Back to the G-Force and whether it holds up in oil.

Bowled the San Diego city masters tournament this weekend and missed qualifying by 5 pins.  I missed that on pin count through 6 games and it was my fault.

I was using the BCB and the took away the shot for the most part from 10 out with a little too much oil.  If I got inmto the oil about 9 I washed out with the BCB so I tried the G-Force.  The G-Force followed the same path as the BCB but once it hit the dry, the G-Force did not have the recovery the BCB had both bowling balls being drilled as close as possible.

Again I put this on me, not blaming the bowling balls because I didn't move in like the bowlers who I was bowling with.  I was staying close and I moved in a couple of times with continued wash outs.  Toward the end I moved in to about 13 with a small swing and the G-Force recovered and controlled and almost got me to the semi finals.  

So I will continue with the one G-Force I drilled for heavier oil, but to date, I still don't see it as an oiler.  I think my other G-Force that is drilled to go longer and polished is great.  Strong continuation on the back end good length and retains energy to kick out the 10 pin very well. Didn't work though at the tournament this weekend though.  But I honestly didn't think it would.


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Nicanor (Ten On The Deck)

Thanks GTX.  The number of washouts during this tournament tells the story.  If it was just me or maybe one or two others, I'd say yes.  But the ball wasn't rolling out or burning up too soon.  It just did not react like a heavy oil ball would under those lane conditions.

I did wet sand it down to 600 and cleaned the ball with a grey scotch brite pad and Clean and Dull.  But the ball was ineffective.

I tried to use the G-Force in league again today without luck.  I prepped both the Solid Uranium and the G-Force the same way, both bowling balls drilled as close as poossible and the G-Force skated while the Solid Uranium read the lanes extremely well.

So you might ask, why don't I just use the Solid Uranium.  Because I paid approximately $200 drilled for a ball that does not live up to the expectations of the ball I thought I was buying.

I did not come to this conclusion with comparing this to just one ball.  I also tested it to the Ebonite's XXXL and the Solid Uranium with the XXXL reading the heavier of the oil best.  I had to put the XXXL away because it was reading the lanes too early and over hooking and I did not have the Solid Uranium with me at the tournament.  I am going to try the G-Force on a medium oil shot with some back end to see if I can salvage a use for this ball, maybe a little polish also.


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Nicanor (Ten On The Deck)

my 2 cents
from what i have seen the g force is a heavier oil ball but not necessarily a longer heavier oil ball, IE the backend rating on the g force is 75% of total hook, it does need some dry to turn over.  the solid u with its dense core heavy core is a midlane monster, it is gonna start up no matter what, vast differences in these two balls.  

now for experiment sake, if you were to take both drilled the same and throw on say a 41 ft flat pattern I think the g force in oob would outshine the solid u, for one reason alone, the solid u would start to bun up and leave flat tens, where as the g force is a later more angular move
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