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Old 06-19-2021, 08:22 PM
jimmy bookout jimmy bookout is offline
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Originally Posted by ssjk View Post
this is a real question, not a snarky comment:

Is there any reason to worry about the pin projecting 1/4 inch other than the esthetics? Happens to me occasionally and I have always ignored it with no apparent ill effect, but maybe it's not seating properly.
Not snarky at all. The risk you run is this thick winding at the ball end chipping the bridge at the string channel (this happened on one of my Gardiners while trying to string up with a set of Optimas). Needless to say, I was displeased!
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