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Equipment Boards => Columbia 300 => Topic started by: Rival on April 20, 2010, 01:11:49 PM

Title: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: Rival on April 20, 2010, 01:11:49 PM

Managed to snag a Freeze X-Out off of eBay for about $45.00 to my door.  It arrived yesterday and I honestly can't tell why its an x-out.  3-4 inch pin, 2 1/4 ounces of Top Weight.  I want to say if its anything its a color blem but I've had worse balls marked as 1st quality.  Took it to my local pro-shop, everything seems right, no mis-marked CG or anything of that nature.  What else dictates a ball to be a second?

Here's some pictures of the ball.

http://tinypic.com/r/jr5ojc/5
http://tinypic.com/r/9uor2e/5
http://tinypic.com/r/64f4oh/5
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Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: DanH78 on April 20, 2010, 09:21:28 PM

My guess would be that last pic.  It looks like half the ball has no blue in it.
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Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: raiderh20boy on April 20, 2010, 09:21:33 PM

not saying it is but there might have been surface blem and was sanded and now it might be a little smaller than 1st quality
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Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: Locke on April 20, 2010, 09:25:21 PM

It might just be over exposed but I know the red blue is supposed to have yellow markings and at least in that picture they look white...
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Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: Rival on April 20, 2010, 09:53:38 PM

That's just the way the light happened to hit it, the markings are yellow.
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Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: J_Mac on April 25, 2010, 12:40:40 AM

Looking at the pictures that were posted and looking at my Freeze I don't see any labels out of place on the X-Out.

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I would say it is labeled a x-out due to label location .. normal labels are 90 degrees from the pin/cg/mb line ,, color pigment looks good and the stats sound fine ,, I think you got a 1st quality ball for a blem price ... way to go ...

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Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: jwcorn01 on April 25, 2010, 02:21:31 AM

It doesn't have a core. Just sell it to me for the same price.

Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: kidlost2000 on April 25, 2010, 06:28:17 AM

Probably color. Like mentioned not enough mixed on one side of the ball. Always a great deal.

Had some from Brunswick that were the same way. Has some from Morich that were because of slight pit marks in the surface. I honestly didn't seem them.

Great ball at a super low price....always a huge plus.  
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Title: Re: Why Is This A Second?
Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on April 25, 2010, 10:31:39 AM

I would agree that it looks like a color blem.  There is a ratio that the ball should be mixed at with Red to Blue, and that ball looks like it has too much red in it.
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