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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: loose5682 on August 07, 2003, 10:48:57 AM

Title: new ball for my father
Post by: loose5682 on August 07, 2003, 10:48:57 AM
i'm doing some research in a new ball for my dad and i'm not entirely sure what to suggest to him.  He's got slow speed, a bunch of revs, right in between complete side roll and complete forward roll (3/4 roll?)

He's looking for something smooth, currently throws a Battle Zone Bullet (the silver one) and a White Dot (which he can hook on oil, which shows the lack of speed and sheer amount of revs)

A couple choices I came up with thus far are:

Inferno (might be too much and too flippy)
Deuce (again, maybe too much)
Turbo Diesel (polished? but then not as smooth)
Sonic X Solid (probably the best bet, smooth, but still a good amount of ball)

any suggestions/comments would be much appreciated, thanks guys!

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Andrew Loose
Illinois State University Men's Team
Title: Re: new ball for my father
Post by: Jeffrevs on August 08, 2003, 07:09:46 AM
Andrew, ... what conditions ?  Sonic may not be enough..it's only got 2 inches of flare...but then again, the speed / revs ratio may make that a good choice.
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JEFF
Just chimin' in !
Title: Re: new ball for my father
Post by: rackattack on August 08, 2003, 07:16:26 AM
I drilled my Inferno label to tame it and it still has big back end on a house shot.This might be too much ball for dad.Maybe a Jeckyl or Slingblade would be a step up but not too much.
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Title: Re: new ball for my father
Post by: loose5682 on August 08, 2003, 08:13:59 AM
Thank you both for your replies.

Jeff, we're not sure what kind of conditions he's gonna be seeing this winter, he's changing leagues and houses and there's no telling what this house will put out.  For this reason, we decided a smoother ball would be better since his Zone is more of a skid/flip

Rackattack, thank you for your suggestions, but from what I've seen, both the Jekyll and the Sling Blade are more skid/flip than anything.

Also, I failed to mention earlier, am looking at the Blade and the Silver Streak as well.

Once again, thanks for the suggestions thus far and looking forward to seeing any more.

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Andrew Loose
Illinois State University Men's Team
Title: Re: new ball for my father
Post by: Jeffrevs on August 08, 2003, 08:27:12 AM
Andrew, the Silver Streak is a very strong hard arcing reactive ! May be too much........however, if drilled properly with a slight scotch brite hit, it may work.

I was thinking something smooth....low RG, easy reading.....if you can find  Storm Tour Power that might work, or, maybe even a V2.....might be too strong as well, but smooth
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JEFF
Just chimin' in !
Title: Re: new ball for my father
Post by: TWOHAND834 on August 08, 2003, 10:47:25 AM
Some suggestions:

Brunswick Smash/R
Columbia 300 Hyde
Storm Tour Power
Storm Hot Wire

These are just a few.  I am sure there are others that I cannot think of off the top of my head.
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