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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 #31 on: December 27, 2008, 05:25:32 PM »
Back in the day, I had a Columbia Rage.  
Other than a few lower 700's, I couldn't do anything with this ball.
Then one night, I had a 773 while opening the 1st frame of every game!
I even got a plaque for 11 in a row my last game (279).
It never did anything after that and was sold soon after.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #32 on: December 27, 2008, 09:28:06 PM »
Yep the Track Threat.....

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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2008, 10:27:48 PM »
My brother shot 3 300's with his Dead Flush and hated the thing lol
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #34 on: December 27, 2008, 10:35:33 PM »
Absolute Inferno. Got my first 700 with it (730 I believe) but that ball was so touchy for me at my house that I was more often on the wrong end of 180 than I was threatening 700. Smokin' Inferno was a MUCH better match for me and my house, and consequently I got my first 300 (785), two 279's, and many other great sets with that ball. I know most people feel the opposite, but that's my story
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #35 on: December 27, 2008, 10:47:59 PM »
Ebonite No Limit.

Shot 300 first game out of the box with it. The reaction started to go south seemingly right after that game. Ended up giving the ball away after about 35 games.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #36 on: December 28, 2008, 12:06:00 AM »
300 with Secret Agent.. Terrible ball, just that day I guess it was the right condition.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #37 on: December 28, 2008, 12:49:54 AM »
Sapphire Zone Pearl- I shot 300 in a tournament and was +320 for the 8 qualifying games that day. I never found that reaction(or carry) again, despite months of trying.


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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #38 on: December 28, 2008, 02:15:34 AM »
Total NV - 786 while winning both handicap and scratch doubles in city tourny and shot 279 in a pbax league within a week of drilling the ball. Then the ball just turned into a marshmallow, it totally turned me off to Ebonite cause that ball was Big Es chance to get back into my bag.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #39 on: December 28, 2008, 06:06:29 AM »
Columbia Icon 300... yeah, the one that should have had a 'rainbow' sticker on the box.  What a huge turd, lol.  Only reason I had it was that it was one of the 'free' balls they have away at the TAC a number of years ago when they were sponsered by columbia.  Usually the 'free' balls giving away at the High rollers, Mini's, TAC's are balls that didn't sell well.  You would think they would want to get people hooked on their equipment by giving away a premium propular ball.. but no.  Managed to shot a 300 with it somehow not long after I had it drilled up but it just rolled so bad.. not even sure how I managed it.  Never threw it much after that.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #40 on: December 28, 2008, 12:15:28 PM »
now mind u i suck now lol. i threw a couple 240's with my scorchin inferno (thats good for me lol) but it was wierdly angular for me and i was very hit or miss with it.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #41 on: December 28, 2008, 02:18:50 PM »
My Orange Angle LD and my Star Trak Equalizer II. Both hit like marshmallows but I somehow managed a 764 with the Angle LD and a 288 game with the Star Trak Equalizer II.

I shot a 794 with a Columbia Black Knight. Another dud ball for me most of the time.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #42 on: December 28, 2008, 02:33:13 PM »
i had a mystic drilled rico and i couldnt stand the ball but, one day i didnt have a shot and i grabbed it and fired off my second three hundred and havent touched it since
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #43 on: December 28, 2008, 05:43:21 PM »
I have to admit that my Total Inferno was not on my favorites list, although I shot two 300 games and an 800 series with it. It's not that I didn't like the ball, either, just others that I liked more...


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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #44 on: December 28, 2008, 05:53:00 PM »
Virtual Gravity.
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Re: Curious: Ever had a ball you shot big with but didnt like?
« Reply #45 on: December 29, 2008, 11:32:02 AM »
Black widow, had some good games, but mostly the ball was to condition specific, and stayed that way even with cover changes.
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