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ChrispyBrownies

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Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« on: December 26, 2008, 06:27:22 PM »
I was just curious if I was the only one out there...
I shot 300 with my fury pearl, but for some reason, I just didnt take a liking to it. I dunno why.

Anybody else have the same experience?

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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2008, 11:50:21 AM »
Brunswick Impulse Zone
Brunswick Absolute Inferno
Storm Hot Rod Prostock Pearl

all good for one good game, slam bam thank you mam
..... always followed by a poor game

even referred to the Absolute as the Nixon Ball because
sooner or later I would always leave the big four!
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Dan Belcher

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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2008, 11:52:23 AM »
Ebonite The One.  I had a 786 or so series with it once and a handful of 279s, but I also fought a bad case of over/under with it most of the time and could not carry the corners with it unless the lanes were just right for it.  Very condition-specific ball for me.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #18 on: December 27, 2008, 11:56:18 AM »
awsome finish had several big 700's just a crap shot if it would work that day for me
roto grip battle shot a 300 with it but other than that hated that ball
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #19 on: December 27, 2008, 12:06:28 PM »
I bought a guy's 800 BWP for $30..said he had one good night and that was it..

I shot a 757 first time using a dimension, only time I ever used it, set it down after that then, sold it right after...

Same with the black widow bite, worked good, tried a surface change, still didnt roll right, but carried the strike...walked across the alley and gave it away.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #20 on: December 27, 2008, 01:21:02 PM »
Angular One - Shot 300 on the Cheetah in a practice session with my county's All-Star team in 2007.  That was my first one, but I didn't particularly like this ball otherwise.

Cross Fire - Shot a 290 in practice.  That was about the only good thing that came from that ball.

Counter Strike(in current Arsenal) - Shot 278 with back 11 last month in my PBAX league on the Viper.  This ball has its moments but there's a lot of times I just don't get it.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #21 on: December 27, 2008, 01:33:21 PM »
Classic Zone!! Never realy liked the reaction but for some reason when all else didnt worked it did.  Always had problems fitting it in the bag but never could so I rented a locker at the center to keep it in.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #22 on: December 27, 2008, 01:39:14 PM »
Storm Shift. I shot my highest game 298 and  highest 4-game series  1001 with that ball but that was it. I could not really score well with that ball after that accomplishment so it is now retired.

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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #23 on: December 27, 2008, 01:50:52 PM »
Step son at age 15 shot 836 (279, 268, 289) in practice with a white pin blue omega, drilled E Up.  Hated the ball, and immediately turned it back into the pro shop (his dad).  Reasoning, was that he had to throw the all "like a wuss" in order for it to work and he hated doing that.  Therefore wasn't going to use it.  

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JD74

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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #24 on: December 27, 2008, 02:43:43 PM »
BWP for me, shot 300 and 789 with it and I totally hated it.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #25 on: December 27, 2008, 02:54:52 PM »
Lane #1 Silver Diamond, shot 2 high 800s in practice on dry lanes.
Never worked if there was ANY oil on the lanes.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #26 on: December 27, 2008, 03:10:25 PM »
Absolute Inferno...shot a 300 on a PBA Pattern sweeper with it along with a handful of 750+ series...I could score with it, but absolutely (pun intended) hated how it rolled...sat around the house for like 2 years before getting rid of it
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #27 on: December 27, 2008, 04:11:28 PM »
Total NV.
Shot 783(personal best) at State tourney. The ball was only a few weeks old. After that I could not hit the broad side of a barn with it. I cannot bring myself to get rid of it though. It's a sort of trophy to remind me of my best day.
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Mike Austin

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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2008, 04:20:14 PM »
Gold Pearl Quake, shot 300 with it the first night I had it almost 800 series.  After loving the Purple Quake (both of them), I thought this ball was going to be great too.  Don't think I ever got another three bagger with it.

Fear Factor, shot 300/8?? right after drilling it.  I was on staff with Storm, ball was not even out yet.  Nobody else shot 700 in league that night.  We thought this ball was the second coming of the Original Inferno...  I sold a BUNCH of these balls, even drilled myself a second one.  What a hunk of .....  Dull, shiny, label, pin up, pin down, whatever, crap.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #29 on: December 27, 2008, 04:44:37 PM »
Omega LM. Shot a 790 and did well in a couple of competitions with it but it was so condition specific it made my white dot look versatile.

Also my Shock Trauma. Bowled a 300 with it very soon after buying it but it died v.v.quickly and no treatment brought it back to how it was and it is now a door stop and not a very good one at that.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2008, 04:57:43 PM »
I shot 801 the second series with my Storm Domination.

Only used it one time after that. Just never matched up with it any other time.
So I have a ball with 9 games on it that I shot 800 with and I hate it lol.
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