Goo LS cover and rev master core.  This is a pearl reactive cover from what BTM says.  I don't have the specs but from what BTM says this has a low rg and high diff.  BTM says this ball has the strongest back end out of the series.

The GOO LS cover?  A different core?  Why call it an Arsenal?  From the reviews this ball will be hard to control on sport type conditions for high rev players.  This makes sense to me because of the GOO LS cover (responds to friction).

My initial impression is not favorable.  First i'm not pleased about the core because I really thought it would be similar to the AR,ANGULAR and AGGRESSIVE cores.  Next I didn't like the XCEPTION or DELTA 1 and I feel a lot of that is because of the cover: GOO LS.

For those of you that like the core will probably like this ball. Myself, i'm disappointed.

Edited on 1/23/2006 10:44 PM

If you take a look at the Arsenal series as a whole, the Artillery is a good completion and compliment to the line.  Forget the core shape and look at the numbers and covers.


Aggressive: Solid light load particle that's very strong and pretty even rolling.  Requires some head oil to be affective but pretty versatile. Medium-low RG and high diff.  Good when they are fresh.

Reactive: Solid/pearl mix with a very log RG core. Good compliment to the Aggressive when you need a little  more kick downlane on the medium-heavy patterns but you still need a strong midlane move. Low RG and high diff.

Angular: Light load pearl particle.  Pretty strong downlane but can be a little over/under on some conditions.  Gets very good length but still can hook a little early on dry heads because of the particle.  Not as clean as GOO LS.  Med-low RG and med-high diff.

Artillery:  Pearl Goo LS cover which is a very clean cover through the fronts but still pretty strong downlane.  It's stronger IMHO than Power Plus.  I've never had a ball corner like the Xception can.  Add in a low RG core and a med-high diff, and you have a ball potentially that's good when the the volume of oil is light but long and when the Aggressive/Reactive are just too early.  The low RG, higher flare symmetrical core should help the control issues that most had with the Xception.  

I'm actually glad that Track's finally using GOO on a symmetrical core.

Edited on 1/24/2006 2:48 PM

Edited on 1/24/2006 3:26 PM

I'm looking for something that cover's as many boards as the A. Reactive but get's farther down lane, that is symmetrical. This ball looks as if it HAS to have some dry downlane to turn. Probably as much length as the X but not as much backend.

Dj
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I really like how achappy gave a brief breakdown of each of the Arsenals' properties.  It's easy to see that the Arsenal line of balls offers a wide range of oil-handling capabilities as well as reaction shapes.  I'm sure the Arsenal Artillery won't disappoint!
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