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Re: Optimum Wheels for ball shooter
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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
The thing with Colsons at that size is that pocketing them out does become easier, which means you can start to get the weight down.
Didn't even thing about that, Brandon. Have any idea how much weight you could pull out of an 8" Colson? An 8 x 1.5" wheel weighs about 25oz which is a lot of weight if it's up high. Think you could get it down to the sub 1lb range?
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