SVstar34,..you answered your own question "drilling up my Bounty to use on the longer patterns and/or more volume" is what you seem to want to do.
Personally, on longer oil patterns with increased volume I'm looking for a ball/layout that gives me readability and control. My favorite drilling for this is a simple 3 1/2 x 4. I like a 2 1/2 to 3 inch pin to do this, normally trying to get the pin just above and outside the ring finger, with the cg somewhere in the middle of the grip or under the ring finger, and the Mb pointed toward the track just left of the thumb hole...I like 1000 or lower surface dullish, and try to stay away from a extra hole if at all possible to keep the flare down some. This layout usually works well when you have to follow the oil line as the track drys and lets the ball read the track with out being over-under and jumpy. Good Bowling je
