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HamPster

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Drilling a Diablo
« on: September 12, 2005, 08:40:41 PM »
Ok, I'm looking for this to be a lower end smooth solid for me.  I have too much pearl stuff, and it's getting a little frustrating when the lanes start breaking down.  Check my profile for how everything is drilled.  The patterns I bowl on are: Laneshield, medium-heavy oil, 40 feet, insane backends;  Pro Anvilane, oiled to 23, buffed to 36, dry, weak backends.  My Classic has been my benchmark so far, I've hardly used anything else this year.  Thrown my Hybrid for 3 frames, it's a step beneath my Classic, almost have overlap, Classic gets the nod for stronger backend.  My Smokin is a step up from my Classic, just a little too strong.  My Strike is just ridiculous, can't throw it very long at all, and can't throw it period on the synthetics.  

As you can see, I don't have a lower end solid.  What I'm looking at is something with about the same hook potential of my Classic, that's smooth like my Hybrid, but naturally above both of them in consistency.  I'm planning on drilling it pin over ring, cg juuuust right of grip center (close to my Classic, should give me a pretty smooth roll) and might add a flare reducing weighthole.  Unless it surprises me, I'm assuming I'm going to have to polish it too.  Hoping I can go straighter, with a little bit higher speed and lower revs.  Both the Classic and Hybrid get squirty.  

Think this will work?  I don't know how strong the ball is, but it looks like the kind of ball I'm after.  Reactor is pretty strong on the backend, it has a medium rg and differential which should help length and then recovery, and it's not supposed to hook TOO much.
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