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FastTracker33

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Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« on: December 15, 2007, 03:35:00 AM »
Like the subject says everyone. Thanks!
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J_Mac

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Re: Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2007, 02:31:23 PM »
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Be sure the number's on the box match the ball, I bought 1 of these Re-make Rhinos' 6 months ago, I ordered a 14.3 with 2-3 Pin & 2-3 Top and according to the Box, that is what I received right, we drilled it Pin above the bridge and the Cg on the grip line, the ball should have had a final drilled weight of 14.0 and nearly zero finger weight, instead, this ball still had in excess of 1.2 ounces of Finger weight, guess what, the Cg was totally mis-marked, instead of a 2-3 Pin, it was closer to a 5 inch pin, if I drilled the fingers deeper to remove the Finger weight, I would have ended up with a heavy 13 pound Purple Rhino, so I dumped it and I have not drilled another Made In Mexico ball!
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Uh... if the pin out was 5" wouldn't that put the excess weight in the thumb side, not the fingers?
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SKC

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Re: Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2007, 02:39:34 PM »
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And then sand your backflares.. Should tame the back for you..


... thats almost legal


True.. And still done by A LOT of bowlers..


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MegaMav

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Re: Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2007, 02:44:46 PM »
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Not a very plausible argument.


Lets be realistic here Ric, he could have a 9" span.
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yoder978

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Re: Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« Reply #19 on: December 15, 2007, 04:15:38 PM »
my suggestion would be to take a medium solid reactive ball.  1000 abrolon finish on the cover.  put the pin in the palm and swing the cg/mb 45 degrees.  use a shorter pin ball also
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302efi

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Re: Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2007, 04:23:16 PM »
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First of all it your responsibility to weigh the ball before drilling.


So whats printed on the box is not right ?

Why would a compay print the wrong info on the box ?
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CPA

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Re: Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« Reply #21 on: December 15, 2007, 09:19:06 PM »
I had one of the originals.  I still have it stored away.  I had a lot of honor scores with that ball.  

Sounds like the remake might be a good ball for the Cheetah pattern on wood surfaces.
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Crankenstein300

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Re: Purple Rhino Pro remake opinions needed!
« Reply #22 on: December 16, 2007, 09:58:44 PM »
Whats funny to me is how people talk about how weak this ball is in todays terms. I tried one back when they were first introduced and at the time my strongest ball was a Purple Hammer. Well the Purple Pro did circles around it obviously. What it really did was magnify how bad my release was at the time as that was over/under city depending on how bad I released the ball.
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