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fins4ever88

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Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« on: January 22, 2007, 04:43:36 AM »
Can't wait to go out later today and throw it. Hopefully it won't be as bad as last night (crazy amount of carrydown...that's what happens at 7 PM on a Sunday afternoon full of birthday parties).

Here's some pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/fins4ever88/Immortal%20Pearl/ImmortalPearl001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/fins4ever88/Immortal%20Pearl/ImmortalPearl002.jpg

I can't wait to see how it compares to my SR300.
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scotts33

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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2007, 02:08:49 PM »
Let us know Ryan.

I thought about an Immortal Solid 5 1/2 pin to PAP but think I will replace my original FM Gryphon with another.
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fins4ever88

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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2007, 09:30:10 PM »
Got to throw this thing for about 6 games so far, so I'm getting used to it. Right now, I've played on a freshly oiled house shot, about the higher side of a medium volume.

So far I can play this ball down and in, but I can't really swing it out. It needs a bit of dry to bounce off of, but it's not as angular as I thought it was. My SR300 in its OOB was much more angular than this ball, but now that I hit it with 1000 scotchbrite with Track Clean N Sheen, it is a lot earlier and smoother. The Immortal Pearl gets a good bit of length before it makes it's hockey stick type motion.

The ball is definitely a winner so far. I can see myself pulling it out when my SR300 is checking up early.

Video: http://www.ballreviews.com/Forum/Replies.asp?TopicID=151094&ForumID=92&CategoryID=5
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fins4ever88

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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2007, 05:25:21 PM »
Put some more games on it, basically verifying what I thought before. I can really play a nice down and in shot, throwing it down 10. This ball clears the mids very well, and once it hits dry and revs up, there's no stopping it. I ended up reducing the revs with my hand position and was able to string along 8 in a row to finish a game 256. It's beautiful watching this thing rev up and smash the pocket!!!

Great ball by Visionary, now I'm debating which the next ball I will buy is! Either the new Dyno-Thane Threshold NGS or the new Ogre.
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scotts33

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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2007, 05:33:43 PM »
Nice to hear Ryan.

Got my Ogre punched tonite.  Thought I'd see what it's like OOB.  Seems like it too much surface for me but I want to see what it's like.  Will roll some tomorrow after work.
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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2007, 08:30:56 PM »
Another update!!!

I took this ball to my proshop today when I noticed a weird track line perpendicular to my grip line right above my thumb. I don't know if it's supposed to track like that, but my pro shop guy determined that the x-hole on it was 2 inches past my PAP, and with such a high-flaring ball it is rolling over the hole right before it makes its drive into the pocket. Maybe this could be why I can't swing it out at my regular house (I threw this bad boy at the house with my pro shop today in league, and there's considerably less oil, so I could play a nice swing here. Man, this thing revs up!!! Shot 184, 246 but switched to my Tropical Storm after the 2nd game and finished up with a 210.)

I'll post another update (review will be delayed since I will be plugging and re-drilling a new x-hole.) when I can get whatever it is fixed!!!
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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2007, 10:01:24 PM »
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'll post another update (review will be delayed since I will be plugging and re-drilling a new x-hole.) when I can get whatever it is fixed!!!


X holes should be drilled on a ball like the Immortal Solid because it flares so much after your driller sees where you track and flare.....never before IMO.
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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2007, 03:32:17 PM »
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'll post another update (review will be delayed since I will be plugging and re-drilling a new x-hole.) when I can get whatever it is fixed!!!


X holes should be drilled on a ball like the Immortal Solid because it flares so much after your driller sees where you track and flare.....never before IMO.
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I know that now . There was no way I could do that before on this ball though, cause I won it in an auction from ASB-Joe and he drilled it up for me.
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JOE FALCO

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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2007, 03:42:43 PM »
I bought an OGRE from AllStar Joe .. he drilled it and I had delivery yesterday (Monday 5 Feb). Took it to league today .. shot a clean series 676! Ball rolls with a nice arc to the pocket. CG is in my palm pin is about one inch above and one inch to the right of my ring finger (right handed).

Great ball!
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fins4ever88

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Re: Just got my Immortal Pearl!!!
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2007, 07:25:21 PM »
quote:
I bought an OGRE from AllStar Joe .. he drilled it and I had delivery yesterday (Monday 5 Feb). Took it to league today .. shot a clean series 676! Ball rolls with a nice arc to the pocket. CG is in my palm pin is about one inch above and one inch to the right of my ring finger (right handed).

Great ball!
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      J O E - F A L C O


I love my Immortal Pearl from what I have seen, and I hope that fixing the weight hole problem will help my ball recover through the oil more (I could only play down and in on a medium condition). Joe drilled mine up great, but I didn't know my PAP at that point, so he's not to blame about the x-hole. It was free too, so I don't mind spending $10 to fix it .
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