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Equipment Boards => AMF => Topic started by: montymont on March 21, 2007, 04:41:35 AM

Title: amf xs white
Post by: montymont on March 21, 2007, 04:41:35 AM

Has anyone ever used a amf xs white(bone) bowling ball?

Title: Re: amf xs white
Post by: Ragnar on March 21, 2007, 12:50:07 PM

THE UGLY WHITE BALL!!! I had one.  First time out with it I shot 296 (don't ask. also lost a bracket w/ that game).  I'm not  sure I ever shot over 200 with it again.  It currently resides at the bottom of the Snake River (made a lovely splash).
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Edited on 3/21/2007 12:49 PM

Title: Re: amf xs white
Post by: Deathclutch on March 21, 2007, 12:52:29 PM

What a coincidence I have a whit XS that resides at the bottom of the James River!!
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Title: Re: amf xs white
Post by: Cobalt Bomb on March 21, 2007, 01:06:00 PM

I had a sanded one and a factory polished off the PBA truck. Neither worked too well, hit like a marshmellow. One was sold cheap, the other was a dog toy for my mastiff.

Title: Re: amf xs white
Post by: Ragnar on March 21, 2007, 01:08:10 PM

And don't forget the REAL bonus of the UWB.  After 10 games or so it became just another black bowling ball.
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"I do desire that we may be better strangers."  Willie the Shake, As You Like it(III,ii)
"I'm capable of being just as sorry as you are, Dimitri."

Title: Re: amf xs white
Post by: Walking E on April 15, 2007, 01:20:15 PM

I loved this ball, but it was quite allergic to oil so I could only use it on certain conditions. I averaged about 225 using this ball one season, and shot a 300 with it.
It was actually a gift from a bowler who threw it one game and decided she never wanted to throw it again. I watched that one game she threw and yeah - it hit like a marshmellow for her. I had considerable more success with it.
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Title: Re: amf xs white
Post by: MrNoThumb on April 16, 2007, 03:48:22 PM

I've had one for ten years it still works want to get rid of if anyone is looking for one. ( cheap )
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Title: Re: amf xs white
Post by: JessN16 on April 22, 2007, 01:38:57 AM

I still have one with about 1,000 or more (probably a lot more) games on it. It's polished, and maintenance has never been a big issue. If anything, it's told me when I needed to really clean it.

I had another one at one time, too -- sanded. Never could get it to work and I finally sold it.

How you drilled the ball and especially how you prepped the cover meant everything. I think that goes without saying for anything Mo Pinel was ever involved with. The drill pattern on the one I still have is one of the strangest things I've ever seen. It ended up about 1.5 x 4 with a crater weight hole about 1.5 down and to the left of the PAP, big-time pin-out ball with the pin way over to the right of the label and up a bit.

But give me some medium-dry wood lanes and I was gold with that old ball.

I also had the Pro XS I and II after that; never did like either as much as I did my old bone XS. Very underrated ball but it was difficult to properly set up.

Jess