Jim, Have you called Mars and asked if there are any in their inventory? 1-800-585-8986 in Columbus, OH If they don't have any left, maybe Tour Golf has something similar. Tour Golf is their sister company in same building now selling components. 1-800-258-0924
Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Letourneau, Henry J AM1(AW) (VAW120)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 7:12 AM Subject: ShopTalk: WHERE CAN I GET MARS HEADS? > CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND A SET OF MARS V 1969 BLADE IRON HEADS? THEY > ARENT REALLY BLADES! THANKS - JIM > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernie Baymiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again > > > George, > > As I recall, the Apache PM-30i (now the MFS 30+) R1 was about 283 cpm raw. I > found that 275 cpm was what I needed...picked up 10-15 yards in that much > softening, and it still feels stiff to me. I'd guess the Powerflex FW-501 > would play about 3 or 4 cpm softer than the R1 Apaches, but the profiles are > obviously different so it's strictly a guess. Suggest you get a couple of > shafts and try them out...at $6.95 for singles, you can't lose much. Since > it's an R/S combo shaft, you have plenty of room to stiffen it. > > That Pro Perimeter head is a good bargain for an inexpensive set, too. I was > hitting the set very well again today. Missed two greens with full iron > shots today...one an easy 7-iron that I pulled 15 feet left of the pin into > a Bermuda grass bunker...had to chunk it out and DB'd the hole 3-putting > from 12 feet. :-( The other was another 7-iron I hit dead at, but 20 feet > short of a front-side pin and chipped up for a gimmee. Our greens have just > been aerated and I had trouble with the putter all day...3 three-putt greens > and a 78 that could easily have been a 73 if the swingee had been a little > smarter...had maybe 6 birdie putts under 15 feet and only made one on the > second hole. The manufactured quality of these heads is certainly not as > good as Wishon's, but comparable to GW CER series and some of GS stuff. The > design is clean and the heads play as well as any. For an addicted clubmaker > like me who likes to try new stuff several times a year, heads and shafts > like these make it possible and affordable. > > I'll send you my set record table and pic of the head privately. If you have > Microsoft Word, you can open it OK. > > Bernie > Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Huson > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again > > Bernie, > I need to build a low cost set of irons for travel. I was going to order > the apache mfs 30+, this powerflex sounds too good to be true. I normally > play the R-1 in Apache's old spec's. how do you think this shaft will play > without soft stepping it. > George Huson > > Bernie Baymiller wrote: > > > Don, > > SK Fiber makes very good shafts, though I haven't tried the Tri-Tec. I use > the Pure Energy A for most of my long drivers. Here's an iron shaft option, > if you want to experiment... > > I found an inexpensive graphite shaft which seems to play as well as my old > $15 Apache PM-30i A-2 shafts. It's a Hireko proprietary filament wound > Powerflex FW-501 combo R/S iron shaft (I'm using the R softstepped one club > with a 3/8" slope), spec'd at 88 grams, but is actually 81-82 grams (same > weight as my Apaches), torque 3.0...about where I like it. Consistency > shaft-to-shaft was quite good on my NF2, with a spread of only .023" for ten > shafts, all readings taken on the NBP...or a little less than 5 cpm, I > think. Seven of the shafts has spines less than 2 cpm and the other three > were .013", .015" and .016", or a little less than 3 to a hair more than 3 > cpm. Cost is $6.30 each/10 shaft quantity. Tip sensitivity was .026"/inch, > or about 5 cpm. These shafts have a profile that feels a little heavier than > many graphites the same weight...which is a feature I like because it > stabilizes my swing on the short irons. Impact feels very solid and shaft > action is smooth. Played three rounds with them and had three straight > 77s...if I could putt, they would have been 74s or less. :-) > > Used Pro Perimeter heads ($6.95) with these shafts, very clean looking > cavity backs with low offset, and used Hireko's Soft Tread grips ($1, like a > Softee). Swingweight across the assembled 3-PW set was D2.9 to D3.5, or .6 > of a point spread (except for SW at D4.7, which I wanted heavier). Also, > tried the NBP-COG alignment, which seems to result in a very straight ball > flight (though most of these shafts really didn't need any particular > alignment). Club length is standard graphite lengths. Component cost about > $15 a club. Time will tell, but these might be my "cheapo" iron success of > the year. > > Bernie > Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Flatgard > To: shoptalk <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 6:58 PM > Subject: ShopTalk: Again > > Can anybody recommend something better then SK Fiber Tri-Tec iron shafts? > > > >
