because they seemed to glaze over much more than the first generation Moori tips did.

If I had have a layered tip put on right now, it would probably be either a Kamui medium soft or a Kamui Black soft. For a cheaper layered tip, definitely a Wizard. I put most of my tips on myself and usually use a Triangle - when you get a good Triangle they are, imo, as good as any tip. I did put an Everest layered tip on recently and have no complaints about it so far.

Haven't tried milk duds, but imagine I would like them OK.
 
BillPorter said:
and had Snipers on several shafts for a year or so. My cue repair guy hated putting them on because it is recommended that you keep the tip and tool you are using wet when shaping the tip and water flew everywhere. My problem with them was that they seemed to become noticeably harder after the first couple of months of use, or even a few weeks. Of course, just about all tips become harder with the compression that occurs with play, but they got harder than I liked and would miscue a bit. I had switched from Moori tips because they seemed to glaze over much more than the first generation Moori tips did.

If I had have a layered tip put on right now, it would probably be either a Kamui medium soft or a Kamui Black soft. For a cheaper layered tip, definitely a Wizard. I put most of my tips on myself and usually use a Triangle - when you get a good Triangle they are, imo, as good as any tip. I did put an Everest layered tip on recently and have no complaints about it so far.

Haven't tried milk duds, but imagine I would like them OK.
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So, you no longer use a Sniper because the installer did not care for how he needed to install it? Interesting...

Maybe I missed the point of your post.
 
Water

BillPorter said:
and had Snipers on several shafts for a year or so. My cue repair guy hated putting them on because it is recommended that you keep the tip and tool you are using wet when shaping the tip and water flew everywhere. My problem with them was that they seemed to become noticeably harder after the first couple of months of use, or even a few weeks. Of course, just about all tips become harder with the compression that occurs with play, but they got harder than I liked and would miscue a bit. I had switched from Moori tips because they seemed to glaze over much more than the first generation Moori tips did.

If I had have a layered tip put on right now, it would probably be either a Kamui medium soft or a Kamui Black soft. For a cheaper layered tip, definitely a Wizard. I put most of my tips on myself and usually use a Triangle - when you get a good Triangle they are, imo, as good as any tip. I did put an Everest layered tip on recently and have no complaints about it so far.

Haven't tried milk duds, but imagine I would like them OK.
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Well, if water was flying everywhere - he was using waaaay too much ;-)

Larry
 
I USED TRIANGLE TIPS STARTING OUT, THEN TRIED A TIGER MED HARD TIP AND LOVED IT! NEVER FELT A DIFFERENCE IN HIT LIKE THAT. i THEN WENT TO A SNIPER AND LIKED IT A LOT TOO, BUT THE LAST COUPLE I HAD FOUND ME MIISCUEING A LOT, SO LAST FALL I WENT BACK TO A MED SNIPER MID TOURNY (A RISK ITSELF) AND PLAYED GREAT! THE ONLY THING WAS THAT IT WORE OUT QUICK FOR SOME REASON, WHEN I WENT TO REPLACE IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE GUY DIDN'T HAVE ANY, SO I TRIED AN EVEREST, WHICH IS MADE BY TIGER AS WELL.

THE EVEREST IS A GOOD TIP, PLAYS LIKE A HARD TIP WITH GOOD FEEL, SCUFFS EASILY, AND HOLDS CHALK GOOD. I LIKE IT SO FAR.
 
Sorry to bother, but there is always Talisman:

If they hold, they hold for a very long time. I use one on my main shaft, and it's been there for 1 1/4 years. Still no glazing, I just reshape it every other month.

Best regards,

Detlev
 
sniper tip

The ones I've had all were great in the beginning, but became glazed and miscued more than I ever have. Problem is I have five left. Back to using triangles!
 
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