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Equipment Boards => Motiv => Topic started by: Gizmo823 on February 14, 2014, 08:49:23 AM

Title: Arctic Sniper
Post by: Gizmo823 on February 14, 2014, 08:49:23 AM

I'm not a spare ball kind of guy, if I take a spare ball anywhere, it's because I'm intending to use it as a first ball when the lanes get toasted, but this is one of the cooler spare balls I've ever seen.  I feel that Motiv has the best looking balls on the market right now, and this ball is REALLY cool. 

http://www.motivbowling.com/products/balls/arctic-sniper.html

Title: Re: Arctic Sniper
Post by: ben919 on February 14, 2014, 10:45:26 AM

Yeah I'm going to have to second that. I was planning on getting something like a True Blood for really dry conditions, but I may have to go with this one.

Title: Re: Arctic Sniper
Post by: Matt Fortney on March 17, 2014, 02:57:07 PM

As cool as it looks in the pictures, it doesn't really do it justice. Picked mine up Friday...awesome looking ball.

Title: Re: Arctic Sniper
Post by: MrNickRo on March 17, 2014, 03:21:57 PM

Has anybody been able to track down videos of this ball? I'd like to see it on the hardwood.

Title: Re: Arctic Sniper
Post by: Matt Fortney on March 17, 2014, 03:25:16 PM

I can shoot some video of mine...although I bowl on heavy-ish ths synthetics...so as far as hooking...there will be only very very little.

Title: Re: Arctic Sniper
Post by: spmcgivern on March 17, 2014, 05:19:09 PM

Quote from: ben919 on February 14, 2014, 10:45:26 AM

Yeah I'm going to have to second that. I was planning on getting something like a True Blood for really dry conditions, but I may have to go with this one.

If you are looking for something for really dry conditions, there may be better options.  The Sniper does not have a very dynamic core and you will rely on the coverstock for any reaction.  Even though the ball is urethane, it is probably closer to plastic and no where close to the tank.

Title: Re: Arctic Sniper
Post by: Matt Fortney on March 17, 2014, 06:43:46 PM

Quote from: spmcgivern on March 17, 2014, 05:19:09 PM

Quote from: ben919 on February 14, 2014, 10:45:26 AM

Yeah I'm going to have to second that. I was planning on getting something like a True Blood for really dry conditions, but I may have to go with this one.

If you are looking for something for really dry conditions, there may be better options.  The Sniper does not have a very dynamic core and you will rely on the coverstock for any reaction.  Even though the ball is urethane, it is probably closer to plastic and no where close to the tank.

Definitely behaves more like plastic than urethane. Maybe if you took the surface down, but OOB its...plastic like.

Title: Re: Arctic Sniper
Post by: kidlost2000 on March 17, 2014, 07:48:28 PM

I drilled a groove Urethane over the summer to use a spare ball or dry lane ball and it works well. It is also a pancake weight block. I keep the surface at 1000 sanded. Drilled it on a modified version of the Rico layout to get the look I was hoping for.

I think the Artic would be another fun ball to try that with