Has anyone from this site every bought a ball that was drilled illegally?
I had a talk with my proshop guy yesterday about a ball that I recently bought from someone on this site. I was finding that the ball always seemed to start slipping off my hand on the release; and thought maybe I should check out the pitch of the thumb (the ball was never redrilled because I spent alot of time finding a ball that already had the right span & wouldn't require plugging). So We take the ball into the shop & he checks the pitch of the thumb & as I thought it's drilled to allow the thumb to come out VERY easily.
Anyway; while the driller is looking at the ball, he is looking at the odd position of the balance hole & decided to throw it on the scales. "Ball has 3/8oz of finger weight" he says... and then checks out the side weight.
All I hear is "ohhhhhh"
He checks the weight again.
"The ball is borderline illegal" he proceeds to tell me.
Seems that the ball has about a hair's weight under 1 oz of side weight & the proshop warns me about using this ball in major tournaments in it's current shape. Thankfully it can be brought a little closer to legal by punching the balance hole a bit deeper, but it's a damned good thing I checked it out!
I never thought I'd have to verify the legality of a ball that was already being used in sanctioned play; but I guess it's always better to be safe than sorry!!!
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Lower LevelIf I see one more 4-9.....
