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The Messenger Pearl's available color is Pearl Flame with white engraving and is available in weights of 10-16 lbs. This ball gives high performance at an affordable price. The ball is designed for use when the heads begin to dry up due to bowling activity and there is carrydown oil on the backend. The arcing break point makes it controllable on spotty carrydown. The aggressive pearlized Super-Flex cover helps the ball get down the lane. This ball is a medium-low Rg (2.528 inches). The .041 differential Rg gives the ball 4 to 5" of flare.  The Messenger Pearl is a great compliment to the solid Messenger. Use MESSENGER for oil and the MESSENGER Pearl after the track opens up.

A great ball for dry heads at a budget price.  Drilled one for one of our league players to replace a 3 year old Columbia Quake.  Despite not hooking as early as he would have liked he shot his first 700 series ever with it straight of the drill press.  A perfect addition to the Green Messenger, and another performance bargain, especially for tracked out conditions, but all but ther heavy hitters can put it away when the carry down kicks in.

bought it for an old wooden house with 22' feet of VERY soft guardian. put the pin above the ring finger about 5" from the pap. cg is slightly kicked, about 4½" from the pap. ball goes nice and long even on solid urethane with a burned up christmas tree. it makes a nice flip to the hole and CARRIES.

haven't compared it to my teal pro zone or quantum leap yet, but will repost after I do.

This is a follow-up to my previous post. I finally got to throw the ball at the house I bought it for! The ball IGNORES the guardian just like I wanted it to do:) It got down the lane as if I had decent head oil all night. It did squirt when the wooden sponges (lanes) gave up their version of carry down, but came back 3 frames later when the oil reabsorbed.  When the down lane shot dried up I moved into 15 without any problems. A guy on the other team used a solid Messenger with cg at grip center, 2" pin 1:30 drilling all night to his dismay. His ball stood up early and went left radically and unpredictably. Too bad, so sad. The house in question used to belong to Nelson Burton Sr.

This is a follow-up to a follow-up. Last week took only slick equipment into the house as my back was spasming and I didn't think my ball speed would be very good. So surprise! The lane guy rediscovered oil! So I wound up keeping the speed moderate and the fingers and roll strong and played 15-12 and scored okay. Couldn't use my 45 degree release as it caused too much skid and squirt. So right up the back of the ball I went.  Great carrying ball even without much traction.

just an update...since the oil shortage hit here in St Louis I've had to add a couple light coats of 5000 (or so) polish to my Pearl Flame. It still works great and carries all manner of near-pocket hits. I still like it quite a bit and it remains a very versatile ball.

See my profile for specs.
My Pearl Messenger has a 10:30 lay-out w/ the pin 4 3/4 from my pap, with the c.g. kicked out.  A weight-hole was added to bring it into ABC Secs.  The surface on the ball is a mirror like finish w/ Ultimate Black Magic.
This ball is my "bench-mark" ball.  It seems to always work.  I get great length out of the ball, with a strong-midlane move, and a controllable backend reaction.  This ball simply rips the rack.  Certainly, with any ball there is a weakness, the PM's is Heavy oil.  It just doesn't have enough to make the turn in heavy oil, but if you give the ball a little dry to work w/ it rips the rack.  This ball, in the 12 full games I have thrown it in collegiately has averaged 251, plus it gave me the reaction i needed to shoot the first ever 300 in the Blue and Gold Classic Tournament history.  Overall if you are looking for a good low end ball, if you are a little weaker in the hand dept. or a medium ball if you are a power player, this is certainly a viable option. Clears the heads w/ ease, makes a strong controllably move in the pines, and keeps on driving in the backends.  Great, Great Ball Columbia. 9.9/10.
P.S.Authors note: only the Columbia Pearl Pulse will ever receive a 10, so this is the next greatest ball i have ever thrown.

Needed a ball for light oil.  Columbia makes great stuff, and this eye-catcher is no exception.

Specs on the ball:  1" pin out, 3 1/4 top, 15 lb. 5 oz. before drilling.

The pin is set to the right and under my ring finger about 3 inches right of the grip line, and the cg is angled back toward the grip about 2 inches.  Large weight hole 5 3/4 inches from center of span through cg.  Basically, a 2 3/4 by 3 3/8 drill.

Ball clears the heads extremely well, and is SO controllable on squirty conditions.  They say pearlized equipment is unpredictable, but that must not apply to this ball.

I can swing it, play straight down, it doesn't matter.  Hitting the pocket is simple with this reliable fireball.  Overall, a 7.5 out of 10, only because the ball does not carry well on some conditions because its break is so gradual, rather than a powerful roll or snap.  Still, a great condition ball that everyone should have in the bag.

Great one columbia!