Sniper Tips, how do you like them?

[sellis]

I would be interested to know the opinion of anybody who has actually played with a "Sniper" tip from Tiger.
I'd especially be interested in how "soft" or "hard" you feel they play and
how they compare with a Moori, Talisman, or any other well known tip you've also played with.

I recently installed a Sniper on my Predator and think it is the greatest tip I have ever shot with. I previously used a Moori medium. Comparing the two, The Sniper gives about the same solid hit, but generates more spin and holds chalk better and requires less maintenance. I highly recommend the Sniper.

Stew

I recently installed a Sniper on my Predator and think it is the greatest tip I have ever shot with. I previously used a Moori medium. Comparing the two, The Sniper gives about the same solid hit, but generates more spin and holds chalk better and requires less maintenance. I highly recommend the Sniper.

Stew

I installed a sniper tip, I find it to be a soft tip, I can't generate as much english as a moori med. or talisman med. It holds chalk very well, but its hard to shape and burnish.

the sniper tips play a little harder than expected but you cannot believe the extra ball control and extreme accuracy you can get by using them

[guest]

I agree with all the above statements. I had one put on and I prefer them over Moori.

[guest]

I agree with all the above statements. I had one put on and I prefer them over Moori.

Sniper all the way, great tips.

[txplshrk]

Have been using a sniper for a few months now. I love it over a moori, and dang sure prefer it over a triangle. LOL It is a hard tip, and it is a little more difficult to shape, but once you get the shape down it holds it for a long time, and it holds chalk really well. You won't believe the control. The other guy that says he can't get any english off it, well shape it more, I can draw the ball the whole length of the table, and I have a standard McDermott shaft with 13mm tip size!

[DZ314]

I can draw the ball the whole length of the table, and I have a standard McDermott shaft with 13mm tip size!

I do that with a 13.5mm McDermott topped with a LePro. :lol: Draw action is more a function of your stroke and tip placement on the cue ball than your equipment. :wink:

[nathar]

I can draw the ball the whole length of the table, and I have a standard McDermott shaft with 13mm tip size!

I do that with a 13.5mm McDermott topped with a LePro. :lol: Draw action is more a function of your stroke and tip placement on the cue ball than your equipment. :wink:

I was just getting ready to say that. I would go as far as to say that M.Massey could draw the cb two table lengths with a phonelic. lol :twisted:

[nathar]

Have been using a sniper for a few months now. I love it over a moori, and dang sure prefer it over a triangle. LOL It is a hard tip, and it is a little more difficult to shape, but once you get the shape down it holds it for a long time, and it holds chalk really well. You won't believe the control. The other guy that says he can't get any english off it, well shape it more, I can draw the ball the whole length of the table, and I have a standard McDermott shaft with 13mm tip size!

I guess my next question would be, how far apart do you have the cb and ob when drawing the length of the table. Anybody with a decent draw stroke should be able to draw a full table when there is less than 1.5'-2' distance between the balls. It's when you can really pull it back from like 5'-6'+ that my eyes start to get wide.

[jkregan]

I've had bad luck with Snipers delaminating on my Z-Shaft so I went back to the Talisman Pro medium and now I am using a Talisman Pro hard. It gives me all the action I can handle and sometimes a little bit more.

When I am plush enough to afford spare Z-Shafts, I will try the Talisman WB hard one one of them. Talisman makes very good tips and Tony Jones takes care of his customers, much in the same way Seybert's and Predator does. I like doing business with good people.

[txplshrk]

I haven't had any bad luck or bad experience with the Sniper tip, and fact is fact. If you have a smaller tip or a better tip, it is much easier to draw and put english on it. It doesn't matter how good or bad you are. Yes your stroke is the biggest factor, but for whoever was saying that draw from 5 or 6 feet is more impressive here you go. I have drawn the cue ball from about 7 1/2' on a 9' table with simmonis cloth! Yes it can be done with a triangle or a moori or any other tip, but the sniper tends to have more control. I just like the tips, and was telling the people on this forum that I like the tip. If you don't like them then I am sorry. I have a great person down here that warranties all his work, so if I had a problem with the tip he would take care of it. I have always had good luck with McDermott and there warranties too.

[LWW]

I bought 2 Snipers and the first delaminatwed quickly, I've been using Talismans since. One day I will use the other Sniper, and I did like the way it played.

LWW

[jkregan]

Boy txplshrk, you really get your knickers in a knot when someone expresses a different opinion from your own. I would suggest you not ask if you won't like the answers.

I would also be good not to state opinions as incontrovertible fact. It is the sign of a closed mind.

Once you learn the physics of spin, inertia and momentum you will discover that Simonis allows more pronounced draw and follow than napped cloth. On a very good day I can hit a four to five foot shot and draw back one or two cushions without too much difficulty. The trick is to draw or follow onto a folded cocktail napkin 10 out of 10 times. Once you can do that, try to do the same onto a folded dollar bill.

I watched Irving Crane mark a 4" circle on a table and put the cue ball in that circle after running the rack, not just once but many times over the span of several years.

The tip does not give you anything. It is up to your skills to use the control the tip and cue offer. If you get that kind of performance from a Sniper, great. I am comfortable with a different brand and they give me the confidence that I do not have to worry about that part of my equipment.