I have to wonder why more companies don't take one of their nicer cores and wrap it in plastic.

How much harder could it be, say, for Storm to take the FE2 core out of the Thunder series -- which they've been making now for almost 20 years -- and put it in the Ice Storm rather than just a pancake block?

I bought a NIB XXXL Starburst off Triggerman last month and drilled it, and had just been using it for spares until this week, when the combination of warm weather, everyone else on my pair using aggressive reactive stuff, the lane guy not compensating for the weather change and the pair we were on having a history of being harder-hooking than most made me have to go to the XXXL in our third game.

What a difference in carry this thing has over most plastic. I guess it might have to do with the more center-heavy core or the RG numbers, but I think if I'd gotten lined up with this ball in the first game I could have scored from the outset.

Other companies are kind of missing the boat by not doing the same with their equipment if you ask me. For people who see dry lanes a lot, I think they give up 10 pins a game if they don't have something like this in their bag. If I were to combine this ball with my Visionary Slate Blue Gargoyle, I could create a pretty mean dry-lane arsenal. With lane oil becoming more scarce everywhere I've bowled, I might have to consider doing just that.

Jess

I believe it is 260 grit which is what I have it at. I have low ball speed and it will outhook anything in my bag if it finds dry if it does not it will make a nice even small move. I find I can really play havoc with this and my xxxl in the same bag(Im notorious for being able to switch between the 2 at will and stay in the pocket and cause one of the spottiest shots you will find. Lastly when I throw the Sumo I feel like Im gunna fall asleep waiting for it to get to the other end it honestly slows way down going down the lane but its carry is very impressive to me. I carry high better with this than even my gravity shift, purple rhino and needless to say my xxxl is simply strong at the pins even with the weak sound it makes. Lastly I tend to play better with a ball thats been plugged any idea why and I have yet to throw a ball drilled for someone else and changed to fit my hand that I havent got a good reaction out of(Ive thrown balls even on the extremes such as a high tracking strokers ball and low tracking spinners ball and everything in between, my question is why can I use others drilled stuff and plugged stuff better than I can the new versions. For instance I grabbed an inferno with low games a while back and it reacted wonderfully once plugged took and bought one from local shop that fixed the first one for me drilled it the same and it didnt feel the same at all even after putting some games on it.