do the smart thing, POLISH it back up.

how is it drilled? its def. rolling out
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amf300, all the way!

you are silly and make no sense if because you sand a ball down and don't like it you should throw it out of the bag.  What are you looking for the ball to do, just be a miracle strike ball.  Balls are made to roll for based on their makeup of core/cover and are best suited for certain lane conditions and certain players.  If you were using it for spares, as your signature says, why did you sand it anyways?  Great idea to use a particle ball as a spare ball, you must be one hell of a spare shooter.  If the ball is checking up than polish it, is that too hard? Good luck.
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-Larsen
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i'll see what i can do..

to the spare comment: I got this ball for free, NIB, from a tournament that I joined, get a free nemesis, or ambush, picked the ambush.. I didn't like it too well on the backend, because it wasn't what i was looking for.. So i decided to do all of my spares with it.. I hate throwing straight balls or balls that dont hook because i have no use for them. I just pick up most of my spares with this ball.. + it hits like a pillow - and i throw 17mph..
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Hi, I got my Ambush about a month ago for a specific condition:  Medium to heavy oil with carrydown.  This lightly loaded particle pearl ball does a better job than anything I have on these conditions, and it also plays well on a medium-heavy longer pattern.  On a short pattern, or with too dry backends it overhooks for me and rolls out.  I have it drilled pin under ring 3-3/8 inches from pap so it will hook on carrydown.

Brunswick recommends sanding the ball to 400 grit and then using Brunswick's Factory Finish High Gloss Polish to bring it back to out of box specs. Even with this polished factory finish it is a great hooking ball due to the light particle load.


ps: I am 44 years old, not too old to make a change if it will improve my game and average, and ultimately my enjoyment of bowling.

I recently got a 14 lb target zone drilled straight up with a thumb insert and finger tip grips for throwing spares.  All my other equipment is 15 lbs.  I now throw spares with a straight ball (straight hand.  I learned this from video by Fred Borden and Jeri Edwards.  Look at the pros, most will shoot spares with straight ball, hard plastic ball.  If I need to pick up cluster, like three pins or more, then I will throw consistant hooking ball as I get a little more action here.  But to pick up singles like 7 or 10, or 5 or 6 or 4, or two pins together, nothing beats a straight ball for accuracy. It took me a few months to get good at this.  Sometimes I will practice just shooting corner pins on first ball with straight ball.  Don't worry about your scores when doing this.  It can even be fun to pick out corners and see how low you can score.  The lower the score the better you did.  You are young enough to try this and make it work.  It has improved my average and confidence immensely.  The video I think is now at Dunham's sporting goods and marketed under Ebonite banner. Also, if you encounter severely dry lanes you can throw the Target Zone with hook for first ball and keep it in play, when your opponents struggle with their big hook equipment.

Good luck,

Marker

Edited on 7/8/2006 9:59 PM

If you can make 90 percent or better of singles with a hooking ball then you are doing fine.  For me, I have improved on singles with the straight ball, as the release, lane conditions, etc. don't affect my delivery.  I use the target system for spares.   3, 6, 9 boards to right, and 4,8 12 boards to left. You can do this also with a mild or consistant hooking ball.  You might laugh, but before I got my Target Zone, I threw all my spares with a Columbia Action.  This is a heavy oil ball, but it rolls so consitantly that I was better at making spares with this than some of my weaker balls that
could be over under.  

If you take the Ambush back to factory condition, I think you will really like it on carrydown.  If everyone around you can't get a  ball reaction because nothing seems to move and lanes seem heavy, sometimes the house shortcuts by not stripping backs and putting a lot of fresh head oil down. The Ambush will shine here.  I use a direct line in this case.  Right foot at 3, target 7-8, get behind ball.  This thing makes nice smooth arc to pocket, not a lot of backend, so it is predictable.  But I have to use direct line, because if I swing it it will not come back due to nature of ball, lane conditions, and my lack of revs.

Marker

I am a right hander. I think I had put this in my profile a while back. The Ambush will give you a lot of pin action in out of box finish-Key is on right lane conditions.  If it rolls out you will have a hard time with over-under. Hit right side of pocket on one ball, go brooklyn on next.  Plus, pocket hits may result in splits or leaving corner pins.  With enough head oil and some carrydown, I had six games in a row between 2 houses where I averaged 196, and the scores were really consistant, not a big swing in scores. Then I went to same house a week later, and first game with Ambush was 155. I put it away and used Action to bowl 222, 188 then Absolute Inferno for 214 and 204.  Wrong lane conditions for Ambush that night. If you find yourself having to throw this ball too hard or it hits weak, time to put back in bag.   I had one strike where one pin was still spinning like mad on lane when sweeper came down.  Great ball but only for right conditions.

Marker