Lane Conditions: Medium-Heavy Oil
Typical Conditions: House Shot
Type of Lane: All Wood
What part of the lane did you play? Fourth Arrow
Weight of bowling ball: 15
Surface of bowling ball: 1200 grit
Likes: Good read...Excellent Backend recovery on most shots
Rough enough to take care of carrydown conditions
Carry
Got this ball used with "less than 10 games" and it certainly looked like it. Anyway, I received the ball actually polished as the former owner liked the polished reaction better.
Bowler specs:
14-15 at pindeck
Decent Revs ~ Tweener at most.
Track about .5-1" from middle finger and 2-3" from thumb.
Sorry don't know my PAP
Ball is drilled with the pin directly below ring with the CG a little below midgrip and kicked right. Small weighthole about 3" right of CG and down an inch or so.
Polished the ball probably gets a good 5 feet further down the lane, and it is more forgiving on a lighter THS as well as less prone to burn out. If you are planning to use this ball when there isn't a whole lot of oil to play I would definitely reccommend some polish. Definitely more skid/flip with the polish applied.
At the center I sub at this ball worked pretty well polished, but wanted to bring it back to OOB for the slicker lanes I bowl at on Tuesdays. So far it has rolled very well for me, and is great in the 3rd game when everybody else starts leaving corner pins from carrydown. A earlier more predictable read at 1000 grit with no polish, and less over/under reaction. Still fairly forgiving if left out to the right, and will not overreact as it did sometimes when polished.
Overall hook this ball is fairly comparable to my Pure Energy in terms of overall boards covered... (a little later to start up but a little more backend). Probably 5 boards stronger than my ZR40.
Overall a great ball on Medium to Med-Heavy. I have actually been able to play it on less as long as I chased the oil line. (inside 4th gets a little weird for me tho). Thanks for another winner Phil!
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