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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: dR3w on July 04, 2015, 10:48:51 AM
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I ran into an older gentleman who used to bowl in the 70s and 80s he said he had an all black ball with a red stripe but he couldn't remember the name of it. Does anybody recall something similar?
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I believe that's a Amflite Magic Circle had a 1/8" red line around the ball as a roll tracer. (Like the ball with the 3 white tracer dots on it.)
(The line came in yellow or red, also a blue and orange line also I believe)
(https://www.ballreviews.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bowlingballvault.com%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fjreviews%2F841_AmfliteMagicCircle_1263161556.jpg&hash=fad084a3e5e2efa9d7054e7def0405a9e5b9a360)
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It was an AMF hard rubber ball introduced in the late 60's. It might have been called magic line I don't remember very many people using it, although a guy on my college team had one. The idea apparently was that the red line would follow the track. Of course no two tracks were the same, and I think only a few full rollers would have gotten the intended look.
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These were AMF Magic Circles. The Red/Orange line ball was for full rollers and it was to be drilled so the line matched the ball roll of the fuller roller. There is supposed to a Blue 3/4 roll that is much more rare. I've never seen a the blue 3/4 roll Magic Circle so it may not really exist.
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Here is a link to the AMF Amflite Magic Circle:
http://www.bowlingballvault.com/companies/1-amf/841-amflite-magic-circle
One of my friends uses a Magic Circle as his spare ball (also on fried conditions). Yes, he has a full roller delivery.
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Got 2 or 3 of these sitting at home...used to throw it as a fuller roller (70's), threw it as a semi-roller (00's) which was amusing.