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Original message -- so the pins you are rolling a ball at now, are the same weight, size, and material make-up as those 75 years ago. ... Except -- I think the...
Original message -- Hardness has nothing to do with how much turn you can get on the ball. That all comes from your fingers and wrist. ... By "turn" -- do...
I am referring to turn as RPMs, not hook. I retracted that statment I made as AJ stated that hardness does have an effect. Without fully knowing what he...
The weight of pins has changed through the years, todays weights are between 3lbs 6oz and 3lbs 10oz. Your typical pin is still made of wood/maple but now has...
Brian -- Thanks for the info on bowling ball specs -- I will put that PDF link on my alphabeticalist website By the way --- the balls that are used on...
Senior Brian, the ball hardness does directly affect the amount of turn. i own every ball in the Visionary Bowling Products Gargoyle line. between those 4...
they are supposed to, but if you have ever had the opportunity to look at a pin up close, the bottom of those pins has a small hole in the middle and moist of...
See, this is why I retracted what I said (maybe you didnt read that post). Not knowing what you meant by turn. What you call turn, I call "hook". Agreed...
The hole in the bottom of the pin goes back to before the time of automatic pinsetters. there was a peddle on the floor that the pin setters would pres and...
I have been in this game since I was 5 years old. 29 years ago. I average 230 in my leagues (not great wall shots, but not sport shots either). I have 17...
Hi Everyone, After having last week off due to Thanksgiving it was good to get back to bowling. Although my scores were a bit low, I did manage to maintain my...
Shadowman wrote " I have been in this game since I was 5 years old. 29 years ago. I average 230 in my leagues ... . I have 17 perfect games and 6 800...
... From: Arthur O'Connor <artdoc60@...> martin balls are wieghted to one side or the otherand it does help------------------------------------ You mean...
Original message it has about 12 boards of break, but that is from the weight block and where it is positioned in the ball as it transitions down the lane. ......
Well, we bowled very well, but not well enough in our first match of the season to win. We lost our first Baker match today averaging 209 with 47 X's, 23 /'s...
Answer to A: No, because you will have an offset of weight by the drilling of the ball unless it is drilled zero. I don't believe any human is that accurate...
Oh sure. USBC allows for 1 ounce of weight. Finger weight, thumb weight, side weight all must be within 1 ounce or the ball is deemed illegal. Brian...
Hey Brian I think you need to draw them a map because what it looks like to me reading everything in this topic no one has a clue to what is going on. It went...
1. There were 42 consecutive years of the ABC Tournament until this happened? What event cancelled the ABC Tournament? Answer: World War II 2. The front...
I wa reading the answers to the trivia for last month and I found an error in the question regarding when the automatic pinspotter was used in the ABC...
... What a bad night for me, sore wrist and all, with a 136 average I bowled 146, 112, 104 :( I got so upset by a double gutter, I made an ass of myself and...