Weird Butt Jump cue. "Jump tip" on video, Legal?

[christopheradam]

I was watching an older pool video, "Secrets of a Champion" by Allen Hopkins. He was promoting this thing called the "jump tip". It was basically a tip you screwed on the threads of your butt and turned your Butt into a jump cue. The tip radius was very large. I was very curious by this because I had a similair idea to this but my idea was a shortened shaft instead of a shortened butt like most jump cues. I haven't looked online at all for info on this but does anyone know if this cue/jump tip is legal(tip radius too large, using no shaft, etc) Also is the jump tip still being sold and has anyone tried it? I know a lot of rules are different from tournament to tournament but what are the BCA jump cue rules for tip radius, shaft length and construction, and total cue lenght etc.

 

[Hal]

Your "shortened shaft" idea is already a reality. They're on ebay.

 

[Ctatyk]

Isn't that sort of the predacessor of "The Frog" jump stick?

As far as I know, a jump cue must be at least 40" long in order to be legal. This is usually approximated by laying the jump cue across a bar box and if it touches both rails, it's usually legal.

So, I guess that so long as you end up with 40", you're safe.

 

[Jon]

Why bother.
A cue butt can weight anywhere between 13-18 oz. (And I’m sure there are some over and under that, out there somewhere.)
A shaft weights anywhere between 3-4 oz.
Put a light, short jump butt on a shaft and you end up with a lighter jump cue.
Which would be better than using the cue butt with a short shaft.
Simple logic IMHO