Mizuno JPX 919 Forged vs Hot Metal

[Bent Creek]

I have been playing Mizuno JPX 919 Hot Metal irons and love them. The lofts are strong which I don't mind. I like the extra distance. I've always want a forged set. When I heard Mizuno has decided to stop making the JPX 919 Forged, I purchased a new set. Should I have the lofts on the Forged set adjusted to match the Hot Metal set? I intend on keeping both sets and really do not want to keep track of distances for each, which brings up another question. Do forged and cast go relatively the same distance at the same lofts?    

[Adam C]

You need to hit the other set and see how far you hit them before you make any changes. Forged vs cast makes no difference in how far you hit them, it's loft, head design, shaft weight and length, those are what can impact distance. Once you hit them all, you will know if and what needs to be adjusted. You may find that you need to alter certain irons in the set more than others to hit your desired yardages.

[ShaftFarmer]

Mizuno stopped making the forged 919s??? Any idea why?

[ChetlovesMer]

16 minutes ago, ShaftFarmer said:

Mizuno stopped making the forged 919s??? Any idea why?

Because they will be "eventually" coming up with the 921's I assume. 

[BC-to-MI]

2 hours ago, ShaftFarmer said:

Mizuno stopped making the forged 919s??? Any idea why?

 

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Because they will be "eventually" coming up with the 921's I assume. 

Yeah, I believe the new JPX line is scheduled to be released in September. But who knows with everything going on if there will be supply chain issues and all that kind of stuff.

[ShaftFarmer]

1 minute ago, BC-to-MI said:

 

Yeah, I believe the new JPX line is scheduled to be released in September. But who knows with everything going on if there will be supply chain issues and all that kind of stuff.

Ahhh so I imagine they've stopped making the the whole 919 line right? Needed new irons and was trying to wait until the latest line was released thinking prices would drop for the 900s and 919s but yeah with everything going on who know's when they'll be releasing 

[BC-to-MI]

12 minutes ago, ShaftFarmer said:

Ahhh so I imagine they've stopped making the the whole 919 line right? 

Yes, I've heard they have started pulling the 919s from fitting studios. I'm sure they are still carried by certain retailers, but they won't be widely available with the upcoming release of the new line.

[ChetlovesMer]

1 hour ago, ShaftFarmer said:

Ahhh so I imagine they've stopped making the the whole 919 line right? Needed new irons and was trying to wait until the latest line was released thinking prices would drop for the 900s and 919s but yeah with everything going on who know's when they'll be releasing 

The prices of the 919's did drop. Tons of places (online and otherwise) were carrying them at 20% off. TGW.com and Rockbottomgolf.com for sure had them at 20% ... still do I think, but there are very few left anymore. A couple weeks ago you could have ordered them with custom specs at 20% off. Now, you kind of have to take what ever they may have left. 

[ShaftFarmer]

8 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

The prices of the 919's did drop. Tons of places (online and otherwise) were carrying them at 20% off. TGW.com and Rockbottomgolf.com for sure had them at 20% ... still do I think, but there are very few left anymore. A couple weeks ago you could have ordered them with custom specs at 20% off. Now, you kind of have to take what ever they may have left. 

I ended up going with a set of used 900 forged irons!