As the regulars know my arsenal consists of the Angular, Aggressive and the Artillery all drilled pin under ring 45deg out.Now I am looking to buy a Strike Machine to give me a different option if I need it but I have not had an assymetric ball before so I wondered if any of the guru's could offer some advice, would the same drill be too similar to what I have and  how would a pin over bridge cg 45deg react.I realise the cover is one you are not familiar with but I'm looking more at how the core would react strength wise compared to what I have.Thanks.

Ratpack,

First bud....when it comes to asymmetrical equipment the CG location does not matter at all. You want to consider MB placement.

As for layout on the STrike Machine...what exactly do you want this ball to do in comparison with the rest of your arsenal?

Carl
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Hi and thanks for the replies,

Carl, I want this ball to be similar in length but to be a bit stronger on the backend, I bowl on wood lanes medium oil about 38ft and usually my Artillery is fine but for some reason ( poss old lane machine) the backends vary and then I struggle, there is not enough oil for the Aggressive and the Angular skids too far.I do change line and release but it's still a lottery when the lanes are like this.Thanks again for the help.

Buckwild, the differences I see are the Artillery is earlier and stronger reading the midlane the move is a hard arc the Angular in longer by 2/3ft and much sharper in it's move definately skid/flip even with pin under drill, both have excellent hit.Hope this helps if you need any more ask and I'll try to help.

I am of course open to any suggestions for alternative balls that would help, bearing in mind it's only a medium oil pattern.

Edited on 7/16/2006 8:03 AM

I'm a U.K. resident they are in stock over here.

Carl, thanks for the help I am however a bit confused by one thing, the Mean Machine's coverstock is listed as Fang LS, same as the Machine which I believe has particle in it, the Strike Machine is listed as Nano-Thread Reactive which implies no particle, so are they different or have they just given the cover a differnt name for the Strike Machine?

Anyway thanks again and I'll let you all know how it goes with this ball after a few games it may be a couple of weeks due to holiday.

Carl,

Thanks for the correction, on Track's website it states the Mean Machine is a 1500 grit smooth finish while the Strike Machine is listed as polished but it doesn't list at what grit, would this make any difference to the drill pattern or would I just need a surface change to get the desired reaction?

Thanks.