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Equipment Boards => Brunswick => Topic started by: Apero on October 18, 2019, 01:23:20 PM
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I have the opportunity to buy a bowling ball(International Zone - Smart Zone 1). Not used. Not drilled. The ball was produced in 2003. Is it worth it?
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Depends. If it is activator shell, or even PK 18 with strong core might be good
Most of the domestic zones in that era were pretty good
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Coverstock is SS Extreme reactive, an international cover. At the time, it was designed as a ball for medium to medium-dry lanes. These days it would probably work better for a later shift or light oil conditions.
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Will the reactive surface of a 16-year-old ball work? I worry that she went bad for 16 years.
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If it has been stored well (e .g. the ball kept in its OOB bag), old stuff can be "as good as new". I recently had a Storm Banshee from 2004 punched up, and I cannot tell any deficiencies.
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Will the reactive surface of a 16-year-old ball work? I worry that she went bad for 16 years.
Not even a problem! Them Zone balls from back in the day are TANKS!! I have about ten of them that I still use today! No worries!!
Nice pick up!
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Also , Brunswick had more names for coverstocks back then than you could count. I will bet the cover was actually PK 18, or a close derivative.
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Main league ball is a Morich Mojave with a Brunswick cover stock first released over 20 years ago and the ball itself is over a decade old. Older Brunswick stuff at least for me tends to be better than the new stuff on lighter house shot.