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List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« on: April 24, 2009, 03:09:50 AM »
I was just wondering how long some of you guys and ladies have been using Roto Grip and what are some of your favorite balls or ball line, plus what did you like about this ball or ball and the line: Fuel line, Silver Streak line, Assault, etc....
Mine are in no particular order:
Assault-strong roll with finish
Apocalypse-length with great midlane read with awesome break point
Top Fuel-similar to Apocalaypse with a little earlier read and still big finish.
RSX-still using one! When all else fails I go to this ball for control with strong finish.
Horizon pearl-Clean through the heads with a super strong finish!
Thanks for reply and especially for using Roto Grip-King of them All!
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2009, 11:11:35 AM »
All time...
- Silver Streak Pearl
- Grenade
- Red Retro Roto

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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2009, 11:15:33 AM »
A guy I bowl with still uses a
Roto Grip Outlaw with lots of
success.

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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2009, 11:22:52 AM »
silver streak pearl
sonic boom
the great horizon solid

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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2009, 11:29:21 AM »
RSP= 300, 801. Best ball Ever!!!!!
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2009, 11:30:10 AM »
Had a 783 in SoCal (Simi Lanes) in '05 with a Silver Streak solid ... LOVE that core (has the SS particle and the SS pearl too )!!!
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2009, 11:31:14 AM »
Blue Retro
Silver Streak Solid
Silver Streak Pearl
Mystic
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2009, 11:37:17 AM »
Favorites of all time personally:

-Saturn! that ball got down the lane and was smooth with polish. Until they flipped that core upside down in the neptune it was unbeatable.
-Odyssey, never had a solid that angular or that strong down lane.
-Silver Streak Solid. Just seemed to do it all. Played so many angles.

Favorites for the shop, cause they were easy to sell:
-Cell, it was our biggest seller ever.
-RSP, It was our biggest seller until the Cell showed up.
-Battle, For the bowler with loads of ball speed and no hand this ball made so many lousy bowlers look so good.
-Odyssey, did the same as the battle just had a longer lasting coverstock. And a awesome color.


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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2009, 11:37:54 AM »
My two Rotogrips:

Apocalypse
Top Fuel

I need to get these two ready for league next year.  

I might have to try some of the new stuff in the future.

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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2009, 12:28:03 PM »
My current favorites:

Horizon Solid: smooth as silk, and versatile for me Hvy oil,med oil, and lite
Mystic: This ball won me big money at Nationals
RSP: even more versatile than the solid great all around ball
Any Silver Streak: nuff said
Retro Resurrection: skids forever, and then just slams the pocket
Sonic X: bowled in a pot game with 10 other bowlers on the same pair, after lanes had been bowled on. Won all the money when no one could get to the pocket but me! Lanes were torched!
Ultra Sonic: a sneaky, strong hybrid ball that is versatile as well
Battle: best hvy oil ball ever made before the Cell

My teammates were exclusively Brunswick users in one of my leagues. After watching me navigate difficult conditions with ease, using Roto, I now have the entire team throwing Roto Grip! One teammate has two of everything he carries in his bag!

The only reason I didn't mention the Assault line and the SD73, was cause I never got to throw them. But those were the same balls that first attracted me to Roto! Assault was mentioned by the original poster, however.
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2009, 12:46:52 PM »
Nobody mentioned SD73 or the Assault line.

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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2009, 12:54:10 PM »
Liked my Battle. driller screwed up the pitch of one of my fingers though and plugged it. It cracked there a few months later.

My Saturn was a pretty good ball on med conditions. I dropped to 15 lbs and it got forgotten.

I now have a Cell, Grand Illusion and a Rogue Cell. All treat me well.
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2009, 01:16:32 PM »
Favorite of ALL TIME
Blue Poly Roto Star
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2009, 01:27:47 PM »
Epic and the Epic Battle were great pieces! Shot lots of big scores and won lots of money with these 2 balls!
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Re: List your favorite older Roto Grip balls!
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2009, 01:38:07 PM »
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