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General Category => Drilling & Layouts => Topic started by: dougb on August 07, 2009, 11:39:33 AM
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(apologies for cross-posting from the Brunswick forum -- too excited about Rico)
I just had my Brunswick BVP Wizard redrilled with the Rico layout. The ball already had 2 drills on it and I wanted to try Rico.
I picked it up today and had a chance to bowl two games with it on beat up lanes with dry fronts and over/under conditions in the back. First game shot 192 standing on 32 and throwing it out to 13. After the first two shots I threw 5 strikes in a row and then left a ringing 10.
Second game I wanted to see how versatile Rico can be. With some slight hand adjustments it was no problem getting a forward roll on the ball. Piped it straight up the 15 and watched it break right before the pocket. I also played around with making right-side spares and I think with a little more practice I could make this ball go completely straight. The ball is slightly polished and I think this could be one ball for THS -- including spares.
This is my first experiment with Rico and it was GREAT. The ball was incredibly predictable, smooth, and did not jump (in strange ways) at the breakpoint.
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I have drilled 3 balls RICO thus far for myself....
Doom.....holy crap what length and booming backend!!!!
BuzzBomb.....was VERY rolly and I never got comfortable with this ball.
Raw Hammer Burn.....WOW!!!! What a ball. This ball is silly smooth for the front 55 feet but then holy cow it goes left in a hurry.
I want to try it with another solid resin and see what happens. I think the booming backend on the 2 pearls I have used is due to them being very skid/flippy by nature....time will tell.
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Doug Sterner
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