Ok, I have all of my balls on the floor in front of me and even with 9 balls, there are still certain reactions that I need that I cannot find with the equipment I am using now. I still need a controllable early reading ball that is continuous, but reads the midlane very well. But it seems like everytime I set up a ball to give me this look it's a completely different reaction. I only have one ball that give me the even read I am looking for but it is in a polished particle pearl and sometimes it just skids too much before it starts reading the lane, when sanded it has no energy at the deck to finish. It's constantly driving me nuts on conditions that I need something to start rolling in the midlane and using some early flare without burning up at the deck.
My axis point is 4 3/4 over, 7/16ths up. Here is what I have
Phenom Unleashed(4 x 3 7/8ths, MB 5 inches from PAP)raw power throughout the whole lane
Nighthawk Revenge(2 x 2 weighthole on PAP, 1/4oz negative weight)the particle pearl i mentioned above
Nighthawk Menace(5 1/2 x 4, MB in strong position)long and weak on backend
Monster Reactive(5 x 3 3/4ths)great for opening up lane, lots of backend
Columbia Special(5x4, Reation Ricochet coverstock, K.O Punch core)only good deep inside
Track Threat(4 1/2 x 4 1/2, weighthole 2 inches past PAP)very squirty for me
Ebonite Test Ball(6 x 5, experimental coverstock, core from Savage)long, strong rolling on the backend, flares 5 inches though with weak drilling
Hammer Patriot(5 1/2 x 5 1/2, Reaper coverstock, Spike Core)longest, weakest ball
Even though a Vortex 2 with a control drill like a 1 1/2 x 4 would be awesome I really don't want to mess with anymore Ebonite equipment. I'm most interested in anything except Ebonite or Storm but I'm not that experienced with the new stuff from the other companies since I've been throwing all Ebonite and Track for the past 2 years and alot of 1996-1998 equipment. Any help, suggestions would be appreciated.
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-D. Marshall
ScratchBowling.com Shirt Staff 2003-2004
