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Title: Can a red-orange Slash be my dry-lane ball?
Post by: Gene J Kanak on February 15, 2006, 01:11:13 PM
That's the question. I'm a right hander with above average speed and average to above average revs, depending upon the line I'm trying to play. I also track quite high. I have someone offering me a highly polished red-orange Slash as possible trade solution for my dry-lane needs. Would this ball work in such a slot? I want it to fit beneath my Blazing Inferno (drilled pin over bridge, cg slightly left of grip center) but above my Target Zone. I don't have a great deal of experience with Track, so any help you all can offer will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Title: Re: Can a red-orange Slash be my dry-lane ball?
Post by: C-G ProShop-Carl on February 15, 2006, 10:10:34 PM
Gene,

It would really depend on the layout. Unless you really altered the surface quite a bit....it is stronger (given the same layout) than the Blazing.

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Title: Re: Can a red-orange Slash be my dry-lane ball?
Post by: Juggernaut on February 15, 2006, 10:18:17 PM
Gene,

  I don't think you could use it for a true dry condition.  I own one of these and have it lightly polished, using it as my medium condition ball.

  Brian Purcel with track e-mailed me the info he had on this ball. The cover is supposed to be the "power plus" reactive and the core is akin to the old columbia rage without the flipblocks. These were his exact words.

 If this is true, that would put it close to the strength of the freak-a-zoid, and I have a video comparing the orange slash, heat, blue slash, and desert heat.  The orange slash is played deeper on the lane than any of the others and has a strong move at the breakpoint. This is not a video of me, but one that I found on here. You might do a search for video and find it.

 In practice, this is the very same reaction I get here. Good length and pretty hard move at the break.  I have my feet lined up on the 33rd board, sliding at 30, targeting the 3rd arrow. The ball gets through the heads really clean and has PLENTY of recovery to make it back to the hole.

 I also have an ebonite ice to compare it with and the orange slash has more recovery with the surface in a similar state.
Title: Re: Can a red-orange Slash be my dry-lane ball?
Post by: tenpinspro on February 16, 2006, 01:05:04 AM
Hey Gene,

I'd say the same here, the Orange Slash is stronger comparatively to the Blazing.  However, you could try a pin over mid type drilling and that will also give you very good length but you must be careful with that drill pattern because it may clip your gripping holes depending upon your track.
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Title: Re: Can a red-orange Slash be my dry-lane ball?
Post by: The Bowlers Edge 2 on February 16, 2006, 03:04:19 PM
If you go back and search a few weeks back when i posted a link to the pictures of all my equipment, you'll see a red slash, with one of my favorite layouts on it. This ball rolls very well on dry. With this layout, and some black magic polish on it, its a little squirty in oil, but with a definite dry, the ball is very controllable.
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