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Title: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: Sir Bowl-A-Lot on December 17, 2006, 10:43:07 PM
How is yours drilled and do you love it or hate it?  I read somewhere that this ball does not perform that well with a plain old label 1:30 drilling.  I was thinking of trying a 4x4 stacked drilling.  My teammate just got his Cobalt Pearl drilled and tried to use it Friday night in league.  It didn't react at all (drilled label 1:30) so now I am beginning to wonder whether I should even drill it...

Edited on 12/18/2006 7:44 AM
Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: triggerman on December 18, 2006, 07:51:52 AM
this ball rocks with cg out type drillings
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: Sir Bowl-A-Lot on December 18, 2006, 07:56:01 AM
quote:
this ball rocks with cg out type drillings

Say CG out leverage maybe?
Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: triggerman on December 18, 2006, 07:58:14 AM
you have a solid?  what condition you want it for?  that will give me some more options to tell you
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: Sir Bowl-A-Lot on December 18, 2006, 08:07:23 AM
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you have a solid?  what condition you want it for?  that will give me some more options to tell you

I have one on the way:  15# 3" Pin
Condition (THS):  http://www.pba.com/resources/oilpatterns/laneconditions.asp?ID=15
Thanks.
Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: Playmaker on December 18, 2006, 09:03:20 AM
CG OUT is great on this ball.
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: triggerman on December 18, 2006, 09:05:46 AM
then a pin over ring or if you have the hand pin over bridge, swing it out about 3/4" and you will love it. for an earlier read, place the pin under ring or as stated if you have hand under bridge with the cg out that 3/4" anymore then 3/4 and you will prolly have to add a weight hole.
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: Charles on December 18, 2006, 09:09:52 AM
Look for ending statics of 1/2oz side and 1/2oz finger on your CG out drillings and you will love the readability and movement off of the top hat for this ball. It takes away the over/under you may see.
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: se7en on December 18, 2006, 11:22:49 AM
I have both of my Cobalt's drilled label and they work just fine (power-tweener). I use the Pearl on conditions where I can play it down and in, and the Solid when the conditions demand I swing it out and play the boards.
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: SprayNpray on December 18, 2006, 06:02:31 PM
Mine is label-stacked according to the drill sheet.  Pin under ring.  Like Charles said, it does help smooth out the over-under on the THS I bowl on, which is something I have struggled with a great deal this season.
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: zeusjr on December 18, 2006, 06:28:39 PM
quote:
I read somewhere that this ball does not perform that well with a plain old label 1:30 drilling.  


Personally I've had a few balls drilled this way and have never liked any one of them so I would suggest never using that drill pattern but that's just me.

4X4 stack is a good drilling to use, I'd also suggest the CG out..
Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: joe 26 on December 18, 2006, 06:38:22 PM
I read somewhere that this ball does not perform that well with a plain old label 1:30 drilling.

hated mine at label 1:30. I think its was worse then my track 5.0
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: Brickguy221 on December 18, 2006, 08:18:59 PM
quote:
I read somewhere that this ball does not perform that well with a plain old label 1:30 drilling.


 
quote:
Personally I've had a few balls drilled this way and have never liked any one of them so I would suggest never using that drill pattern but that's just me.


 
quote:
hated mine at label 1:30. I think its was worse then my track 5.0
 


Guys, I couldn't agree with you more. I've had bad luck with 1:30 Label drills on Saws also. I talked to Inverted 1 a few days ago and he said he had two Saws Label drilled and they didn't work for him either. Although a few people will claim 1:30 Label drills on Saws work for them, I have found talking to a lot of people that they don't work for more people than they do work for.

Based on my past failures and current success with Saws, and in talking to a lot of people that throw Saws, I don't think you can go wrong with a CG out drilling on Cores like the Uranium and C2 cores, but that's just me talking. I can't speak for Bomb Cores because I have never had one, but from what Triggerman posted here, the CG out works great on the Bomb Cores also.

On a side note to Joe 26 in reference to the Track 5.0, I had one of those also and it was one of the worse balls I have ever owned.  

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Edited on 12/18/2006 9:23 PM
Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: novawagonmaster on December 18, 2006, 09:16:09 PM
I have a few of each core type drilled both ways. Some good, some not so good.
I'll start another topic to debate that issue.

As for my Cobalt Solid, I have a short pin (2")...pin under ring, CG out, no weight hole...works great on a THS.
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Title: Re: Solid Cobalt BOMB Question
Post by: Brickguy221 on December 18, 2006, 09:42:54 PM
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As for my Cobalt Solid, I have a short pin (2")...pin under ring, CG out, no weight hole...works great on a THS.
 


That's what I have on my Enriched Uranium (2" Pin, under RF, no weight hole, and  drilled 4 1/4 x 3 1/2) and that ball "ROCKS".
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Edited on 12/18/2006 10:43 PM