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storybook123

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Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« on: December 21, 2017, 07:58:13 AM »
My Buddy wanted me to resurface his bowing ball Tour IQ to 1000 grit, and was like why dont you throw it in league. We have very similar spans but his is just a little shorter. Well this ball didnt let me down, I went 252, 254, and had to change game 3 because I couldnt get out of the ball anymore but finished with a 216 for my best series to date of a 722. I was curious to see who else has experienced this, of throwing someone else equipment and scoring high.
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AlonzoHarris

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2017, 02:05:40 PM »
A friend of mine shot 300/800 with two balls that weren't his and house shoes because he forgot all his stuff at home.
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bradl

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2017, 02:08:22 PM »
To answer the OP's question, yes.

I was in our youth travel league, but still using a conventional grip Gyro, and starting my first stint into non-conventional (read: house ball) layouts.. IIRC, it was barely 1/16th sideweight.

Longtime friend of mine let me borrow his Fab Blue Hammer while he was on a tear with his P7 at the time. I end up shooting my best series ever atthe time. His ball had some major fingerweight and sideweight in it with a balance hole, but we had the same span, so it worked out for me...

Two weeks later I end up getting a Blue Hammer myself, 3/8th sideweight, and shoot high series for the league that season.

That ball is still in my bag, and may get one last hurrah out before the BW Urethane comes in.

BL.
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Bernard Byars Jr

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2017, 07:09:29 PM »
I shot 300/722 last weekend in league with a friend of mines ball (Inception Pearl) and needless to say he gave me the ball but man was he pissed lol.
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keegan.mier

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2017, 08:07:20 PM »
Way back, right before I moved up to fifteen pounds, in order to test how it would feel for me, my pro shop owner, with whom I have a similar span, his just a bit shorter, let me try out his Brunswick Aura, and while I don't remember the exact scores, I ended up shooting my first 700 something. That is still my best series from my old style, before I learned how to actually hook the ball.
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Impending Doom

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2017, 09:27:22 PM »
I have a friend that was throwing Track stuff a little before I started, and his span was close to mine, he used grips and had a little more reverse in his thumb. I tried out his Revmaster, and fell in absolute love with it. Couldn't miss. Couldn't get him to sell it to me, and by the time I was throwing Track, it was gone. Ball was the bomb, though.
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luv2C10falll

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2017, 03:23:47 PM »
Was the revmaster Columbia  ?
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Impending Doom

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2017, 03:25:00 PM »
Track.
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SG17

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2017, 05:10:30 PM »
growing up, I used to throw some of my dad's equipment as we had similar spans, ect.

One in particular I remember was his/my El-Nino X-it.  Dad threw maybe 5 games on it; hated it.  couldn't get it to roll the way he wanted.  we go to a tournament, I am struggling and on a whim he offer the X-it.  it rolled great. 

I was able to salvage 620 something in team, had a 680 in doubles and a low 700 in singles

ultimately, I kept it and bought him another ball for Christmas.

Since I gave him his La nina, a ball that he went on to throw all of his 3 300's and his only 800 (which still stands as the house record for series where he bowled), I think it worked out for him
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bullred

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Re: Ever throw a ball that wasnt yours and bowl well?
« Reply #24 on: December 24, 2017, 03:36:46 PM »
Just a couple of funny stories about using others' equipment.

We used to have a 5.00 pot game late after league.  Pin setter mechanic came up one night and was watching.  Someone asked if he wanted to bowl.  No one had ever seen him bowl.  He was from Bermuda. Kind of a stranger to all of us.  He said he would like but he didn't have a ball.   Guys offered balls if they would fit.  He found somebody"s ball he could get his fingers in.  Took off his shoes and socks, bowled barefoot, and proceeded to hold his own for the rest of the games.  It was also a LH drilled ball and he was RH.

Another story...Guy used to come in late, use a houseball, bowling in tennis shoes. held his own also.   This guy was first one I ever saw palming a ball.  No thumb or finger holes used.
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