Old 05-09-20 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferrouscious
What was the intention behind the smaller taper? To be proprietary? Or was there some performance benefit (however small or misconceived)?
who knows..brand differentation and to sell BB maybe ..as best i can tell the smaller taper was before the 80's....think 70/60s but have spent hours researching at one point i could not find anything definitive
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