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98custom

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First Impressions of the Ultimate
« on: February 21, 2004, 02:22:27 AM »
Ok guys, i recieved my Ultimate Inferno last nite complements of Buddies. It came w/ a 2-3 inch pin and 3.2 oz of topweight i believe. As for the drilling, pin is below my ring finger maybe a tad left, cg kicked out and a weight hole below my PAP not sure on exact location but it's narrow and deep.

Threw this ball this morning in league. We actually had oil this morning inside, pretty decent, with really dry outsides, i'd say outside 4 or 5. This ball is STRONG with this drill. Did not appear to cover many boards but be warned it's STRONG. In a sense this ball is a strong control ball. Actually rolled sooner than my stacked leverage throttle but with a completely different look. This ball was TONS of midlane but still had pop left on the backend. Actually may have been too strong as a left a few 9 pins.

The thing that confused me about this ball was when it touched the dry. If i swung to the dry, the ball made a strong turn but leveled off, didn't keep coming and cross, just stopped and hit straight through the nose. Now, when i throw cross alley at my 6 and 10 pins (lefty, and yes i did leave a few solid tens and a bunch of 6's but stayed w/ the ball so i could get a feel for it) i generally throw pretty much straight up the outside and let the ball work off the dry, with this ball, that didn't work. The ball DID NOT turn enough. I ended up throwing another ball at these pins and that was the only way i could consistently make them.

But overall as of now i can't say anything really bad about the ball. It did throw pins around when it crushed the pocket and did leave the occasional 7 pin on bad shots. One thing i can say about this ball with this drilling though, is that the more you come off the side of the ball, the more you get from the ball. I can see this being a great ball from someone w/ more side roll as the core is strong enough to pick up it's roll even in the oil.

I'll update after i have some more games on the ball
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98custom

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Re: First Impressions of the Ultimate
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2004, 05:38:59 PM »
Bob i understand your point, but to me it didn't LOOK like the ball had rolled out, granted i could be wrong, and others watching me didn't mention that the ball rolled out, is there anything else that could be happening?
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ChinaManB

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Re: First Impressions of the Ultimate
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2004, 01:23:16 AM »
I have a ball with the same type of drilling as described by 98custom and I get a hook set type of roll. Could it be the drilling? He is getting it out there then the ball hooks then sets. That is what it sounds like to me....I could be very wrong but that is what mine does.
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BowlersAidProShop-Wells

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Re: First Impressions of the Ultimate
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2004, 02:54:14 AM »
Well he didnt mention his PAP either...just because the pin is below the ring finger doesnt mean its necessarily in as strong or weak position when compared to other layouts for you.  It does sound like you have a hook/stop drilling.  I used to have a few V2 solids with that layout and, my friend, it was a whole new ball game once I took them from box finish to just a light factory finish polish.  You may want to try that, as the ball is still going to read in the oil,just a small move left with your feet, but the increased angle will be huge. Just my opinion though, good luck.

98custom

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Re: First Impressions of the Ultimate
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2004, 10:30:14 AM »
Chinaman, i understand what your saying, BUT i only get this reaction if the ball was in the dry from the start. If i kept the ball in the oil it never stopped turning. I'm going to possibly use the ball again today in a junior masters tournament i'm bowling in, and i'll see what happens, i do think i'm going to hit it woth some polish regardless of what happens today. Anyway, thancks for the help guys.
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DON DRAPER

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Re: First Impressions of the Ultimate
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2004, 08:43:05 PM »
before you polish this ball up wetsand it very smooth( 2,000 grit ) and give it a try. this may help and will still bite in the oil. you can always polish it if this doesn't help.

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Re: First Impressions of the Ultimate
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2004, 09:14:15 PM »

Two guys at my local shop just rave about thos ball. One is lefty, one ois a righty. They have been successful at the PBA regional level and one on the senior tour...in other words, they are skilled. Anyhow, they both polished this ball a bit and just kill with it.


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