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C-G ProShop-Carl

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mini review: Apocalypse
« on: February 02, 2004, 07:08:20 AM »
Drilled this one up right before league, I kind of figured I would not be able to use it very much because of the pearl coverstock. I could not have been more wrong.

This ball is like an INFERNO on steroids!!! Super backend reaction, I have not thrown anything that has as much backend since I had my FreakOut.

Drill Pattern: drilled ring finger through the pin, cg kicked out about 3 inches right and the MB about 2 1/2 inches right of the thumb hole. This drilled required a weighthole which I drilled 2 1/2 inches deep with a 1 inch drill bit, and had the hole pitched 1/2 inch away from the grip center.

This ball in the correct hands can be an oil ball....however I do not have that kind of hand. I will need some dry area for it to work. I was standing 28 playing 16board out to 7 board, and got a very good midlane read and a very strong breakpoint. NO big numbers tonight, but that was the bowler certainly not the ball.

I will post a review once I get some more games on the ball, but to this point, the Apocalypse is an awesome ball.
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Re: mini review: Apocalypse
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2004, 06:16:18 AM »
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Drilled this one up right before league, I kind of figured I would not be able to use it very much because of the pearl coverstock. I could not have been more wrong.



Remember EX,...solid/pearl combo
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Re: mini review: Apocalypse
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2004, 05:40:55 PM »
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Remember EX,...solid/pearl combo
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Jeff,

Where did you get this data?
(RG website says it"acts" like a solid/pearl combo.)
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Re: mini review: Apocalypse
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2004, 06:38:45 PM »
Charlest,

Straight from the apocalypse text on the website:

The Apocalypsetm marks the end of average bowling! We've taken the best characteristics of the Cyclotron II tm core along with a totally new Rev-elationtm reactive coverstock giving you the ultimate performance on those medium oil patterns.

The Rev-elationtm coverstock combines the best properties of solid and pearl reactives. Our extensive testing has shown the strong mid-lane traction of a solid reactive combined with the sharp backend motion of a pearl reactive.

A new world of ball reaction awaits!

I can see how if just read once you might not catch that, but if anyone asked I did say it was a half solid/pearl reactive coverstock.  

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Re: mini review: Apocalypse
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2004, 09:32:03 PM »
Thank you, Roger.
Yes, I did interpret the words to mean it combines the reactions of each type of coverstock. I think several other brands have spoken similarly about a couple of balls. Only Dyno-Thane hse explicitly said their ball was an actual mixture of solid and pearl. Thanks for clearing that up.

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Re: mini review: Apocalypse
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2004, 02:45:29 PM »
No problem.  It probably could have been worded better.

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