Dr. Neubauer · Pistol · Short pips
Pistol
A fast, spin-capable short pips with a soft sponge and a very direct attacking ball.
Pistol is built for hitting. It is quick, keeps a fairly low trajectory and still produces enough spin to open against a passive push. The soft sponge makes the racket feel comfortable during the short game and gives a wide timing window for counter-hits. Pistol and Pistol 2 are separate official products with different pip behaviour.
Dr. Neubauer product photography is not licensed for TTDNA, so TTDNA renders its own neutral topsheet visualisation generated from verified construction data.
Official Dr. Neubauer data
Approval status follows the Dr. Neubauer catalogue check recorded on the date shown. Dr. Neubauer sells its competition range as ITTF-approved coverings; any covering the catalogue lists as training-only is shown as not ITTF approved. No reliable official Dr. Neubauer list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
TTDNA ratings
Confidence: Medium
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official Dr. Neubauer rating and never a conversion of the Dr. Neubauer manufacturer scale.
TTDNA ratings are normalized comparison values, not laboratory measurements. They are built from published specifications, technical sources and structured product evidence, converted to one 0–100 scale. Where a directly comparable measurement is unavailable, the value is an evidence-based estimate. Overall-style scores are composites of several characteristics. Methodology
Sources: Dr. Neubauer official product data · Retailer spec listings — weight, sponge hardness and thickness · TTDNA ratings — derived by TableTennisDNA, not manufacturer data
Effect profile
Spin reversal is the returned rotation of the incoming ball. It is stored separately from the TTDNA spin rating, which measures the rubber's own spin production.
Strengths
- Very high control for its category
- High speed on active strokes
- Genuinely usable for attacking
Best for
- Close-table hitters and counter-attackers
- Close-table attack players
- Counter-hitting players
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
3 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Black · Red · 1.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 89 · Spin 69 · Control 93
Black · Red · 1.6 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 93 · Spin 72 · Control 89
Black · Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 95 · Spin 73 · Control 87
Known users
Fast-block and hitting players — pen-hold forehands and close-to-table backhands that punish topspin early.
Dr. Neubauer publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
Rest of the Pistol family
69 Dr. Neubauer models in TTDNA · Compare the range