Here are my thoughts on the Titan.  I got one 15.03 pin 3in and top weight 4 1/4.  Top weight was good for the drilling I wanted to use.  I let it set in the basement for about 3 weeks debating on drilling it.  I drilled it tonight pin next to ring finger a little below cg shifted about an 1/8 to the left.  Drilling is 3 1/4 by 3 1/2.  I used this ball on fresh synethic coated lanes Christmas tree oil.  This ball clears the heads great with plenty left for the backends.  Even into the third game with the carry down I just moved out about 3 boards and this ball had tremendous recovery.  This is definately staying in my bag for the medium oil shots.  Only thing I don't like about the new AMF300 balls is the label.  They put the CG in the label.  With the current drill pattern I have on this on I have taken part of the first serial number out and the made in the USA logo is cutting into my thumb.  Other than that this is a good strong reactive pearl ball.

Ball- 3 inch pin with 3 oz top

Drill- 3 3/8 stacked leverage.  Ball ended up with 1/4 finger and 1/2 positive side. It had more finger and side, but I drilled the ring finger deeper to get it legal without using an x-hole, just in case I needed to put it in a different spot than normal

Oil pattern- Typical house shot. oiled pretty heavy from 8 to 8 for 40ft and buffed out to 45ft.

 Minimal axis tilt with about 40-50degree axis rotation.  14-15 M.P.H. with too many revs( don't know exactly how many but I've been told it's up towards 350-400)

   Do you want or need a ball that clears the heads good?  Well, this one does, even when they break down a bit.

   Want a ball that has TONS of recovery at the breakpoint? Does that also!

   The combination of the superflex cover and the core allow this ball to get clear of the heads easily.  For me it waits a long time before reading the midlane, almost too long, but when it does read the breakpoint, get ready for the show to start!

   Last night in league, I started out with my feet on 36, playing the shot over 16th board, out to about the 5th board at the breakpoint 45-50ft away, and watched this thing just DESTROY the rack.  Left two solid nines and still shot 258 right out of the box. Lanes transitioned and I had to move out a bit, but shot a second game of 237.  Third game sucked because I suffered "operator malfunction" for no apparent reason and shot a buck 51. Totally my fault though.

  This ball is good for me on the fresh, but got a little squirrely when the carrydown started until I figured out what was happening.  It is a bit oil sensitive, but that can be fixed with just a minor cover adjustment like I had to make in this one. It took the cover change well for me.  Dulled just a bit it had a much truer, stronger read of the pattern.  It just hooked so much so late for me that I still had to play pretty deep to keep my angle of trajectory ending up in the pocket.

  If you need a dry lane ball, I don't think this is quite that.  For me at least, it reads the dry VERY hard and DEFINITELY hooks when it finds it.

  On a scale of 1-10, I would have to give this one a 7 to a 7.5.
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When in doubt, GRIP IT & RIP IT!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want a ball for Extreme Bowling under the black lights, don't get this one.  It is UGLY under black light!  If you want one that gives a great reaction and strikes like crazy, then THIS is the ball for you.  Not for heavy oil, but on a normal house shot, this ball makes a nice read of the midlane, starts reving, but retains it's energy for an amazing release when it hits dry.  Mine makes a nice left hand, continuous motion in the dry, but is clean through the heads and midlane, even on very dry lanes.  I wouldn't classify it as a dry lane ball, but if you can play deep, it will handle that as well.  First series, out of the box, with no practice games on it, I shot 770.  My high ever to that point was 712, and that with a powder blue Hammer.  This handles the lane like a Brunswick Punisher with a much better midlane read.  You gotta have this one!  Great ball to use as the first or second one out of the bag.

ball specs:
14# 4oz
3.5 in pin
3.2oz top weight

the ball is drilled pin over bridge and the cg 3/4 in to the left of palm.

i bought this ball for lighter conditions and i got it i guess. it is strong enough to get to the pocket on med to longer patterns but it dosent have enough hit to trip out the corners. on shorter patterns i had to swing it a bit. it defenatly carried and hit on the shorter shot so i guess i got what i wanted. although its a little bit stronger than i wanted, the ball is so smooth. i have never seen a pearl reactive move like it even with a light polish.

overall it was suprisingly smooth and a decent ball.