I have a one inch pin melee, and it has become my favorite ball in some time.  When I picked it up at first I was really concerned, but after I used it the worry was gone.

Because instead of calling them 2nds and blems bowlingball.com figured out how to make bowlers pay more for 2nd quality product. #increasedprofits #consumerfail

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Remember when 2nds use to be cheap cheap because they didn't have the manufactures name and logo on them? Just Hurricane, or Legacy, or Bonanza. You had to guess what the ball may be based on color. Then they started putting all of the logos on there along with an X and the price went from $25 or so a ball to $50-70.

Then Rotogrip/Storm and bowlingball.com started calling them pro pins and procgs depending on the blems type and actually started selling them at $10 less to $10 above the cost of a first quantity ball which was hilarious. Still many manufactures continued calling them 2nds and blems and their price stayed around 30-40% below the cost of first quality ball.

Yes there marketing idea was "pros" loved them because they could do real unique/"exotic" layouts ect ect. Yes when a ball has a cg 3-4" out of line between the pin and mb you could get some great layouts alright. Or better yet having a ball with a 5-12" pin is great too. Really unique reaction......oh wait no it doesn't. Well it sounds great and I am sure joe bowler will buy it.

The only unique thing was in some cases you ended up putting things in places to make it legal you normally wouldn't do because you had no other options and hopefully the ball would still roll great because of everything else that factored in.

First of all I was unaware that there were rules when responding to a post...so in other words, only responses that strengthen my point and no one else's?
Center of gravity is a mark on the ball and is in regards to static weight rules...now if you wish to discount the scientific proof that CGs are about as relevant as floor mats in a vehicle, that's your prerogative but your post can be as condescending as any due to your views...a pin out or top weight is created by a manual shift of the core in regards to the true center of the mass...plain & simple

Aa long as its a USBC rule they are necessary guess you missed that part

My question to you, kidlost, is this...

Why isn't that Code a 15?

If the USBC only weighs bowling balls at one tournament for static weights you can argue that the static weight rule does not exits for most bowlers.

If you have 2oz side weight in a ball no one would know other wise.

Just like you could argue it matters if for nothing more than static weights.