I was just reading a topic where the question was asked whether or not to drill a pearl pin down. I have a versa max that I had drilled pin down pin 4 inches from my pap and it hooks but it doesnt carry well even on the drier conditions which is what I bought it for its very condition specific. Now I have an iq pearl thats pin up and its a beast, tons of backend and versatile for all but the dry and heavy. So is pin down pearl taboo,and if I wanted to make a 1-2 combo with say an iq should I drill it just like the iq pearl or would pin down iq match up and give me more coverage for the heavy to med heavy spectrum.

To keep it simplistic to a degree. Typically with pin up drilling's you take more out of the side of the core causing the ball to rev up more and be more angular down lane. When you move the pin down your not taking out as much from the side of the core and thus the ball is usually a little earlier in hooking and smoother on the backend.

That is typically if all things are equal which they aren't. Just because you drill a pearl ball or any ball pin down doesn't mean the ball will be a lot earlier and smooth on the backend if the ball is designed to be long and angular. The ball will still do what it was intended to do just not maybe as much because of the layout.

The Versa Max isn't the same as an IQ Pearl or a Taboo pearl. Different balls and different layouts equal apples to oranges to a water melon.

Drilling the Taboo pearl or the IQ pearl pin down doesn't give you the same reaction as the Versa Max. They are different. Also carry issues is another story all together.