Look into the Columbia 300 pure swing.
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2010 is the first time joining a league since 1999.  Over a 10 year lay off and haven't lost much of my game.   This year currently HG-279, HS-733.

Try a slingshot, 69.95 shipped from buddies, how can you go wrong? Mine is very smooth, and I used a 6" pin. I wanted a ball that doesnt hook much and I got it.

acvar
most of the balls reaction actually comes from its coverstock
not the core
the core does amplify what the coverstock is designed to do but a big majority of the ball reaction comes from the coverstock

go with a low performance piece something like a freeze, or mars, or even dark star or riot if you still want to have a ball that will cover some boards but give a consistent reaction
and go with a Rico drilling
the Rico tames the jump off of the dry and is a smooth consistent layout which will help when you start to have over/under reaction

I would recommend tryinging to keep the surface around 2000 abralon or 4000 abralon to start and adjust accordingly

Unless they have an unusual PAP (and rymacatthedisco is 4" straight over, if you bothered to read his profile), Rico will give a pretty similar roll.

The "dollar value" comes from the cover.  After a few years on a high end ball, the cover gets passed down to the mid range line.  Pin axis basically takes the core out of the equation.  Something like a 2" pin to PAP looks for an early rolling, reduced flare reaction which should help over/under.

I would never recommend a leverage drilling for someone experiencing over/under.  Leverage creates the most imbalance, hence more chance for over/under.  Your recommendation of more surface is a good one.

I personally would look for a ball with a strong cover with a weaker drilling, and add enough surface so you can keep the ball in the oil longer.
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I have freeze drilled with a 135 degree layout.  I have left the surface at OOB.  

it does very well when the lanes are over/under.  The freeze is my 2nd ball with that layout and both did very well on over/under.

My driller read about in a magazine and we tried it out on an old used ball.

But I have since found information on the drilling on a website called bowlingknowledge.com

Here is a link to drilling:  http://bowlingknowledge.com/tips/mario/mario_105&135degreelayouts.htm

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"we can not solve problems using the same way of thinking that we used to create the problems"  Albert Einstein

Personally, I made good experience with a half axis setup (pin at 2" from PAP, CG in palm) - not jumpy at all, but deadly rolly, and very specific so that the ball is not in my usual bag.
I used a 2nd hand Particle Power Groove as a base, surface polished. And I must say that this ball, with its high RG and good differential, was/is a good choice. I would not recommend a lower RG ball or something with an aggressive cover, unless you have really high speed or want to play a flat oil swamp wher you need that early roll. I also found that I have to play this ball very aggressively (concerning speed and revs), because of its early rolling tendency. It plays very different from a "normal" ball, but definitively has its uses!
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