HEY FASTTRACKERS!
What you are about to read below is my second installment of Random Track Thoughts...Part 2! If you read the first part of this thread, I went into great detail about Track's semi-latest releases in the High Performance Asymmetrical equipment. Tonight, I'm going to chime in with my thoughts on how I perceived the Arsenal series! So without further a do, away we go!
Arsenal Artillery -- I only had one of these. This one was drilled with a 4" Pin Below the Ring Finger with the CG kicked out about 2" with a weight hole 1" below PAP. If you have watched the video (
http://media.putfile.com/Arsenal-Artillery-Video-Package89) then some of you may have noticed how much snap it had on the backend. Once again, almost same as the Machine, this ball began to stop hooking. The GOO LS coverstock I thought would be much more forgiving with a symmetrical core inside of it. Plus, I really thought I would be able to open the lane up and not have to worry about whether or not it was coming back to the pocket or not. I sold this one to a guy I bowl with on my scratch league nights and he has taken to Track's equipment very well. The Artillery is not that bad of a ball, I honestly would have loved to seen the GOO LS and the symmetrical morpheus core put together instead of the RevMaster core. For some reason this core doesn't agree with my style. In conclusion, from the time I posted my review on March 24 of this year for the Artillery, I still feel the same way about it. At the current time when I sold the ball, it was the right thing to do!
Arsenal Reactive -- I had 3 of these bad boys! It has been almost 10 months since I posted my review on the first AR I had. I was definitely impressed with how it covered boards on the lane and how much a symmetric ball could actually hook. I've always shown alittle favoritism towards Reactives because they are not as what I would like to call 'needy'. I know that probably sounds like an uncharacteristic word for a ball; however, reactives have always been predictable for me when used in league or tournaments. I ended up selling my first one to Michael Bradford (TheOriginalChewmiester) because once this ball was oil soaked, the ball called it quits on me. Some good news is that Bradford still possesses this ball and is getting quite abit of use with it as well! I purchased my second one about 2 months later after the initial post. I wanted to see what this ball was like with Pin Above because the first one was Pin Below. The AR didn't handle anything well with the Pin Above the Ring Finger layout. In this video of me comparing the Angular with the Reactive (
http://media.putfile.com/MPBOWLINGMOVIEV5) you will see my point. The ball didn't have very much backend pop as the first one with the Pin Below layout. It also didn't cover as many boards as the first one either! I sold this one to Willie (BR User ThaGin) and in turn he sold it to Evolution Tag Team Member # 6 Ronnie Goodloe! Ronnie is still getting wonderful use from this ball! Finally, the third one came my way because they were discontinuing them and I found one on closeout. I really didn't wanna give this one up without knowing for sure whether it was just me or if it just wasn't the right ball for me. I had it laid out with a 4 1/4" Pin Below the Ring Finger with the CG stable. No Weight Hole was necessary. I put about 10-20 games on this one before I finally gave up completely and sold it to one of my youth bowlers I coach on the weekends. I was very impressed with the first one; however, the next two just didn't fit in with my game! On a funny note however, anybody I've sold any ball I've used before has benefitted tremendously! At least some good came out of this for me! LOL!
Arsenal Angular -- The Angular had a close pin placement so my layouts were limited. I went with the Pin Below once again and to be honest, this wasn't a favorite of mine but I wanted to throw it because I never had one before. This has been my only one I've ever thrown. It was very snappy on the backend which is what I liked about it best! In conclusion, I wouldn't purchase another one because the 5.0 fills my need as far as particle pearls go!
Arsenal Aggressive -- In the beginning, what a hook monster this was and if you read the review I posed initially, you'll see that I was very impressed. I even had this one laid out with a 5 X 5 Pin Above the Ring Finger layout. The amazing thing was, this ball was more 'Aggressive' than the Pin Below 'Angular'! The only downside to the Aggressive is that once I polished it, this ball would NOT hook for me! It didn't have a chance after an alteration. Even scuffing it with a grey scotchbrite didn't work wonders! This is why I am always against altering coverstocks. I believe whatever the OOB they originally had it at, is exactly what it was intended for. So if you needed an Aggressive, then really you must've needed a ball that hooked a ton with a fair price tag! Before alteration, I really loved the Aggressive and would go on record to say this was one of the biggest hook balls in Track's symmetric history! Unless you have a ton of hand and can't control the dullness in it, I wouldn't touch the coverstock of this bad boy. I would purchase another one if they were still available or if I could find one NIB!
Thank you guys very much for reading this post and I hope this was very helpful in making decisions about which Track equipment would fit right for your game! If you have any questions, I will do my best to answer them for you! God Bless You and have a great week!
--Michael--
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Edited on 7/15/2006 1:30 AM
