My Buddy wanted me to resurface his bowing ball Tour IQ to 1000 grit, and was like why dont you throw it in league. We have very similar spans but his is just a little shorter. Well this ball didnt let me down, I went 252, 254, and had to change game 3 because I couldnt get out of the ball anymore but finished with a 216 for my best series to date of a 722. I was curious to see who else has experienced this, of throwing someone else equipment and scoring high.

Did you offer to buy it?

I did haha, he just laughed at me.

sometimes if i find a decent ball on the rack i will give it a throw

storybook123,

Nice set!  Although I have not used someone else's, several have used some of mine with great results.  Here in Utah I've seen probably 100 people over the past few years use their IQ Tour, and it's a GREAT ball.  My staffer friends each have a few...

Thank you! I think after the holidays, I will be mapping out his layout and purchasing one for myself. When you have never thrown a ball before and it works this well for you, it would be silly to not have it in my bag now.

I once bought a Byte off of facebook and got it within a couple days. Fit my hand pretty good and so i decided to throw in league that Thurs. Shot 300 first game with it. Was pretty cool.

I’ve done it for years..... I also have been so accustomed to it that I have the nickname ‘ballstar’  because of always using everybody else’s equipment (even more than all of my own balls) because of what I can do to a ball  (including House balls).

Lol I have the opposite problem.  People have problems keeping my equipment on the lane since with my high axis tilt and low revs I drill everything max flare and keep a shit ton of surface on it.

I don't use others equipment during league/competition but during a demo day I threw 10 in a row with a 607ASE that was generically drilled to fit a lefty with the same approximate span.

I obviously bought one afterwards.

Much like Phoneman and Leftybowler70, I have done this for years as well. I have a partner who actually got me into bowling, and who is constantly complaining about his balls not working, and having to get a new one.

Needless to say, I have a basement half-full of balls he's donated to me that I then score like crazy with and never even alter much, other than clean them!

Since we still bowl league together, I will sometimes grab whatever he's using and start throwing it. This year, he's gotten smart. He's gone to the switch-grip thumb slugs. I can't throw those because the ball just falls off my hand!

He's just jealous cause I throw it better! LOL!