L6.0 and kirby bomb squad ASA, how many cuts?

[dunkky]

to get to its full potential?

they are in 200 and 300 range now. Hard to gauge the performance because of ****ty balls I am hitting.

 

[hitless45]

Probably around 1000 b4 they get pretty good, not max tho imo

 

[clementeunknown]

With 52s.........when is the next Olympics?

 

[Rooster210]

if its the white 2013 1300 with 44s
if its the green 2014 6000 with baseballs

 

[dunkky]

lol... it's the green one.. very stiff feeling. distance is not there, but nice line drives so far. so sounds like i got like 8000 more to go with beat up classic plus 52s.

 

[ShortYellowBus]

Swing harder. Don’t swing like a *****.

These aren’t Monstas.

 

[dunkky]

lol. I'll try..

 

[r8dr_rider]

My Kirby bomb squad opened up after it started webbing. A mix of too many BP sessions and drunkin nights in my back yard hitting the tree. Now it’s fire

 

[dunkky]

as many bp i do, there's no way i am gonna able to break in these 2 beasts this summer hitting 3 year old socks in 100 degree. I am thinking probably this winter. They are still very stiff after putting about additional 300 cuts. Kirby is little more soft than L6 now. L6 is a log.

 

[r8dr_rider]

Have you tried hitting the bats on each other?

 

[dunkky]

no i havent. is that a suggestion or joke?

 

[r8dr_rider]

Lol suggestion. Have you never done that. Not too hard but enough to open the bat up. I’ve done it for several bats, never had any issues you can also feels the sweet spot when you do it

 

[dunkky]

so, you just hit the barrel of the bat each other? kinda hard to picture this, how hard do you need to hit them?

 

[jkwoody22]

Sit in a chair and hold one in each hand and tap the barrels together, hard but not pounding, rotating barrels around and switching the bats to the other hand, your dominant hand will tap the other bat your holding, or get a ball mallet or rubber mallet and tap the barrels as well, i do this with every new bat for an even break in to soften before I hit off the tee

 

[r8dr_rider]

Sit in a chair and hold one in each hand and tap the barrels together, hard but not pounding, rotating barrels around and switching the bats to the other hand, your dominant hand will tap the other bat your holding, or get a ball mallet or rubber mallet and tap the barrels as well, i do this with every new bat for an even break in to soften before I hit off the tee

This!

 

[Rooster210]

if you cant take as much BP you can always use a glove mallet.

find a hard softball, core it with a 1" paddle bit - don't go all the way thru just about 2 or 3 inches, get a new plunger take off the rubber plunger and insert the wooden handle to the hole you made in the ball (use adhesive) and have at it.

imho tapping the bats together doesn't necessarily do anything since you aren't supposed to tap hard. older cats did this with the old Worths, Mikens and Eastons and used the one that bounced more after you tapped it - weird a know

 

[Hiltz]

Or just buy some harder balls...

 

[etnstudios]

bucket of hot water and a bowling ball

 

[Rooster210]

bucket of hot water and a bowling ball

 

[dunkky]

Thanks for the suggestion guys.. i probably gonna get rid of one of them. and work on breaking in just one. I'll get some 44 core balls.

 

[jkwoody22]

Order some stadiums if your only using the Poptoss or a tee

 

[Rooster210]

i would sell em both or trade for a 13 L6.0 or surprisingly a LX.0 once heated up they go the distance. never heard anything about the bomb squads and the green l6 just took forever to break in. even the guys that shaved and rolled them locally didnt care for them, not like the 2013.

 

[yank]

Use a rubber mallet..ball mallet does nothing.

 

[tonys1]

Throw them both in the garbage and get something good.

 

[r8dr_rider]

Don’t trash them just yet. Beat the **** out of them with BP, a tree and each other. Older Easton’s take time to open up. They are not like the Anarchy’s and Monstas of this time that a hot out the wrapper

 

[r8dr_rider]

Anyone that can’t hit with an older Easton is a trash hitter.

 

[dunkky]

i would sell em both or trade for a 13 L6.0 or surprisingly a LX.0 once heated up they go the distance. never heard anything about the bomb squads and the green l6 just took forever to break in. even the guys that shaved and rolled them locally didnt care for them, not like the 2013.

i've swung my friend's 13 dual stamp, blue one. that was a nice stick indeed.
becasue it's dual stamp i prefer that over my L6.0. i am gonna try to trade for it. Otherwise, I am going to break in L6, taking my time. no biggie. I got all the time and i have a rubber mallet. I tried last night and i can see it will work combined with my bp!

anyone miss my bp video with poptoss?? lol

 

[r8dr_rider]

It’s 2021 and nobody respects the old Easton’s. Because they are tanks and take forever to break in. But once they open up they are fire forever. Most players want the anarchy or Monsta bats that are hot out wrapper and last one season. Im just an old man. Back in my day……

 

[TWmccoy]

It’s 2021 and nobody respects the old Easton’s. Because they are tanks and take forever to break in. But once they open up they are fire forever. Most players want the anarchy or Monsta bats that are hot out wrapper and last one season. Im just an old man. Back in my day……

I get laughed at when I pull out that orange Bomb Squad Kirby. Definitely not the hottest bat I've ever swung, but it'll still deliver 350' power reliably when you find the barrel.

Older Eastons are an acquired taste, but once you get used to them other bats simply don't feel as good.

The closest thing I've found recently to old Eastons is the Juno MR1.