I know a bunch of you had experience with the Doom, so I thought I would double check a layout. I had a guy bring one into the shop to get drilled up. He currently throws an old pearl Aftershock (pearl superflex cover, high RG/High Diff core). I took him out to the lanes, had him throw a few shots and measured his PAP. 4 3/8 over and 3/8 up. Throws the ball with medium-high speed (probaly 18 mph) and decent revs. When I checked his aftershock (which used the standard pin at 1:30 over the label layout), his pin was about 3" from his PAP. He told me that after a couple games at his home house, his ball hooks early and crosses over and he wants this one to hook a similar amount overall, but get more length.
The Doom has a 3" pin to CG distance and 3.2 oz top.
My thoughts are to layout that ball with a 5" pin to PAP (which I expect to end up somewhere between the fingers) and the cg right of the grip line (to allow the use of a weight hole if needed). I'm going to take him out and have him throw the ball (comapred against his old ball) and make adjustments to the coverstock and/or use a weight hole to fine-tune the rxn.
Sound reasonable, or should I be looking at it in a different way?
Thanks,
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