I really love the way my Lock rolls but I never have had such bad carry since I bought a new ball. Many different houses (THS) and still the same result. I have ball drilled pin up and have been using in OOB. Last night I switched to a pin down Ride and moved way out and shot 267 with the front 8.  Amazing what a different ball will do for your carry. Also have a fight drilled same as Lock and the carry isn't much better. Thinking of polishing both my Lock and Fight to see if that helps with the carry. I hate to plug a new ball and re drill pin down,  but might have to with these new balls. I like to play right in the track so maybe some polish will help solve the problem. I bought the Ride mainly for spares but that ball sure hits hard. Has me thinking about drilling more stuff pin down and adding some polish. Looking for some opinions on anybody that has polished the Lock and or the Fight. As a last resort I guess I can plug them and change to a pin down drilling.

Surface is 70% of the ball reaction from what others have stated here. I feel you should always adjust the surface prior to re-drilling or giving up on a ball. More than likely, you are not encountering enough oil for the OOB finishes of these.

I can also take my IQ Tour Nano down to 1000 and just bring it for tournaments. That way I can use the Lock and Fight both polished up. Frustrating when your spare ball (Ride) out carries all your new stuff. Sometimes I am too stubborn to start out with the Ride and I try to force the Lock or Fight to start with. Kind of like when I was a kid and got a new toy. Kind of unfair to my teammates in league play.

If the Ride was working, the Fight and Lock were too much ball.

Did you watch big Wes throw the Lock last week? Ball rolled really well and hit awesome for him. I was very impressed as I usually hate pearls and hybrids that contain pearl on any type of volume.

Moral of story: Sometimes you have to throw the inexpensive stuff because that is what the lane is giving you. You can't force the lane to take a higher friction ball.

Polish and higher grit abralon does wonders reducing friction and getting the ball down the lane. Shows there is not enough volume or the pattern is not long enough for the Lock.

If you are more of a medium speed, medium revs guy, the Lock in  box condition is probably not a good matchup on a THS.  Basically the aggressiveness of the ball tends to force you deeper, and unless you are a high rev guy the ball covers too many boards for your rev rate causing a lot of 10 pins.  I had almost the same issue with a box condition Paradox that wouldn't hit a lick in my house shot league.  I took it to 4000, put a bit of polish on it and my carry went through the roof because I didn't have to play as much out angle through the heads. 

Alternatively if the Ride lets you stay outside that may be a better option for league even though I would still keep the Lock polished.   

just out of curiosity but considering most ths shots are med-light volumes of oil why would you use a ball thats supposed to be used on heavier volumes of oil or on sport shots why not buy a ball thats more so intended for med to light volumes of oil or 1that fits your ths shot. im not trying fire anybody up but just saying why would tou buy a hook monster made for heavier volumes and kill it down to handle ths when u can buy a weaker ball and also save money in the process.

yeah its all pipe dreams lol either way the op solves his own problem by using the ride which is more suited for ths than the lock the results were better scores. either way its just a matter of knowledge and using your equipment for whats its intended for.