Tell your buddy to forget about the days of the EL NIÑO X-IT, that was 8 years ago and most anything you buy now days is just plain stronger. If this was his benchmark ball, I'd say get a Rapid Fire. If he's looking for a BIG oil piece then a Virtual and one drop of oil down from that ball is the Dimension.

I still keep a 16# X-It in my tournament bag. It's the only 16# I still throw. For me a Special Agent was close but it went longer and had more backend - overall they covered about the same amount of boards, just a different reaction shape. The X-It has more mid lane control.

I have a Cell and I'd say it's close. I've also thrown a Brunswick Copperhead it's a little earlier than the X-It but I'd say it's an option too. I still need to throw the Cell more since it's new but I think it could make me retire my X-It.

I think the person recommending the Double Agent might be on the right track too since it has a particle load and the X-It does too. It might be hard to find one since they're discontinued.

J_mac

If you new where we could get a 15 lb X-it that would be awesome.

Any idea what the current owner (you?) would ask for it?

I tried locating a Double agent at the online retailers (bowling.com, ect) and struck out.  

The cell and copperhead are interesting ideas.  

Thanks all,

i will pass this info on to my guy Tonight is the league we share.




--------------------
-------------------
"we can not solve problems using the same way of thinking that we used to create the problems"  Albert Einstein

Special Agent would be close.