I'm looking at buying a No Mercy, but remember posts a few months ago warning about balls that didn't have the Pin, CG and Hart lined up.  I'm in Australia and balls aren't exactly in abundance, and the one i can get has the CG to the left between the Pin and Hart.  Does this really make any difference when the ball is drilled up?  if so, is there a way to compensate for it?

Also, my Doom and Pain are drilled with a 4.5" Pin to PAP (CG towards the centre of my grip), where i get a strong but predictable reaction from them.  I'm looking at the No Mercy to handle oilier lanes when the Pain struggles, and to get a different read on fresh lanes.  Should i drill it with the same Pin to PAP and let the cover and weight block be the difference, or go for a more aggressive drilling?  i remember a lot of people said the #1 drilling was too strong.

Thanks for any advice, as i really want to get one of these balls.

Dean

The CG mark is determined after the ball has been fully produced - pin and mass or or HART marker are fixed through the core angles inside of the ball.
Since the core cannot be exactly fixed during ball pouring, a slight deviation of the CG from the pin/MB marker line on any ball is natural - since the CG only gives information about the weight distribution and hints how to set up the ball to keep static weights in legal limits (though weighing a ball before drilling is never wrong. You never know...).

Unless you have some crude deviation or CG placement, you should not worry. But I'd also be sceptical when the CG is more than 1" away from the pin/MB marker line, or very close to either of them and off of that line. Results may vary - friend of mine had had a Fear Factor with the 1" pin distance, and the CG was 1" off of the pin/MB marker line. The ball, though legal, had a weird and very inconsistent reaction, and when we asked a pro about the ball he told us that he'd consider the ball basically to be a blem, despite the rather low deviations.
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I don't know about all that pin to pap stuff, but I'm a solid tweener. I had the number two drill on my mercy at first. It arcs nice but I tended to leave a lot of corner pins with it. Had it redrilled with the number 6 drill, it went to long. I did win some nice money throwing it on a short oil shot with good backends though. Its just doesn't handle a lot on conditions or much oil with that drill. If I was to drill another one I would go with a variation of the number one drill. Maybe move the pin up a little and play with the cover. I threw another fellow leftys mercy with that drill and loved it. I don't need another one right now because I have two pains that do the job on oil. 2cents

HEY BEANO!

I have a NO MERCY drilled with the # 1 Recommended Layout per the spec sheet. The guys on here are correct in informing you that this layout may be too strong for you. It all depends on your style.

I decided to give it the # 1 Layout because I wanted to see what it would do for me. A guy such as myself who has a PAP distance of 5 > by 1 ^ would have a layout of a 3 1/2" Pin to PAP distance with the HART just left of thumb.

EXAMPLE: We both have a NO MERCY drilled with the # 1 Recommended Layout; but, we have different PAPs. You may have a 2 3/4" Pin to PAP while with my PAP, the layout would be 3 1/2" from Pin to PAP. Thus, we see 2 totally different reactions and it could be the difference between a ball getting a 'thumbs up' or a 'thumbs down'.

For me the NO MERCY with this layout definitely shows how strong it really is; however, in the heads (front part), uses most of its energy up front and gives a smooth arc on the backend.

I suggest drilling the NO MERCY based on these 3 guidelines:
1. Your Positive Axis Point (PAP)
2. What type of reaction you are looking for
3. What type of condition you are looking to use it on

Hope this helps buddy! God Bless You All and have a great week!

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thanks for all the helpful advice.  picked the ball up on the weekend and am going to get it drilled this week.  i think i'll go with a 5" Pin to PAP placed above Ring. Can't wait to give it a roll.
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Mine  came with 2.5 oz top wt.- 2.5 inch pin to C.G. -has the recommended drill - pin just right of ring, heart 1" left of thumb, ended with 1/4 ounce of negative side.  The C.G. was 7/8" left of pin - heart line. I have tried several surface adjustments - ended at 2000 abralon - no polish.  The line it likes is 15 at arrows to 10 at break - with very little hand - up the back.  High revs and more tilt make it impossible to keep it on the right side of the head pin.  Fall back shot is good, but no forgiveness -  my bowling center does not put out a shot that this ball likes.  The drill is too strong. - considered pin over bridge - but didn't want a balance hole on the left in  my track.  Aside from the initial reviews, and some problems with too much negative side killing the hook, this ball doesn't have a lot written about it.  And it could be that many of the bowlers found that the recommended drill is just too strong, even with polish.  It could be that it needs a much deeper line to be happy.  If I were getting another I would request a 4" pin with C.G. offset to the right 1 inch drilled pin over bridge....

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