Hi i aquired one of these i really didnt wanna buy one cause of price and just simple horror storys i have heard so one of my friends gave me a new one in box ok about me i have a 4 1/4 inch pap that is invertet down 1/8 I have around 400+ revs and about 17 mph speed and am probably setting this up for an oil eater even arc start up early ball any suggestions?
p.s this ball will be for swamp conditions hearvy tournament oils love to hear some feed back

Columbia suggest drilling them strong.  I have an EPX Bonanza I'm going to experiment on because I love to go against the grain.  I'm looking for a urethane type reaction to combat the new guardian surface in my home house.  I saw a few pros tear up a tough pattern with guardian overlay a few months back using the EPX T1.  

Since you know it's going to be strong anyways, why not just drill it strong?  I doubt you'll be able to tame the nature of this beast.
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I just drilled mine up a little bit ago, only have maybe 15 games on it but it is NOT for heavy oil.  Now I have heard that the ball is great for heavy oil.  I didn't drill it up as strong as possible (pin below ring CG kicked out with about 3/4 oz+ sideweight, no X-hole) so that may be a big reason for why it is not as strong as some people say it is.  I have also heard that after you have given it a hot water bath the ball will become stronger, haven't tried that yet.  if I had to compare the ball right now to another ball I have,  it actually compares closest to my old Fab Purple hammer.  the Hammer rolls about 3 feet sooner than the EPX, but other than that they have the same general hook shape and potential.  now I'm not complaining about the ball, I actually really like it, I've been looking for a ball like the old hammers for quite some time now, and I think I've found it.  but if your going to drill up the ball for heavy oil, by all means drill it up as strong as you can.

hope this helps
Jeremy
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so either axis or leverage are both strong leverage has that much back end maybe i will drill axis just so i can have a even arc i want this ball for when nothing else will hook and for soaking up a nice hole to break out my preferred equipment