I had the steel Callaway constant weight shafts in mine. A friend of mine purchased the X-14's in graphite and I noticed they were the same length as mine. The swingweights were within a couple of points of each other. I contacted Callaway and was told that the heads in their Graphite X-14's were slightly heavier. My 6 iron in steel was 38" so I kept the graphite one at 38". You might say the Callaway's in steel were longer than standard. I used the UST Competition 75 graphite shafts and at most I only lost about 1-2 swingpoints. They are around D0 - D1 on my swingweight scale. But reaming the hosel was extremely easy there is really not a lot to take out. I use a postal weigh scale and in some cases did not register any weight loss in the head.
Good luck George I.
Donald Johnson wrote:
George: Did you make them longer? What was the loss of Swingweight? Steel to Graphite
Don Johnson
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Iacono Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Callaway x-14 reshaft
I recently finished reshafting a complete set of Callaway X-14 irons (went from steel to graphite) and experimented with the slitting procedure 1st, (using a Dremel tool) and it was quite easy. I was hesitant to bore out the hosel because I was concerned how much weight I
would take off and didn't want to mess up the swingweight as I had to already contend with the swingweight factor switching to graphite. To make a long story short, I bored out the hosel and was quite suprised that I hardly had to take anything off, barely lost a gram of weight (if
that) and it was a considerably easier job. Although the finished job of slitting the tip of the shaft looks kind of neat I recommend boring out the hosel. Swingweights came out fine in the finished product.
George Iacono
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