Ike,

I don't know how many balls you would want to use for your arsenal, but personally I would place them in this order:

Heavy: GP2
Med/Heavy: Arsenal Aggressive
and X 5.0
Medium: Slash
and Xception
Med/light: Heat
light: Desert Heat

The 5.0 and Aggressive will cover similiar conditions, but in far different ways. WHen the oil is longer, the Aggressive is going to do a better job because it will roll up sooner. The 5.0 will clear the heads better than the Aggressive and give you more area right with your line.

You may get a slight bit of overlap with the Heat and Xception. The Xception is going to get more backend reaction and will handle the lanes better than the heat when the oil starts to move. The Heat allows me to play a straighter line on fresh medium-med/light where the Xception allows me to play more of an area.

-EX-
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Youngstown Ohio

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Edited on 7/1/2005 11:35 PM

Hey Ex, doesn't matter how many are in the arsenal.  Whatever I need for to cover everything from pba conditions to regular house/tourney shots from heavy oil to the desert.  You have any ideas for drill patterns for these bad boyz? Here is what i was thinking.

**Not sure yet to do with the x holes but they will all be at least 2 1/2" deep with small bits to get back to 0 side**

GP2- 3 3/8" pin to pap distance, pin even or under the fingers, mb in the strong position 2" right of the thumb.  X hole on my pap.

Aggressive- 4" pin to pap distance, pin under fingers, x hole 1" inside my pap

Xception 5.0-Pin under ring about 4 3/4 from pap, mb just to right of thumb about 1/2" and the x hole is placed 1" past my pap to give me some kick for some carrydown.

Slash- 4 1/2" pin to pap under ring, cg in the palm, control layout, x hole on pap.

Angular Particle- 5" pin to pap, above bridge, cg out 1/2" with x hole inside pap 1"

Xception- 4 3/4" pin to pap under ring, mb on VAL, x hole 1" inside my pap.

Heat- 4 1/2" pin to pap above ring, stacked, x hole either on pap or past pap 1"

Desert Heat- 5" pin to pap above fingers, cg in palm, x hole either on pap or past pap 1"


I would also like to throw a blue heat in there and maybe another aggressive but polish it up.
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Ike Brownfield
PBA 04-05

Ike,

I like the layouts that you mentioned for each piece.

I do agree with Rick and Mitch about the PBA patterns having alot of dry in the backends and you need to tame that down. For this I would suggest either a Blue Heat, an Aggressive or a Slash. Rick has mentioned in the past that he has his Aggressive drilled with the pin 1 1/2 from PAP......I think that layout is perfect to tame down over reacting backends. Lets see what Rick thinks. I think any of the 3 listed balls would be perfect for that layout.

-EX-
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C-G Pro Shop (owner/operator)
Youngstown Ohio

Track Intl.-Amateur/Pro Shop Staff

www.trackbowling.com

Hey Ike,

Same thoughts here bud.  All your layouts look good but just one change in the 5.0, instead of keeping mb next to thumb, measure out the distance to about 3.75 to 4.  This ball really has pretty good length and still a lot of pop to it and my layout is 4 7/8x 4 mb pin 1 5/8 above mid (under bridge).

My Aggressive is drilled 1.5x1 and even that has good finish on clean backends.  I thinking that you having a touch more speed then I do will help you reaction not be quite as jumpy as mine but still finish pretty late and strong.  If that's true, then your layouts on the suggested balls look good...
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Rick Leong - Ten Pins Pro Shop
Track Intl. - Amateur/Pro Shop Staff  
Vise Inserts Staff
Trackbowling.com

Sounds like you guys have it covered!

Good luck Ike!

Clint
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Clint Daley-Owner
Lets Go Bowling Daley
Salem, Ohio 44460
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