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so i have a few questions..

is a s300 shaft a "stiff" shaft? (this is the stock shaft on the 690.cb irons that im using)

also.. what exactly are "rifle shafts"

and if i wanted to reshaft my irons, would i need to purchase the shafts and then take them somewhere to get them reshafted? or would the place that does the reshafting have shafts for sale?

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so i have a few questions..

The S300 is True Temper's designation of a "stiff" shaft in their Dynamic Gold line.

Rifle shafts are made by Royal Precision. Their most identifiable characteristic is the lack of the graduated "steps" down the shaft. Pretty much every place that does reshafting will have a variety of shafts to choose from.

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prutkows,

The S designation is the flex according to true temper. The 300 is the weight class designation. Iron shafts can be 100, 200, 300, or 400 with 100 being the lightest and 400 being the heaviest. Since each successive weight class has slightly thicker walls, they are also progressively stiffer, although the difference in weight is minor, 1-2g, and stiffness is also very minor. Rifle shafts, are frequency sorted steel shafts that are lighter than dynamic gold and has a different bend profile. Dynamic gold is a butt soft , tip stiff shaft that's good for aggressive golfers who have fair turf interaction, launch the ball high and spin it fairly well. Rifle is a butt stiff, mid and tip soft shaft that's got a higher ball flight and lighter weight. It's a better shaft for pickers with shallow divots. It really boils down to feel. Most golfers either fit into Dynamic Gold or Rifle, swing one once and you'll know which one you are.
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Rifle is a butt stiff, mid and tip soft shaft that's got a higher ball flight and lighter weight. It's a better shaft for pickers with shallow divots.

I don't quite agree with that statement, using Rifle Blanks you can somewhat manipulate the bend point, mid and tip stiffnesses. Much light soft-stepping and hard-stepping

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I don't quite agree with that statement, using Rifle Blanks you can somewhat manipulate the bend point, mid and tip stiffnesses. Much light soft-stepping and hard-stepping

Everado,

That's true of using flighted rifle blanks. The standard rifle shaft is of the bend profile I described.
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Rifle shafts, are frequency sorted steel shafts that are lighter than dynamic gold and has a different bend profile.

Please clarify this.

This page says the Rifle 6.0 is 128g. The DG S300 is 130g. This page says 114-134g (but includes 4.5 to 7.0). This page quotes the DG S300 as 130g. So what is it?
Dynamic gold is a butt soft , tip stiff shaft that's good for aggressive golfers who have fair turf interaction, launch the ball high and spin it fairly well.

I used to be a strong DG S300 user, and now lately I've really come to like the Rifle 6.0 line. I can keep the ball down a little easier with the DG S300, but at the same time, sometimes it was tough to hit a high 3-iron with them.

I tend to pick the ball, yet I hit it pretty high anyway and with a good amount of spin. And I like the looks of a stepless shaft. So all other things equal, the Rifle wins. Lately, anyway. I'll be getting a new set of irons with the DG S300 soon (the TM r7 TP irons), but those are basically revised LT2s, so with all the weight low, they should have no problem getting the ball up. The biggest advantage I've seen in the Rifles is "flighted" idea - most of your irons launch at roughly the same angle. My PW still launches higher than my 3-iron, but not by as wide a margin as with the DG S300. But if you could, again, clarify the weight thing.

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Please clarify this.

iacas,

Uncut Flighted Rifle blanks in a 6.0 frequency weigh 126 grams. Final weight depends on what the finished length is. True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 I've seen weigh anywhere from 128-132g uncut. There's quite a bit of variance in Dynamic Gold Even though they are suppsed to be "weight sorted."
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