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scotts33

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Carry Down~NS2
« on: March 08, 2007, 03:31:00 AM »
Anybody have experience with an NS2 on semi-fried heads with a good amount of carry down?  I'd like to compare my experiences and what others have seen.

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Re: Carry Down~NS2
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2007, 11:47:15 AM »
Well my friend just got one, he has low to medium revs and is a low ball tracker, and all I have to say baout this ball is that it needs a good amount of oil on the lanes, not dired up lanes, not going to happen. The heavy load particle coverstock will not allow that, from what I have seen, our league shot is a flatter med heavy pattern that has carrydown from the night before on the backends, because they don't strip the lanes for our league , just put some oil down. My friends NS2 will move in that stuff easily, I thought his ball lookd real good in the way it moved into the pocket, almost as strong as my Terminator. about all i can tell you is that this thing will have no problem moving through carrydown as long as there is head oil out there.
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scotts33

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Re: Carry Down~NS2
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2007, 02:06:05 PM »
I have one for long period @4000 abralon it will get thru the heads dependent on release used and angles played.  Nice smooth arc. On fresh, on a medium to med.-heavy sort shot @1000 abralon this ball is one of the BEST sport condition balls out there.  Only equally comparable that I have tried is a C300 Alter Ego.

Also, think Black Pearl could give a great read on carry down again depending on surface, ability to use different release to get ball longer thru heads.

Anybody else........have any experience?
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charlest

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Re: Carry Down~NS2
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2007, 05:59:41 PM »
Scott,

The NS2 being a heavy load of particle with a good deal of flare, in general, shoudl do fairly well on some carrydown. If yours is at 4000 grit, it may do less well than other NS2s with a lower grit.

I've been foolign around with an NS2, recently. I tried a 2000 grit (orange Trizact) plus a bunch of Finesse-it polish to get some length on less than medium oil. (Drill: 5x4, with pin over ring finger and CGstacked below, no weight hole.) On a pretty burnt up from 3rd arrow and outside, Sunday morn practice session (last oil before Friday night leagues), I was able toplay pretty deep, well ... was only able to play retty deep. Even withthat fine, polished surface, I was able to overcome the carrydown around the 2nd arrow.
(Oh, it was Guardian overlay for the first 30 feet; wood for the next 30 just to insure you knew we had carrydown - the nature of Guardian).

FYI on a house blend this ball made an almost uncontrollable left turn, due to the cover, the oil and the flare of the core.

I've since taken the cover down to 1500; not sure when I'll get to test that one.


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scotts33

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Re: Carry Down~NS2
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2007, 07:40:29 PM »
I agree Jeff.  My basic reaction is about the same as yours.  I got a 2nd one laid out pin over ring CG kicked out on mid grip line 1" 75 deg. layout.  Basic stacked leverage.  With the ball motion of arc built into this ball I laid this one out stronger than my 1st NS2.  Still isn't too strong for me.  

Earlier than my Big Bang but more controlled on the back end for me.  

LM/L balls I am using now NS2, Big Bang and The Buzz.

BTW....my pro toured the LM/L plant in Stockton, CA with Sam Baca.  He just came back from Natl's and also toured the Vise facility in CA.  He was very impressed with the quality of balls being hand made at LM/L.  He's seen Ebonite and old C300 plant.  Said the operation is of course way smaller than either of those but was impressed none the less.
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Re: Carry Down~NS2
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2007, 10:54:12 PM »
Lucky you to use any Legends balls.

I can use the Kong sometimes; nothing else, even polished. Just too damned little oil here in NJ.

Not sure when I'll be able to drill up the Hornet; getting ready for Nationals plus the rest of life takes up too much time.

FYI will either stack pin & Cg below the ring finger or put pin in the ring finger as every damned Legends ball I get is a minimum of 3" pin to CG. Getting sort of sick of that now. Have to scream, kick and yell to get a 2" - 2.5" PIN-cg that I really want. I get such good prices from Pat Duggan and others, that can't really complain, though.

And so it goes ...

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