why not just not cut it down...then there is a bigger ball stack. the smaller the ball stack, the less balls are on top of each other to force them down. although IR3's have COPS...
too late for that, but does it really make the marker chop? i tried it with a REVVY xboard and it didnt chop as much coz of the COPS settings but i tend to outshoot it, which is annoying.
Same as LJ here, my egg is cut down as low as it can go into one of the CP collars, and it worked flawlessly yesterday apart from when I loaded it with a broken ball!
like has been said, eggs dont need cutting down. as they arent force feed, its better for an egg to have more balls in the stack, halos are the opposite, the shorter the better. so maybe its worth getting a new neck