Smokingun,

Any ball will out-perform your urethane ball, just because today's stuff is so more automatic.  I guess its whatever you want to spend.  I know that some of the mid price ball will be just as good as the more expensive stuff, but it is up to you.  I wouldnt recommend a partical ball if you were a bender, but that might be your best bet.  They seem to help the bowlers who dont rev the ball much.  And also, because you do spin it, I wouldnt ask for anything that goes long, it will go long because of the spin, but will snap hard in the ends.  Partical will grab early, and keep going at the ends.  Hope this makes sense. I would do some research and see which ball will move in the mid lane and continues in the end, if you are looking for something in the oil. Your pro shop guy should know what you need. Good Luck!  

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Add some steering fluid, watch that ball turn!!!

www.centersracing.20fr.com

Your best bet would be to read the reviews posted by the people on this site. Take your time and read carefully. I spent about three and half hours one day reading different reviews, that's how I came up with the inferno being my best bet. Nobody can tell you what ball is best for you without actually seeing you bowl.

But as far as recommendations go, your style sounds similar to mine, so I recommend the inferno. I think it's about the best medium/medium heavy oil ball on the market. (and just because it upsets certain people to see this phrase)= The darn thing hits like a truck!!! lol
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You can always hit em hard when you've got the balls

Lefties are the only people in their right minds.

no1bucsfan

Well, I'm back with a new ball in hand.  I'm a little worried as the guy didn't even watch me bowl before recommending and drilling the ball for me. I explained the way I bowled and asked if he would like to watch me as we discussed on the phone, but he said it wouldn't be necesary.  I wanted to walk out at that point, but I trusted him and went with his recommendation.  He recommended a Brunswick Raging Inferno, as he is familiar with the lanes I will be bowling on and confirmed they are very oily.  He also recommended I go with a fingertip setup, which I had never tried before.

The only thing that kind of bothered me is a center hole he had to drill in the ball to make the weight even on one side.  He explaiend that the ball was heavier on one side than the other, so this extra hole needed to be drilled.  I asked if all balls had to have this done and he said no.  I asked if the ball was deformed/misshapen and he said no and that this was a normal thing.

He drilled the ball, and placed the fingertip inserts into the holes.  I rolled 3 games at the lane outside of the pro shop to test it out.  I must say, I had no idea that I had the ability to make a ball hook like this.  I always thought I was doing something wrong, but this ball makes it so easy.

The lanes were dry so this was the wrong ball to use.  However, I bowled a 216 which is about 30 or so pins over my average.  I'm going to try it out on a oily lane later tonight to see how I do there.

I wanted to get your reaction to the drilling job he did on the ball, and also what you think about the extra centering hole.  Here are some pics.

http://home.cfl.rr.com/edwimb/IMG_1160.JPG
http://home.cfl.rr.com/edwimb/IMG_1161.JPG

The whole thing came to a total of $185.26


Edited on 12/7/2003 5:36 PM

Edited on 12/7/2003 5:36 PM

SG, based on your description of your track (very low), I wouldn't have drilled the ball like that. The pin is very high, which will take the ball farther down the lane before hooking.

And there's a big label shift to the side. Because your track is low, so you say/showed us, less of a shift isnecessary. This is my opinion. =:^D

After looking at the pdf for the drill holes on the Raging Inferno, I think this guy was right on the money as to where the holes are drilled.

http://brunswickftp.com/Product%20info/Inferno%20Raging.pdf

It looks to me like he gave me drilling pattern 1L.  1L is for a medium-low track, medium-low rpm, and heavy oil.  Sounds good to me  One could argue that 1E would be better, but I'm kind of adjusting my mark to bowl across lane and let it swing out a bit before hooking in.  The late hook should help me with this.

BTW, I tried this thing out on an oily lane tonight for 5 games and didn't do so hot...  I think I'm just tired.  Tired, yeah, that's the ticket!!!