I put together a couple of sets of the Acer Tungsten Titanium (customer request), one set from Hireko and another from another company and in both cases there was a large amount of "play" in the hosels, i.e. too big. Had to use shafting beads. Same thing with a "two-ball" putter that a buddy purchased from them. I have never had hosels that loose in any other clubs.
-Andy > Bernie, > > Thanks for the great information, as usual ;-) I may pick them over some > this year. Some of the metal woods got my attention. I still can't hit a > metal wood worth a damn, so it's ridiculous spending lots of money for > heads. For the customers, and stock, I'm sticking with GS, Raven, and TGW > mainly. > > I'm stealing some time away today to play. Will it be slice or a hook??? > ;-) > > Cub > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bernie Baymiller > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:21 AM > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Hireko Components > > > Cub, > > I've cherry-picked Hireko for a few "cheapo" components I like for some > of my seniors: > > Powerflex FW-501 iron shafts, filament wound, 82 grams, quite consistent > shaft-to-shaft for un-frequency matched shafts (NF2 readings .446" to > .469" on the NBP on my last set, or about 5 cpm across the set, and very > small spines). They seem to play as well as my old Apache PM-30i, but > the FW-501s are $6.30 instead of $15. Used their Super52 blue and gold > wood shafts for a senior woman who's an ardent West Virginia fan. She > loves them because their her school colors. :-) Not bad shafts, though, > at $15.75. > > New ferrules are very nice. Especially like the black iron and wood > ferrules with 2 sliver rings. The black ones with blue rings look very > good with Bang SF fairway woods. > > Soft Tread grips (Softee-type) at 52 grams feel good on irons and hold > up well for a buck. Really easy to get on and off for "experiments." > GW's Grip 1 Seamless softwrap is about the same thing for about the same > price. > > Some of the iron heads are a good value. The Acer XDS2 Professional > heads have very little offset...set up and play well. Can be purchased > from Discount Golf Broker (drop-shipped from Hireko) for $5.55. Built a > set of these with Rifles for my son and he kills them. Most of these > have painted faces, instead of blasted faces...as you would expect at > that price. > > I've not tried any of their driver heads and only tried a couple of > their fairway woods. They were very average, but an OK value at about > $13-$15 a head. > > Bernie > Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
