Drilled mine pin over bridge, cg down the midline and polished it up a bit to provide some much needed length in my game when the scorch arrives.  The best description I can offer is "BIG BANG for little bucks!!!"  Hardest hitting ball I have put in my hand in quite some time.  Arcs up nicely and makes a continuous, yet smooth transition at the breakpoint.  I have already ordered another one with the idea of leaving it box finish(semi-dull) to give me a more trustable look in the medium-light range.  Glad to see Visionary offer up this gem.  They most certainly hit the bullseye with this one.  Feel free to ask me any questions and I will do my best to answer them based on what I have seen from my own observations.
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Umm....Walter Ray....its customary to hand over your wallet AFTER I beat you. Its not like we haven't been through this a hundred times.

I have drilled this ball and the pin is 1" above fingers and 5 1/2 from axis and i hit the ball a ton i have not yet had a problem on any condition with this ball hitting the thumb or fingers but yet is still smooth recovery not a jerky one so if you like a good even roll this is the ball

dude fun times with this ball.... had the pin drilled right over the bridge and when i throw the ball it cames back if i dont throw it so hard, i had the front 9 and the back 9 with the ball so far im pretty happy with it

Great dry lane ball.  Make sure you shine it because out-of-box condition starts to early.  As soon as you shine this up - wow!  Great for low or high revs.  Found it on www.bowlingballnfo.com.  They have all balls listed there.

Ball Specs

• 15.15 lbs., 2.95 ozs. TW, 3 1/2" Pin


• Surface box condition 1000 matte  


• Layout 5 1/2 x 4 1/2


• Pin above fingers centered above bridge


• CG kicked right 1 1/2"s from grip center on horiz. center line


• X hole 5/8" diam. 3" deep on VAL 1" below horiz. center line

My Specs

• Right handed male consider myself tweener


• Axis angle 45 deg.  


• Axis point 4 7/8" over 1/2" up


• RPM 325


• MPH at 10' 18 mph consider myself medium speed

Overall

I have had this ball since beginning of 04 season and now have enough games on it to give it a fair review. Tried this ball from Visionary for THS wet/dry more for control than anything.  Nice surprize.  Can play dry on THS and not have the over reaction you see on most equipment these days.  Have not had my feet this far right on lane in years.  Had to get used to playing lane squarer like back in 60s & 70s.  If you are looking for ball to cover a lot of boards this is not the one.  If looking for a ball that allows a player to go more down and in or with small head belly with great hit and carry this is your ball to try. One of the better kept secrets around.

Lane Conditions Used On

1.) House shot #1.  Brunswick house older wood with Guardian overlay in heads new summer of 04.  Lane conditioner Kegel Offense length has varied 38 ft. to 42 ft. over season. Good kickbacks, pin decks and pins.  Propreitor likes to put down a THS puddle in middle and very dry outside of 9-10 to gutter.  I can play 7-8 in the dry starting and not have to over reaction you usually see and move into lane as heads go.  I did take ball to 1200 Storm Step #2 to allow for a lil more backend and carry.  With the high Rg ball lopes thru heads easily and gets in a good midlane roll though not as noticeable as many lower Rg balls.  Carry relatively high for a lower flaring ball.  Solid reactive cover is reasonably strong but I believe the modified DC core is the main reason for good carry.  Have scored many good 200 games highest so far 279.  Main reason I'll put it away is for lane conditioner carry down.  Because of the large puddle and Offense we get a moderate amount of carry down into 3rd game.

2.) House shot #2.  12 year old Brunswick center w/Anivilane 1st generation.  Lane conditioner Kegel Offense.  THS lil more outsides here 41 ft..  Overall a lil more of a more rounded pattern than 1st house.  Still easy scoring condition probably easier for most because of the not so wet/dry condition.  Again, I can play the dry near same line and carry is probably even better than the wood house.  Here, I use a more lil more axis tilt when my game is on.

3.) PBA pattern A. Used this ball on A from 3 board to 8 board with very good results.  Did not get the under over you might get with higher flaring equipment.

I had asked for more balls from Visionary with solid covers and this is the first out that many THBs can use right out of the box.  Very well thought out ball.  Hope this review helps BR users.

Scott
Visionary Test Staff

I just join the Test staff got this ball about two weeks ago. We drilled the ball with a 30 degree mass bias, pin above the finger. Th pin Placement is 3-4. I was a little nervous about the drilling because i wanted a good ball for light/dry conditions and I have a lot of hand. I threw it on a typical house shot and the ball got down the lane and turned harder than i wanted so i polished it up and it got rid of the really hard turn. I recently bowled on a 37 ft house shot with really the backends really moving the got me down the lane and held the pocket well.

What impressed me about this ball is the fact that i cannot get it to flare. This worked out really well when i got into some oil. In the oil the ball went long and arced to the pocket and the dry went long and had a nice flip. I've never had a ball that hit so hard on dry conditions.

I was really impressed with this balls control and power. It is a close rival to my favorite ball. I would suggest this ball for anyone looking for a good ball for those light oil conditions that will still hit hard and won't tend to have a big over/under reaction.
I look forward to throwing more visionary stuff in the future.
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Bowler19
A winner is one who keeps on trying

This is the hardest hitting straightest ball I have ever seen.  

It is setup controlled with the pin above the ring finger and the 1/4 inch pin just right of the thumb hole.  

This ball flares less than one inch for me, but will still make a move if it is dry enough on the back ends.  After we burned up our pair with an hour of practice, I couldn't keep anything else from going through the nose.  

I have a feeling I may leave some 9 pins with this ball due to the angle I have to throw it at the pocket.  If it makes a backend move, this ball will drive right through the 5 pin no problem.

Also makes a great spare ball with a flat wrist.


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Luke Krepsky

Visionary Test Staff