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The Messenger Titanium Pearl is Columbia's newest addition to the
Messenger family. The ball features the same core, with Columbia's Titanium
ceramic core, as the original Messenger Titanium with a pearlized Super-Flex
shell. The pearlized shell creates more length to get through the heads
easily with a sharper turn at the break point for more back end reaction.
The Messenger Ti Pearl has a medium-low Rg (2.527) and the differential Rg
is .043, which creates 4-5 inches of flare. The Messenger Titanium Pearl is
Black/Gold multi-color pearl with peach engraving. The available weights are
12-16 lbs.

Drilled mine with a 4x4, no extra hole needed. Much cleaner and longer in the front of the lane than the original Ti/Messenger. This ball revs up so strongly in the pines and backend, and just makes a sharp flip and the carry is amazing, definitely throwing pins all over the place. Without a doubt, this ball will be in my bag. Excellent ball for the money.

Good looking ball but for the messenger line up I thought it had way too much flip. It did have a nice push and hit like a truck, a good wet-dry ball but toning the cover is a must.



Drillmn300

bowler stats



speed-average

revolutions-above average

pap-over 5 1/4 up 3/8





drilled the ball

pin out 3 1/2"

pin to pap-5"

cg to pap-3 1/2"

weight hole 2" below pap



shot bowled on

synthetic very wet/dry

wood tapered(christmas tree) thats get carry down



this is my favortite drilling and have put it on many balls



first off- not to hard to get this ball thru the heads, but once you do-it has a very angular backend. One of the strongest out there(for backend-not total hook).

This ball does squirt on the juice, so it not the number one go to ball on fresh oily lanes(unless the backends ar squeky clean) and if they are you may get the over-under thing going on.



versitility is not to bad and the price is very good. If a bolwer wants to get as much ball as they can for the money, the messenger line is tops out there.



rating

8 out of 10

i got my ti pearl at a 1-2" pin placement, straight up, to go long, and i bowl on very heavy oil. i got this ball and stood in the center and i have high speed and high revs. i shot about 8 games goin 1 board to pocket and sometimes brooklyn. in those 8 games i averaged 195. this ball is great, on heavy oil it will slide out and hit the dry backend and move right in. on dry oil(which typically means a wet backend) it will go straight, and cut through the carry down.

This is a great ball if you happen to run into moderate carry-down! Mine is drilled with a 75 degree (approximately 12:00) pin about 4 1/2" from my PAP.



Medium lenght, strong back end, great for when the heads are starting to break down and the back-ends are still a little tight. It rolls a little sooner than what I had anticipated, but it doesn't lose anything on the back end. I've left it in box condition because it fills a hole in my arsenal, I think with a trip to the spinner I might be able to get the ball to hook later, but I have other equipment for that.



A very nice ball at a moderate price..9++

For review purposes, I put more than average revs on the ball, and have average speed.  My PAP is 4 3/4 X 1/2 down.  Therefore, I have an inverted track.  This creates early roll which is why in most reviews you will read that the layouts of my equipment will be no less than 4 X 4.

This is a good one people. I drilled mine 4 1/2 X 4 1/2. It had a 3 1/2 inch pin to start with.  The lanes were pretty normal as when I start with this ball, there is heavier oil in the heads and clean backends.  After a game or so, the oil tends to carrydown pretty quickly.

This ball rolls truer than true. It gets great length with a nice strong breakpoint to the pocket. It doesn't do anything crazy on the backend, except for make it back to the pocket just about every time. I got a few out to the right that I though would be a two pin or light seven and it ended up smashing the hole. Even though this is true, it is very controllable and hits as well as anything I have thrown. For me, the ball fits perfectly between my Rock Star and Surge. I didn't think I would be able to find a ball that was better than my Surge, but this one might be it.

As an addition to this review. I am still very pleased with this ball. I have found that the one condition I have come across that it does not work the best on is with some carry down. The ball tends to get to far down the lane and therefore leave a lot of ten pins since the ball is entering the pocket too late. I usually solve that problem by picking up my Rock Star. Check out that review as to why it would solve my carry down problems.

Lefty- Above avg revs, and speed.
PAP- 51/2 over 1/4 up

Ball is drilled right over label.
Pin in center of grip with cg kicked slightly left.
Exact distance is 51/2 X 41/2. Pin out ball 1".

Bowled on 7 to 7 shot with heavy oil in middle.
Fairly dry outside 4-5 units.

Ball is excellent in med-dry if you have good speed.
Let up and  forget it its gone.
Not the best choice for heavy oil.


This ball gets through the heads good, with a sharp
but not overly sharp backend reaction. Excellent carry