I went with a 4 1/2 x 4 (pin x MB) on this pill, and I ended drilling the ring finger directly into the pin. I did the same thing on my original Widow with awesome results.
I threw a few shots in warm-ups, and was happy enough with the results to give it a whirl once the lights came back on. I also threw one shot with the original Widow to compare, and I know it wasn't much of a sample size, but it told me what I needed to know about the Bite.
Compared to my Widow, this ball reads the lane much better in the mids, which was what I was hoping for. I lose very little on the back end compared to the old Widow, which was surprising. Once this ball starts the turn, it doesn't waste much time making the corner.
I had to keep telling myself all night to trust the ball right, because this ball was giving me a ton of area outside; in fact there is a slight OB to the right on our house shot where most equipment will not recover for me if I miss right. When I missed right with this ball, it read the drier boards very quickly and recovered more quickly than my old Widow would.
Our house shot is a standard X-mas tree 39 foot pattern buffed to 42, with around 60 units in the middle. Normally a ball that gives such a strong midlane read will quit a little on the back, but I was impressed that this one kept going on the back.
There were a few shots where if I would have thrown my Widow in the same spot, I would have been left with a washout, but this ball would try to leave a 4 pin and trip it at the last moment. I caved in a couple of 4-9s, and had at least 4 trip 4s. I just couldn't make myself send it as far right as it was begging to be thrown, but it would carry all those semi-high shots anyway.
I also did not leave a single 10 pin all night. Most nights I am good for about 3 ringing 10s. Not tonight; pins stayed low and I sent a couple of turbo messengers that always pump me up, even though there was never a 10 pin left standing for them to take out.
Compared to my Special Agent, this ball makes the turn about a foot quicker on the same line, putting me high flush as opposed to flush. Gotta get used to that. The Bite hits harder also, in my opinion, and I am VERY fond of my Special Agent.
I left a blower 7 in the first frame, whiffed it like an idiot, then went on to throw 235-234-255= 724. I felt like I didn't really start throwing the ball worth a crap until midway through the second game. I really carried some high shots that I don't normally carry for the first part of the night. Not a bad first impression- I think I could get used to this piece.
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~SprayNpray
-formerly known as SawFreak
