mine was a galaxie300(brown) from K-Mart for$19.99 back in 1976.i think the  person that drilled it work in the sewing dept.later on i had it plugged and redrilled to a fingertip grip with 1 oz. side and 1 oz. finger.what a killer b
all that was.ended up shooting it to pieces with a .223 rifle.
i can also remember the pro shop guy that plugged it for me had a Yellow Dot in the display case that my buddy and i just drooled over.(boy,those were the days!)

A Columbia Light Dot.  There was no real dot. Just words.  Like 8 lbs and blue sparkly. I remember getting it drilled and being very angry because the finger holes went through some of the label lol.

Brunswick T2.


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baiki

my first ball was a  12# Brunswick automatic scorer rubber ball, the one with the huge white dot above the finger holes. I was 8 yrs old.

My first real ball was a  14# bleeder yellow dot. 12 yrs old

My first urethane ball was a 16# Gold Angle. 14 yrs old.

My first reactive ball was the T-Shark by track, Shot 846 with it w/o a 300 game. 19 yrs old

My first Particle ball was the Rock Star. 29 yrs old.
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Rev-O

A 10lb Columbia with the swirly dot, won it in a raffle when i was 8, has done duty as a houseball for about 12 yrs when i swapped it and another plastic ball for my coach/centre managers Brunswick GTB.
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EVERYONE wants some of this!!!

www.totalbowling.com.au/www/live/2002australianopen/multimedia/adrian_shelton.MPG

My first ball was a 15 lb black house ball at the University Rec Center.  Then I decided to "go pro" and grabbed my dad's green Galaxy 300.  It was drilled right-handed, which crimped my left-handed approach.  I threw a backup ball and threw my first 200 with that ball - a 214.

The first ball I ever bought myself was a 14 lb Columbia Black Knight which the ball return at the rec center ate - literally.  The rec center replaced the ball and the original went up in flames after being tossed on a brush fire.  (did you know that bowling balls burn with a very thick, inky cloak of smoke as a result?  I do.)  

I again decided to "go pro" and bought a 15 lb Columbia Black U-Dot.  Shot my first 250 with that one - a 256.  I was the man with that ball until I took a few years off and came back to find that there was this new stuff called "reactive urethane" and "resin".  Made my equipment look archaic at best.

I still have both the replacement Black Knight and the U-Dot in addition to the half-dozen or so balls I occasionally use when I travel.
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Nut

If you wonder if you're good enough, then you're not good enough.

It was a 10lb. Brunswick hard rubber ball from Kmart.  Don't remember the name, but it had cheap looking yellow lettering.  Had 2 of them - they kept cracking for some reason.  I think within a couple of months I got rid of those and bought a 12lb LT-48.  The cork in the middle was torture for me!  I'd sweat a little, the cork would then proceed to blister my thumb, then peel the blister off my thumb.  After those first 2 experiences, I'm surprised I didn't just give up on the game!  (I'd have saved a lot of $ and aggravation if I had).

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Why, WHY won't the last one just fall??  It's WIGGLING for cryin' out loud!!

A 12# Cherry Red Lucky Strike(not the cigarette).  I think it's still at Castaway's in Hegewisch, Illinois.  Or, it's attached to 30 feet of rope in somebody's boat.
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Not all great shots result in strikes and not all strikes are great shots.