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jlee0924

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I was just curious if people still had some Brunswick and/or Quantum bowling balls they still use and how their Proactive coverstock fares on modern tournament lane conditions? If anyone still has a Zone Pro Azure or a Navy or Imperial Quantum, would especially like to hear your thoughts.

I remember using these bowling balls for fresh tournament conditions back in the early 2000's and had a great arcing reaction with a lot of hook potential. I'm seeing some of these older Brunswick/Quantums I wanted to try on ebay, but was wondering if bowling coverstock has advanced significantly that if these are no longer that usable in terms of hook potential or carry. Thanks.

 

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I only use Quantums. I have the Aqua Marine, 4 Forest Greens, 2 Midnight Blues, the Scarlet urethane, Jade, Sage, Denim 2.0, Imperial, and the Violet hook (original, not the  POS bowlingball.com remake).

My Forest Green is still the go to ball 20 years later. Rolls well and no problems with carry. Truly a remakable ball.

As for my Imperial, It is so so at times. Very even rolling, nothing herky jerky in the motion at all. Stronger than all the resin equipment but not as strong as the Jade. Rolls well and hits well but I probably leave more flat 7s with this ball than anything else in my bag, including the urethane Scarlet (I am a lefty).

Would I buy another one? Absoluely. Roll and hit is no different than any other ball on the market today from what I see against teammates and competition.

I won a tourney this summer with my Midnight Blue and shot 300 the final game to win on a non-house shot pattern. So anyone trying to tell you that the covers are too old to handle today's oil other than a THS....I would disagree.

Good luck!
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+1

They roll great... I find the older stuff is less "sporadic" off the break point than the new, and definitely have the "old school", tried and true, look and feel out there on the lanes...

I absolutely love to use them on short oil patterns!
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I'm trying to remember which Quantums had Proactive... Jade, Jade Tour, Navy, Slate Blue, and the Imperial if I remember correctly.  I had the Jade and Imperial and both rolled fine on today's oils.  Actually a little strong on light oil.

I also had the Fire, Violet, Forest Green, and Raven.  Those are not proactive coverstocks, but all rolled great on THS.  I wish I kept the Fire and Violet -- I will never part with my Raven.

That mushroom core is such a winner.  You might also want to pick up a NIB Morich Locomotion, Perpetual Motion, or Aggressive Motion.  All of those have the mushroom core but modern coverstocks.  Look on eBay. 

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Agreed!

I would like to add that I literally have thousands of games on some of them and I have not noticed ANY loss of hook or hitting power. Nothing like the throw-away covers today.

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I was a Quantum fan back in the days of the Quantums. My 4 favorite Quantums were the Fire, Violet, Forest Green, and Raven. I had two 300's (one scantioned and one not scantioned) with the Forest Green Quantum. I held on to that ball and still used it some as late as 1+ years ago at which time I had back surgery and was forced to drop from 15# to 12# balls, so I sold it.
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I have a jade 16 single drill, if anyone is interested.

jlee0924

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Thanks for all the response guys. I was thinking of getting some old Brunswick/Quantum bowling balls online out of nostalgia, and was trying to see if I should try to drill them a little more aggressive than my current equipment if you guys thought it was much weaker than modern equipment.

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I RICO drill everything and that is still plenty strong for me. However, everyone is different and the best way to determine how you should drill your equipment is to talk to your local pro shop operator, provided he/she understands today's game and what you are trying to accomplish.

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avabob

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Older Brunswick covers hold up pretty good, and their particle covers held up better than other balls particle covers.  However, todays resin covers hold up better than those of the early 90's, or during the particle era in general.