Just wondering if anyone has their bowling balls drilled without thumb slugs? I just recently drilled an old ball to use as a test for a specific lane condition and decided not to use a thumb slug and because I use a lot of tape to get just the right feel I did not seem to notice any ill effects doing this. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Better than half of my equipment has thumb slugs.  The reason being that I buy a lot of used stuff and often just slug the thumb and re-drill the fingers (when possible).  I really don't notice any difference between what's slugged and what isn't.
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If you have a lot of tape in ball what the heck difference does it make.

The feel is tape!

REgards,

Luckylefty