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Sanctioned
One Year Warranty
Dead Soft Rating
Unique Iron Alloy.. resists burring
We have always felt that for many pitching
styles horseshoes are not wide
enough across the blade of the shoe. When you pitch, you are fighting gravity-- the
shoe wants to flop downward as you loosen your grip to release it at the end of your
swing. We noticed a long time ago that if you take a shoe like the Ted Allen (very
narrow blades) and swing it slowly-- As you begin to loosen your grip to release it, the
weight of the shoe opposite where you grip will pull it downward against your swinging
motion. This causes the pitcher to have to snap his wrist upward to compensate. If you compared the Allen to a shoe like the Deadeye Clydesdale (wider blades
than the Allen), you'd find that less effort on the wrist is needed to send this shoe
successfully on its way around the stake for a ringer.
This snapping of the wrist is what causes erratic pitches for many players.
Especially players with a very slow deliberate swing. The
wrist muscles are typically weak, so it's hard to control this motion and repeat it
consistently.
So, what we set out to do was to design a shoe that minimized or eliminated the wrist
snap. We deduced that more surface area across the blade of the shoe would help
correct this problem.
Our first attempt at this was the Mustang. When it came out, it had blades
slightly wider than any other shoe available and was very successful. Most people
couldn't even tell you what it was that they liked about the shoe, but that "it just
had a real nice feel to it". We were happy with the Mustang, but still
felt that we could go wider in the blade and get even better results.
We couldn't change the Mustang itself because, in the meantime, sales of that shoe
soared and we didn't want to do anything that might hinder that, besides, it's a great
shoe as is! Thus, we decided to develop a new shoe with even wider blades--
The Six Shooter. This shoe (Hopefully it will live up to its name and score six
points quite often!) has, basically, the widest possible blades. If they were any
wider, it would be uncomfortable to grip, which would probably defeat its purpose.
We redesigned these cleats utilizing
the very successful rounded hooks and sharp points of the Mustang. We then shaped
the Six Shooter cleats to grab like a claw when they land which turned out to be a great
advancement. When this shoe lands on a pile of ringers, it really clings to the pile
and stays on the stake. For a higher percentage pitcher, this can make a big
difference. Often it can be the difference between winning and losing.
It turns out that the shape of the wider blades also produced an unexpected benefit.
Because of the sharper angle of the inside edge of the blades, when the stake hits
the inside edges of the shoe, it will deflect off these blades toward the hook instead of
toward the open end, helping it to stay on.
The Six Shooter is a winner! It's shape virtually eliminates the need to
snap your wrist at the end of the pitch, allowing for a clean delivery and a much higher
accuracy in repeating the motion. The net result, in many cases, is significantly
more ringers. That's what we all want and that's what you can get pitching the
Six Shooters. Give them a try!
Some of this might be a bit
redundant, but it's all worth saying again...This shoe is always in stock, year
round, and it is
manufactured from the highest quality, most durable alloy on the market and
carries our famous one-year no hassle factory warranty... If they break under
warranty, like all the shoes we make, you'll have a new pair immediately... we
take care of business. Just ask anyone... we take care of all our
customers, before and after the sale.
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Six Shooter Horseshoe
Pricing & Product Options
Price:
$60.00 plus S & H
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3 to 5 pair |
$57.00 each plus S
& H |
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6 to 11 pair |
$54.00 each plus S
& H |
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12 + |
$51.00 each plus S
& H |
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When you proceed
to the next page to enter this item into your shopping cart, you
will be prompted to choose quantity, color and weight options. The color
option is pretty basic, but the weight option requires a bit of
explanation...
If you select
"Official Weight" you will get horseshoes within that range and that
generally satisfies most everyone.
Occasionally,
some advanced pitchers want to specify shoes on the lighter
side or heavier side of that range and that's why we have the other
two selections. If "Medium" is requested you'll get shoes
at the bottom of the weight range and if "Heavy" is selected you'll
get shoes near the maximum weight. Obviously, it's only a two ounce
range, so the difference is nearly imperceptible to most people.
But for those who have a preference, those options are there.
It seems those who've been at it a while seem to prefer the slightly
heavier shoe.
If you have an
even more specific weight request than this you will have to call in
and ask us about it at 1-800-841-4685, Mon thru Fri, 9 am to 5 pm
Eastern Time.
Note: If you want
to order multiple pairs of the same item with different colors and
weights on each you may have to enter the items individually into
the cart. But don't worry, the appropriate quantity discount will
still be applied.
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