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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: mini998 on July 18, 2013, 10:55:58 AM
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I bought a Gm Argon F2 808 couple of months ago and barely used it , It was an impulse buy and I realized it was tad too heavy for me when I was using it in the nets, So thinking of what to do with this bat....
Obviously I can sell it, but I was wondering would it be worth to get the weight reduced instead of that?
Does any of our forum sponsors do this kind of modifications? roughly how much am I looking at cost wise?
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Got my Kookaburra Biggest Kahuna reduced from 3lb to 2lb 11oz and it still goes beautifully!
Cost me £15 from V Sports but obviously any of the forum sponsors will do a job as good if not better.
Depends on where the meat of the wood is, my bat had quite a bit of weight to the top and some in the toe so he took a lot of weight out of areas not near the middle, not affecting the performance. Will have to get it looked at.
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Matt (from H4L) did my 666 from 2.12.5 down to 2.9 and it went just as well after, plus it picked up very nicely. Funny enough a clubmate has some weight taken off his bat by V-Sports, they did a good job by all accounts. Worth doing if you really like the bat and most forum sponsors will do it for around £30+postage I'd imagine.
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Yeah had a GN done by Matt at H4L did an awesome job. Had 2-3 ounces taken off, obviously a lot of wood had to be removed but he did an excellent job, picked up really well when it came back and still had a great middle
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Thanks Guys , In that case I would keep the bat and go with weight reduction route.
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How much does it weigh at the moment?
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Dom Shillabeer took a bat of mine from 2lb 14 to 2lb 10 and reshaped it. It made a huge difference and is now a much more usable beast.
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How much does it weigh at the moment?
It had a 2.10 sticker when I bought it , Not sure that weight is with or without the grip though . When I weigh it on my kitchen scale readings are all over the place.
Main problem it the handle is ultra thin on these Argons , so have to add one or two grips to make it normal , also bat is bottom heavy so pick up is not the best.
I use a Kookabura Rouge which is 2.11 as my match bat but it has a good pick up and feels light on the hands.
Also bought a Aldred Silver Sov lately and it is 2.9... very light pickup.. so I'm spoiled for lighter bats now.
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Any chance you could post some pictures of it please?
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Sure , I've posted these sometime earlier as well.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img839/6563/img9986resized.jpg)
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Any pics of the face?
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Only got this one, all covers with stupid Bola marks
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5665/20130427192049resized.jpg)
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ahh found one image I took before using the bat, It's the same bat just a different grip.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img17/4244/photo5bse.jpg)
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Well if the kook is your match bat why not just use this as your net bat... A lot of people use a heavier net bat to help with bat speed when going to your match bat.
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Good idea , might as well try it on nets.
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If you get any taken off, the toe could lose a little bit to help pickup. Seems to have a fat toe!
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Does anyone know (tried before?) how much weight I can get rid of by removing the anti scuff sheet and the Toeteck toe guard from this bat?
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Maybe 2 oz max
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2oz just might do the trick TBH.
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I think most scuff sheets are rated to add 1 oz
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Scuff sheet = roughly 12-16g, which is half an ounce, plus the toe guard, which is, let's say for argument's sake, 10g. You'll be losing 1 oz at the very most I think. How many grips do you have on the bat?
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I got two, but handle is very very thin so I need two atleast
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Weight reduction is fine if it done right and weight evenly reduced
As others have I have used Dom who was brilliant and a brilliant finish and also Ryan before and b3 did my crown willow and do it well
If done correctly no noticeable performance loss is found but I would check with the person doing it as some bats don't afford 2oz coming off them mostly small edges and large concaved bats