Author Topic: Dilemma on a heavy oil (Read 3359 times)

Redline · « **on:** October 28, 2007, 05:37:14 PM »

I am having trouble getting a good backend reaction from my equipment right now. I even have taken some of my "retired" balls to see if I can get a better reaction on the backends...but still no luck.

Right now I am using a Anger w/factory finish polish applied as my "heavy" ball. I liked the midlane read...but I wanted the ball to push a little farther down lane. The ball is still reading properly, but just isn't moving off the dry. I have tried moving right...but end up in the traffic area where everyone else is playing and once the shot starts breaking down...I get into trouble.

Instead, I have found staying a little inside and grooving my own spot is working marginally better. I still would like suggestions on what ball I should consider as a possible "true heavy oil" ball.

I haven't had much luck with solid covers and being that most heavy oil balls have solid covers and are quite pricey...I'm very unsure of what I should be looking at whether it be the NM, the Beat'n or a BW solid. In addition to all that, I tend to drill my equipment with weaker layouts to control the reaction from heavy oil to clean backends. So this really is uncharted territory for me to be searching for an expensive, strong ball that will probably be drilled stronger than anything I have done before.

Redline · « **Reply #16 on:** October 30, 2007, 01:18:17 AM »

Update:

The proshop ended up getting more NMBs in stock. I talked it over with the driller and ended up getting that. He had been drilling a lot of these and had a layout that was working well with most bowlers. Ended up with the HART about 1" left of my thumb. The pin 4" from my PAP even with the finger line.

It looks like OOB this ball should do it. Was about a 38ft pattern today, after league. As usual the track area from 7-10 was burnt up. I through it down and in through that area and the ball hooked at 30 ft and went left.

I moved into "no man's land" for and found plenty of oil in the heads around 13 out to the same breakpoint around 7-8. This ball goes LONG. It goes as long as my Toxic (5.5in pin to pap over the bridge) makes a hard turn and kills the pins. I had heard these balls hit heard...they definitely do. I was sending messengers all over the place. On a couple shots messengers hit messengers. I had the 5 going at the 7 only to be deflected out by the headpin coming back. Basically just shrapnel everywhere.

I couldn't tell if I was breaking the shot down or not because the ball just kept responding the same way through 3 games of practice I had.

In general, I think with this ball I have found the extra boards I needed for recovery. Playing the same line as Chitown recommended I found that the Toxic did recover (albeit I had about 4 ft of extra room)...but came in light.

Overall...this ball definitely shows some potential. It's a hell of a ball. I was unsure how this ball would be since I thought the HART needed to be further left...but now I see why some people say that using this ball is like cheating.

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