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DP3

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A plesant suprise from an old overlooked ball
« on: June 13, 2005, 03:45:07 PM »
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What is it may you ask?  A Columbia Sport.  It was an X-out due to all the white and pink phasing(looks very nice though).  That's a pic after it was drilled up.  I has the pin 1 1/2 from my PAP(the X-Hole is on the PAP, pitched 1" down).  The polished TEX Shell and this tame/rolly drill gives me a look that I need so bad on most house conditions.  I've put about 8 games on it so far and I do not want to put it down for anything.  It really lets me know when I made a bad shot because it feeds up the lane so well and give me a slow mellow arc from the midlane-on, enabling me to parallel myself to anywhere right or 15 and get a predictable roll to the hole.  I practied a few games after I got off from work tonight and had a great look playing outside the 1st arrow in a house that is notorious for being dirt dry outside with a FLOOD in the middle.  from 7-7 was definitely flooded up and the Sport looked like plastic being played from anywhere inside of 10.  Yet from 5 and out this ball found it's home and showed it's even nature, hammering the hole for the back 9 in game 2, of 4 for a 266.  

FYI, the Rebound ........
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.........was just too early and sensitive to the friction being played up the extreme outside.  It gave me a better look feeding the edge of the oil around 10-8 for the first 25-30 feet then getting some kick off the dry.  

Hand and hand they make an excellent tandem.  When my "Test Ball" gets here(sorry, I don't know what it is until I get it and drill it up) and a blank Urethane I'll post a review after about a week of use.  But for now the Sport is a great overlooked gem from the past that gives a nice predictable motion.  

Get some at cheapbowlingballs.com they might be the only place that has them left
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Edited on 6/13/2005 11:41 PM

 

LuckyLefty

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Re: A plesant suprise from an old overlooked ball
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2005, 12:50:45 AM »
Is it the ball or the drilling?

Me thinks more than 70% of this smooth act is because of drill!

Why because I just laid one on our local wet dry center on a ball I used ot have that was strong.   And now it reads so slow!!!  Ummmm! Ummmm!

REgards,

Luckylefty

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