Took it out for a test drive tonight. This was a ball I bought used off eBay and, buyer beware, the ad said nothing about the ball having been plugged once before (appeared to have been drilled conventional, at that). I plugged only the thumb this time, which left the pin low under the ring (almost on the midline, actually) with the CG out positive about an inch. About a 3.75 x 3 drill.

The ball had been resurfaced once and it felt like they took it to 1000 plus polish. That's what I stopped at after sanding down the thumb plug, and you can't tell where my work stopped and theirs started.

Anyway, the first game with it on somewhat of a slimy league shot was 242 (third game of the set on fresh). Front four, 2-10 split in the fifth, four more in a row and then 9/7, I think.

Of my older Lane #1 gear, what it mostly acts like is the Hybrid Dirty Bomb, albeit with much more control at the breakpoint. Actually, what the ball reminds me most of is AMF's The Heist solid, but stronger off the spot. Really nice hold and it doesn't seem to be very pattern-sensitive. Scoring pace tonight was a little lower than usual (we've had some mild shot modification lately, plus the weather here today was warm and humid, then cold and rainy all in the span of about 3 hours).

Seems like a good all-around medium ball. Better length than I expected with the drill pattern. Stronger off the spot than the old Brunswick balls, but more controllable than what I've seen lately with the 900 Global covers. I'll post a full review after more testing, since obviously one game is very little to go on.

Jess