AMF has been sold out...we all know this, but they are also putting out less volume of oil. our shot for league was a modified stone street...modified means hardly any oil i guess. My storm manic was way to much ball for this shot. All my other stuff is stronger, nightmare terror, reax, nightmare. What is a good ball for this light of volume? I like to stay within storm, dv8...My avg 216, 15 to 16 mph tweener...Thanks.

I was given a breeze that I have yet to try on the short/dry patterns. I also tried a Maurader Mutiny from (DV8) that appears to be REALLY clean through the front and with proper drilling maybe a step down from the stuff you have. DV8 also has the reckless and misfit lines if you need lessthan the maurader line.

I saw the same thing in my area.  I bet its the weather...atleast in my area.   

I still uses an two piece Black-U-Dot.

I had this as well. Almost every ball I had brought with me was too strong for the lanes, and checked up early. My Hammer Cube was even starting to hook.

The only ball I could use to stay right of the head pin was my Ebonite Optyx, because it still had all the oil soaked up in it. I haven't given it any sort of cleaning or resurfacing since I bought it in 2001. And even with that, I was still at 15 at the arrows swinging out to to around 8. Everything else had me at least an arrow left.

I'm thinking that either they weren't oiled that day, or that when the season starts to settle in, conditions will get better.. depends on the alley, though.

BL.

As it gets cooler in the season, even the lightly oiled lanes will start to hold up a little longer, and not appear so dry. Right now it's hot.....and the dry is dry!

I use a highly polished Riot, and my old faithfuls, Sonic- X's with two different drillings.

Lanes seemed fine to me. I used my Diva then switched to my misfit pearl. First game tried to use my Brutal Nightmare and went 187 second game with the Diva was 258 and the third with the Misfit Pearl 270.

12,

It's all about business sense. Independent alleys have that one alley to worry about cost. They can make quick business decisions based on there need for change. AMF/Bowlmor is a global business that has to keep their decisions uniform for the business as a whole. What they are also trying to do is drive out leagues (which is a horrible decision). The shot is based on what they are willing to put out to keep people somewhat happy. You may not like the shot, but the more units you put out, the more accurate the Avg Joe has to be. The Avg Joe is what drives leagues, keep them happy and you have a league. Piss them off and they disappear.

As far as the shot, it's supposed to be bone dry after the oil ends. If not the balls would go 60 ft. The oil, for THS is never outside of 5 in heavy concentration. You have to know what you are looking at and adjust accordingly. With my rev rate and lack of speed, My RotoGrip Shatter covers the lane on most of what I bowl on. Rarely am I getting to use surface. Oil will not be put on most lanes unless there is either a sport pattern, or some tourney that justifies the amount of units.

My suggestion, get a low end pearl or solid.