Project x iron shafts

[Tab373]

Just bought myself a set of project x 6.0 iron shaft from eBay they have been pulled so only £57. I'm going to replace my Nippon 1100 shaft in my callaway diablo forged iron. I no the 6.0 will be stiffer than the nippons but have tried them and like the flight have the shafts in my vokey wedges too. Can't wait to get them and I will fit them myself. It will be like having new irons all over again and if I don't take to them I will just swop again. Much cheaper than buying new irons. I only need the 5 to pw shafts but have read some where that if you fit the 4 iron shaft in the 5 iron and 5 shaft in the 6 iron it will play 5.5 not 6.0 stiffness is this true.

 

[Region3]

You're right in that they will play softer if you put the shaft from the 4 iron in the 5 etc, but not as much as down to 5.5. You'd probably need to go 2 clubs difference to make them play that soft.

Might be obvious, but don't forget to cut the 4 iron shaft to 5 iron length before you put it in the 5

 

[USER1999]

You're right in that they will play softer if you put the shaft from the 4 iron in the 5 etc, but not as much as down to 5.5. You'd probably need to go 2 clubs difference to make them play that soft.

Might be obvious, but don't forget to cut the 4 iron shaft to 5 iron length before you put it in the 5

Unless you are 6 foot 6, in which case you'll be fine!

 

[Foxholer]

Good price!

PX - at 5.5 - felt 'brighter' but boardier than the 1100s I had, though not in the same heads.

The soft-stepping process (4 into 5, 5 into 6 etc) normally shaves 0.3 flex off - so likely to end up with 5.7. I did that with some Rifle 6.5s that had already been soft-stepped once as the weight suited me. They work well at 5.9 - I normally use 6.0.

You'll may need to shave 0.5" off the length of each shaft as 4i is 0.5" longer than 5i, but this involves removing grip, so I didn't bother - 0.5 over standard is fine for me as it helps correct my slouch!

Good Luck

 

[GreiginFife]

Did they say what they had been pulled from, in terms of the tip size? IIRC the Callys use a 0.370 tip which isn't that common in irons.

 

[Tab373]

I haven't a clue what they were pulled from. I have a 4 iron I don't use so will try taking that shaft out first to see how I get on and see what the tip size is.

 

[Foxholer]

Did they say what they had been pulled from, in terms of the tip size? IIRC the Callys use a 0.370 tip which isn't that common in irons.

Yes. .370, so shims probably required. Parallel I believe, so source irons may be worth checking too.

 

[GreiginFife]

I haven't a clue what they were pulled from. I have a 4 iron I don't use so will try taking that shaft out first to see how I get on and see what the tip size is.

Cool, pretty sure yours will be .370 tip. The PX may well be .355 as that's quite common. You can always use a shim, although not great.

 

[Tab373]

Where can I get some shims from then.

 

[Val]

Where can I get some shims from then.

Gamola

 

[GreiginFife]

As Val says, Gamola http://www.gamolagolf.co.uk/acatalog/Brass_Adaptor_shims.html, bout a quid each.

 

[Tab373]

As Val says, Gamola http://www.gamolagolf.co.uk/acatalog/Brass_Adaptor_shims.html, bout a quid each.

Thanks for the help that's all ordered now hopefully arrive bout same time as iron shafts. Just hope I don't need ferrules also.