Well Jimmy he does have a point now doesnt he! I didnt take the original reply as hes the best ball driller either just answered the guys question correct when so retard named scottie decided to go on a caps lock rampage! So i dont know where you get off makin comments like that!
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Bri

i'm still waiting for the answer about why jabs thinks all the ball companies drill sheets are wrong...the cap letter post was due to me having started with caps and i couldn't be bothered starting again....

i think jabs, the reason that it turns into personal attack,and i should be a little more mature too,is that you make sweeping statements like" lane 1 drill sheets are useless".i think if you debate the issues with some kind of acceptance that other folk may have some kind of knowledge on ball drillings,it may be a discussion rather than a slamming match.
i think the attitude over the months of "my way is the only way" tends to piss some of us off..thats all....

Back to the original subject. The Golden Nugget is not
a true oil ball, it is a medium ball. If you wanted an
oil ball, and are loyal to Lane #1, The Super Carbide
would be a better choice, or even the Solid Cherry Bomb
(for medium oil). No matter how you drilled the Golden
Nugget, you wont change the characteristics of the
coverstock.

See here is where the problem lies with.  On the lane 1 website it states that the golden nugget has a little less hook than the uranium.  My uranium is great with a simple label leverage drill.  I have a golden nugget and a xxl buzzsaw both cg leverage and the xxl moves more than the nugget.  I am throwing the nugget on medium lanes and tossing it out to the driest part of the lane to get it to come back.  I thought "particle pearls" are supposed to be great for carrydown and to handle some oil?
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Ike Brownfield

I've been working on learning drill patterns the past couple months and by far am no pro.  But what gets me is the "cg leverage" is supposed to have a length of 6 or so and backend of 7 or 8.
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Ike Brownfield

Well, I thought I would post as the new owner of this ball, thanks to Iketown300's Used Bowling Ball Emporium <gr>. The ball is laid out pretty close to the Lane #1 description of "CG Leverage" per their web site, EXCEPT the pin is above the ring as Ike states, and not below and right of ring as per their web site picture.

I used the ball for the first time today on a THS, synthetic lanes, with the outsides a bit thin, inside wet. As you can see by my profile, I am far from a big boomer. My results are that this ball will hook --- and quite a bit -- once it hits the dry. The backend can be quite huge. In the oil, if playing inside, the ball will skid, and actually skid a bit after leaving the oil, then will turn up a ton depending on how much hand you put to it.

If you stay strictly in the oil, the ball really never gets started. The polished PK17 cover would need scuffing if you want it to hook earlier. I found my original Inferno (factory polished Activator finish, 4x4 layout, no X-hole) would hook much earlier than the GN.... and, on this condition, much less back end. Of course, it could be just burning up, because I get plenty of back end from the Inferno on heavier oil conditions.

All in all, this seems to be a good skid-flip ball with this layout... and surely not an oiler! I generally do not use skip-flip gear, but this ball may just be perfect for this house, where I struggled with too early hook in this house last year as a sub, while less skilled "whip, whirl, and twirl it in the dry" guys scored all night.

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pjr300
live from the Bowling Capital of the World

Edited on 8/25/2004 9:30 PM

You are right, it's PK 17 (I knew that but my fingers did not).


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pjr300
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