my ball is drilled similar to prophets in the help post accept that my pin is under and to the right of the ring finger.
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a rev hole below your pap on the val use a big bit and drill semi shallow shold rev up a bit and eally pop on the back end

prophet a few things i have learned about this ball are,1 that you have to have oil,2,you will probably never have enough hand to swing this ball if you cant already,3; this ball is best ,even great,because it will not overreact on the line you are striking on,and 4; this being a heavy oil ball doesn't mean it is a hook monster it is just the opposite. It is ideally suited to play about 5 boards where there is oil . It will recover from 12 to 17 ,but its not designed to play inside out. down and in is where its king . Took me a while to learn that.Unless you have a ton of revs.
    I was bowling yesterday and tried to use it it never bit, not a wrinkle. And this was a freshly oiled shot. Picked up my epic,same thing. I went thru all my balls on this freshly oiled shot and ended up using my polished power groove and my polished passion. Finally I know and appreciate what heavy oil balls are meant for.
   There was oil yes ,but the amount necessary to use the battle you may never see. If it doesn't move its 5 to 7 boards put it away its burning up and go to something weaker.If you really just want to use it you will have to polish it to use it on anything other than a considerably long or well concentrated pattern. I ended up shooting pretty good with the passion.
     To justify my point further,I went to league after the tourney,fresh shot .Picked up the battle and not a wrinkle,went to the epic and still nothing.then i picked up my overtime and then to the passion .I used the passion cause even though there was oil there wasn't enough for the other balls. they were just burning up. shot 677 which for me is great. shot well all day yesterday in fact. The basic reason was i stopped trying to make my heavy oil balls be hook monsters and used the equipment suited for the condition.
    I have been knocking balls for some time and now I think I can honestly say i was dead wrong. The battle is a great ball ,but for a this you might consider 2000 grit with polish, or maybe a saturn or horizon. I have found that the biggest hooking balls are polished where you have short oil and some backend. heavy oilers are not meant to hook a ton they are meant to give you some reaction where weaker balls wont. then the rest is up to you.
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I agree with Tenpins explanation.  My Battle is drilled pin under, MB strong and I cannot swing it like My Epic with the pin next to my ring finger.  I too may never find an oil pattern suited for this ball as it rolls so heavy that is needs the oil to keep it from burning up.  No matter how skip/flippy you drill this ball, it will not have the backend of a ball like a Paradigm.  Drill this ball and use it for what it was intended for, heavy oil.  If you wanted backend, drill up a Horizon or the new Epic Saga.

Or wait for the Horizon Solid.
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Scott

yeah i had the same reaction when i polished mine. I just wish i could find a piece i could use on heavier shots that hit and reacted like this thing does polished on lighter shots, I think i am gonna polish it before league tonight.
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TooMany.. the Battle is IMO very versatile.  For players with less revs playing up the boards is gona put the ball in its element, giving great drive into the pins.  For players with more revs the ball is still strong off the dry, and even quite sharp when polished.

On long oil patterns where the inside line IS the line; the battle is quite awesome, giving good traction throughout the length of the pattern and can really open it up.

Ryan