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230-n-up-or-bust

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Action Packed-first impressions.
« on: February 08, 2006, 12:35:11 PM »
Had a chance to punch out an Action Packed and throw it today.  Drilled it 4x3-3/4, no fourth hole, OOB finish.  Very smooth throught the heads with a clean read at the buff towards the hole.  Not jumpy, controlled.  Carry was very good.  Two ringing 10-pins were the only non-carrying shots the entire night and those were situations where the ball had expended a fair amount of energy getting to the hole.  I thought this would be a good replacement for the Absolute Inferno and was pleased at the first night out with it.  The Action Packed has a similar read to the lanes as the Absolute with a little more pronounced charge to the pocket.  Almost looked like a particle pearl in it's reaction type, which will invariably mean that the U-Turn Particle Pearl might not get any holes in her any time soon.  BTW, not the ugliest ball you've ever seen, either.
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Re: Action Packed-first impressions.
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2006, 08:25:14 PM »
Nine league games into this ball's lifetime and I've been extremely satisfied.  Sets of 714, 742 and 735 tonight with the last 17 off the sheet(180-255-300).  Got to sub tonight due to the inclement weather and wasn't able to get much practice.  I still made poor shots and missed two easy spares so I've got nobody to blame for my mistakes but yours truly.  If you're in the market for a controllable reactive pearl with phenomenal carrying potential, look no further than the Action Packed from Columbia300.
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Re: Action Packed-first impressions.
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2006, 08:37:05 PM »
Yes this ball is great.  Not jumpy at all, the only time I missed the hole was if I was made a horrible shot, and didn't carry only if I grabbed it.  I think this might be the best release from Columbia in a while.

Definately better than the EPX and might I add...in my opinion a lot better ball than it's older brother Action as well.
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