Hi,

A friend of mine gave me a Quantum for free and I thought about redrilling it because some years ago the Quantum-series (at least it seemed so to me) was well-known for consistency and a good overall ball series.
The problem is that I don't know which Quantum it is. At first I thouht about the Raven Quantum but it's not really black, more blue-ish or purple-colored.

Therefore I have some pictures so that you can help me out with this one.

picture01:
http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1002278kh7.jpg

picture02:
http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1002281rh1.jpg

picture03:
http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1002282aa2.jpg

picture04:
http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1002283uz0.jpg

picture05:
http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1002284te6.jpg

picture06 with flash-light so that you can see the color more clearly:
http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1002276wq6.jpg


So my guess is that maybe it is a  "Midnight Blue Quantum" ?
http://bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=722

Or maybe the Indigo Spareball?
http://bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=1226

I'm also a bit confused because the ball has no pin and I don't know if the "mark" near the grip-center is the CG or just another small damage from using it. My proshop-guy said that maybe the pin was just some kind of marker and was drilled out because also with the finger-inserts removed you can't see any evidence that there was a pin in there^^
What would you say?

If it's a reactive ball I thought about using it as a dry-lane ball but then again on the other hand It would be pretty expensive because finger and thumb holes need to be filled and redrilled. My proshop-guy said that it makes no sense and I should save my money. Today I had a friend of mine whose fingers fit in the ball throw it and the ball has crazy length and even with his high rev-rate the ball moved maybe 2-3 boards more then his spareball on that lane-condition.
We also marked the PAP and there is nearly no flare which is strange if the ball has a core at all.

Please help me identify the ball and maybe give me a hint what you would do, spend the money to renew it or throw the ball in the garbage^^ Thanks.

I also think it's no Navy Quantum because of the engraving "proactive".
What do you think about the pin? Where is it^^

So Assuming that this is a Midnight Blue Quantum, does somebody know if the pin was some kind of "marker" and does not go right into the core because even with the inserts removed there are no residues of any kind of pin material and I thought the pin should normally go deeper then the finger holes? (and the finger holes are not that deep^^)

Edited on 2/10/2009 11:17 AM

Edited on 2/10/2009 11:18 AM

So this is really the Indigo spare ball? How sure are you about that? 100%?
Can I do anything to confirm this somehow^^? Of course that would explain why it has no pin at all...

Edited on 2/10/2009 3:41 PM

@massbowler: sorry but as said above, it is not the Navy Quantum because the "proactive" engraving is missing on mine.

@murf622: As I said a friend of mine threw it today and the ball hardly moved and there was also no real flare. So I guess you are right, it's only the spare ball. That's bad and I thought I had a nice treasure in my hands...

The problem is that I thought it could be the Mighnight Blue Quantum because the differential on that ball is also pretty low and the cover is not that strong that is why I thought it could possibly be the midnight blue-version.

If anyone else wants to give his/her input to confirm that it's the spare ball it would be cool but I am pretty much certain now that it is the spare quantum because of the missing pin and so on, the fact that it does not flare and because of the length the ball had when thrown with 500 revs^^

Thanks to all of you trying to help me out with this one!

Edited on 2/10/2009 4:45 PM

The color of the logo is a glittering gold so again it seems to be the Indigo Spare Quantum. Thanks Im pretty much convinced now. *damn*^^

@J_Mac thx for the input put the ball really is blue-colored, no purple in there and also no speckles