Bought a ball this weekend for dry lane conditions, it was on clearance due to being 3 years old. and I bowled league tonight and people were saying "why did you buy that ball it's old dude" I pretty much told them to stfu I'm the one throwing it not them! But what does it matter old or new as long as it blasts the pins they can gtfo!

Wouldn't bother me at all to throw an old ball, especially if it was NIB. Heck my old spare ball was a 20 year old NIB Ace Supreme ( and would still be using it if it hadn't cracked >.<

3 year old ball is not very old by any means. Great deals can be had in proshops on bowling balls that are discontinued. I just drilled an a Groove Urethane and Avalanche Urethane and very very glad I did.I have several undrilled bowling balls that are 3 to 10 years old. They still roll.

I recently got a single drill Xcalibur from a buddy, and I have been using it in our summer league.  It's a shot that has the gutter playable, so this ball is perfect.  I have received a lot of ripping for using it,  But have averaged 225 with it the two weeks I have used it.  Even on a week where the oil machine screwed up.  I was high by about 100 pins.  So keep making fun of me for using it!  LOL

I recently got a single drill Xcalibur from a buddy, and I have been using it in our summer league.  It's a shot that has the gutter playable, so this ball is perfect.  I have received a lot of ripping for using it,  But have averaged 225 with it the two weeks I have used it.  Even on a week where the oil machine screwed up.  I was high by about 100 pins.  So keep making fun of me for using it!  LOL

And yet you don't hear a single person complain about using a Faball Blue Hammer. Now why is that? 

anywho, you have me thinking.. All of the balls I *liked* are still in reserves for me, and the X-Calibur was one of them. In fact, I still keep the following available in case the right condition pops up:

X-Calibur
Ebonite Turbo-X
Ebonite TPC Warrior
Ebonite Optyx
Columbia Blue Pearl Pulse
Hammer 3D Offset

I was at a 2-day tournament 6 years ago in Reno where the lanes were so bone dry that instead of getting a good 9 - 10 hours rest before the next shift, I drove the 2 hours back home to Sacramento to pick up my Blue Pearl Hammer, and made the drive back up. Best decision I made as I shot 1587 for D/S, while everyone gave me a drubbing for having a 16 year old ball at that time.

End of the story: they can complain and ridicule all they want; but it will be them complaining and crying foul when they can't keep their balls on the lane while your old gear runs the table.

BL.

I don't own a single ball newer than 2007. Granted I stopped bowling for a few years, but even when I was still bowling regularly, I hadn't drilled a ball since 2007 and that was my Rampage, which at the time was already a couple years old. I remember the first thing someone said to me the night I drilled it and was using it for the first time: "Why would you buy a ball that's 2 years old?"

Um, because it works? Took a few games to break it in and get a feel for the ball, but after that it was one of the best balls I've ever thrown. I wanted a ball that went sideways on the backend and that was exactly what I got. I really do need to plug the flare-reducing hole I put in it a few years back, worst move ever.

The Storm Hy-Road is going on 5 yrs. Nobody will be making fun of that ball!

You're damn right about that.  No plans from what I've seen lately to discontinue it yet either.  They tried with the FireRoad and CrossRoad, and look what happened there...

My current arsenal is from years 2001-Trauma Rec,1997-Special efx,2010-Green Mamba,and 1991-Gyro. and the Mamba was a used ball from a friend I bought for 25.00. I used the Trauma at my state tournament,were I shot >2000.