I finally broke down and picked up a #15 Swamp Monster today from my local proshop. I had initially thought I wanted a Raging Inferno, but the price eliminated that. I had then kind of decided on an Ebonite V2 strong, but the Swamp Monsters $40 cheaper retail price won out in the end. (I'm sure the V2 would have fit my needs just fine as well though). I fooled around with it the first game to try to get a feel for it and then settled down and threw a 219 the next game. This was on freshly oiled lanes -- the ball would come back very wet! I still had to play a deep shot as I was standing practically against the ball return on my left. I was throwing over 20 at the arrows out to 8 or 9 at the breakpoint. I had to keep the speed up or it would try to go brooklyn on me. I'm guessing I won't run into too much oil for this ball very often. Right now, I'm cleaning it up and giving it a good coat of Doc's Elixir. That'll probably move the breakpoint out a couple feet which will be ok with me. I'll have to wait and see if the opportunity arises to use it in tomorrow nights league. I think my arsenal is complete now at 5.
