New Breed Particle Pearl
Ball was a little over 15lb with close to 3 top and 3-4 inch pin.
Ball is drilled with pin to the right of the ring finger and the CG stacked. There is no weight hole as the ball weighed out to be legal with 1 oz side, though I don’t remember the finger weight.
Initial impressions of the ball is that there is a strong roll, plain and simple. The ball is drilled to complement the NB Solid and NB Pearl as they all share almost identical drills.
Overall, the ball really fits more closely to the Solid than the Pearl from what I’ve seen thus far. The ball gets decent length compared to the Solid, which is expected, and it does appears as though it’s breaking after the NB Solid but before the NB Pearl. The look of the break also seems to be in between since the NB Solid still breaks, but does so earlier and the NB Pearl, which is later with more of the hockey stick hook. The Particle Pearl sits in the middle with more of a strong, slight arc hook!!
I see very little deflection on the ball as the New Breeds seem to have great continuation on the ball through the pins. This one doesn’t disappoint in that department either!!
Ball, in OOB finish, allows me to play all three of the lines I like to play. It can swing with what’s out there on the market, for me, and it will handle some oil, though not a heavy oiler. It transitions nicely into a belly hook with or without hand in the ball and even allows me to play my favorite down and in around the 8 board at the arrow. Depending on the condition, speed may come into play as well for the down and in. If there’s oil, hand in the ball will do just fine. If lack of oil, I am seeing a nice roll on the ball where little to no hand is used and a little loft on the ball to get it rolling later.
Overall, I am very surprised at how effortless this ball moves. Ball stores energy, without a doubt, and it is explosive off the dry as well. Could easily see this ball alone being a 2 or 3 ball arsenal and not needing anything else. With a slight change in drills and perhaps cover mods, nothing else is really needed!!
Great job by Jason and family at Visionary!! Another quality product that covers something a lot of people have been wanting, a particle pearl!!
I might have to look into another one and drill this up with pin above bridge and cg kicked under the ring similar drill to one of my older particle pearls. I loved the reaction I got with that drill because it went longer and still had backend, but it's was a controlled back end.
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