So I'm in the process of buying a older NIB ball  X-factor Reloaded... which has I've had the ball before when it was new and loved it, but sold it when i stopped bowling....  for some reason, i was thinking its a particle pearl???  idk  

 

But for todays THS or even tourny shots, how do you think it will handle the oil???  

 

I'm not looking for a monster hooking ball, probably going to do a 2inch pin to pap drilling so its more of a controlled drilling... since i have a drilling like this on my Tropical heat and love it... and would like to see it on a solid ball with some surface......

I wouldn't overthink the age of the ball.  It is a little older, but shell technology hasn't changed all that much over the past 7 years.  It will probably be just a touch cleaner through the fronts as the moder equivelant, as newer covers are a little milder downlane.