Back in the 90's I bowled with a guy who would always yell "20 pounder" when someone got a messenger or a lucky carry. It's interesting to finally see a real 20 pounder in action.
Packy back in the 80`s here in St. Louis, Mo. The ABC had their HOF. On display they had a Home made bowling ball from the 1920`s that was used in Chicago that was chiseled out of a solid piece of granite. it weighed in at 38 lbs. with only a 2 hole grip . thumb and one finger.. Someone asked why any bowling alley owner would let someone use a ball like that? If you can bowl with a 38 lb ball using only your thumb and one finger... Who`s going to stop you.. Enjoyed the video.
The balls that I’ve seen get stuck most often are the 5# ones that we let the kids in the Saturday morning bumper program use. The 4# ones and the 6# house balls come back fine.
It seems like it's usually the seniors with the 10 or 12 pounders that get stuck the most. Especially if there's a lot of oil or if they are throwing old equipment that has never been extracted.
If you want a lot of weight in a small space, use TUNGSTEN. They make Tungsten fish weights, shot for reloading, etc. EDIT: Tungsten is roughly 2.5X denser (heavier) than steel. So replacing the same amount of steel with tungsten. the ball would've weighed about 26 lbs. :-)
Years ago, a buddy bought my old red Hammer 16 lb. He drilled a side weight hole out and far into the ball. He put a small piece of rebar in it and made it 18 lbs. It hit like a Mack truck!
Going back to the late '60's, an acquaintance loaded an AMF magic circle so it had one pound of top weight. Planning to turn adult shortly, he used it in his last city tournament at a center with overlane ball returns. Unfortunately, sometime after the tournament started, his ball did not make it up the ramp and started rolling back down with a very noticeable wobble. He was suspended from juniors and not allowed to join the ABC for another year. This was featured in the Suspension Report section of Bowling Magazine at the time.
I did something similar when I ran a pro shop in the early 90s. I drilled a big deep hole in two different balls. We loaded bb's and fishing weights in both. We gave them each a name - the "Catfish/R" (there was a Piranha/C and a Nitro/R out at the time, so we played on those names. Then, the other one actually rattled as I think I used part of a thumb slug to make a hollow chamber. That one was called the "Rhino Pro BB." We had fun with them for sure.
I love the video man! It’s actually crazy because you played at the lanes that are 2 minutes from where I live and it blew my mind! But I’m happy to see more Wichita two handed bowlers!!
I got a Sure-D Pro ball up to 17lbs 10oz back in the 70's and anything high in the pocket was toast. I had to get it light or just barely flush. It was all drive.
An interesting experiment would be to hollow out the center of a regulation ball (not sure how without cutting it in half), creating a slide area with a moving weight front/back, side/side to see if you could influence the ball to do exactly what you want. I imagine it going very well, or REALLY bad- no middle ground on this one. The idea is from looking at different cores from the factories, and different shapes of them. The weights could/should move too much or you create “wobble”, which you don’t want. But arranging it on a front load off the side of the two finger holes may induce the ball to spin better and curve harder. Anyway, random thought…
I have always wondered if getting a weight to transition from the outer edge to the middle, and making the ball RG number decrease by a crazy amount would create stupid amounts of hook.
many years ago I was bowling a big money league. Long story short we caught this guy putting fishing weights & sinkers in the ball. They took it into the pro shop and it weighed just short of 18lbs. He got thrown out the league and suspended from ABC. Ahhhh good times
Packy, I tried this back in the 80's with an old Black U,,dot. I used fishing [ sinkers] and the ball crushed the pins. Very noticeable wobble. I didn't have a pro shop's help. I put the lead in a weight hole and sealed it up with some liquid urethane. Not very easy to control.
I used to work the desk at a center.periodically we were called and asked if we had 16 pound balls.when answering in the affirmative the caller stated" it must be hard to walk".packy dissolves that myth lol.
Fun Vid!!! I found myself telling you to be careful throwing such a heavy ball... until you showed those GUNS!!! No worries - those babies can handle 20lbs EASY! They reminded me of the arms on that guy on the Popeye cartoons... not Bluto and certainly not The Spinach Man Himself. GOT IT!!! SweetPea! Looking forward to the next installment Friend Packy!!!
The older bowlers watching this video are saying, "psssh, been there done that. come from a family of bowlers and fishermen, remembering my youth of sitting next to the coleman stove watching the dull piece of lead turn into a shiny piece of wonder and now being thankful i can still remember that, LOL
A new challenge for you, Packy, with whomever you choose, though preferably another pro (or even a Wichita toe): Two games. First game = 6 pound ball only. Second game = your/their own equipment
You used a decent hooking ball for 20lb. There is another guy out here @220 average bowler, on the tube that is pretty funny and cool like yall. He drilled up a couple non hooking balls at 20 and 23lb just recently. The 20lb ball seemed to hit and carry better. Nice to see you using a hooking ball to do the same.
So I was just talking about this with the owner of my bowling alley I bowl at. He has a almost 20lb ball he made by filling it with lead. But he went one more step further and drill the pins out. Filled them with lead so they are 5lb a pin.
Realistically the heaviest bowling ball you could make without a rather large fortune would be with around 200 lbs of tungsten at around 650 USD (not counting the ball), something tells me it would be hard to find a place that would let you roll it though...
Imagine a bowling scandal like the fishing scandal. Instead of filling fish up with weights, you fill your ball up with weights and bring it to a tournament lol
Love the video PacMan. Bro you funny as hell and don't even try to be. Shit kills me LMAO. Definitely my favorite bowler. Period. Jason Belmonte who??????
Cabela's and a Honda Accord. Whole new level of respect. Use lead (or gold). But go to a tire store and ask them about their old tire weights. Or at Cabela's get some cast lead pistol bullets or lead shot. Steel isn't much. Use lead... or gold...😅😂😅
Did you add extra epoxy to get the top of the holes round again? When you showed the flare lines they looked a bit flat. I ask this because I have a cracked ball (3mm wide and almost around the entire ball) and after seeing this, I might epoxy the crack and try to use it again (I don't have easy access to new balls and they are very expensive).
To get an even distribution of weight what about using melted lead rather than bbs. Because it would be more like a heavy weight block depending on how the hole is drilled
I throw a 16ib ball… do u think I should move down to a 15 pound ball so I can get more speed? I hit pocket all the time just 16 is heavy to throw fast
I think the funniest thing I did was when I was bowling in junior league. I had a Pearl White ball, and I had my dad drill 2 more holes in the ball. People looked at me funny when I had all 5 fingers in it. Let me tell you, you can really get a lot more hook out of the ball when you can use all of your fingers!!
I don't even like bowling, I'm a pool player. But dude you're just a good RUclipsr. Im Watching these amd asking why I am the entire time, but I'm still watching a week laterlol
Junie McMahon Threw a 26 pound ball I believe at the old All Star tourney in the 50's I believe. Haven't been able to find any info yet. The ball was at the HOF in St. Louis years ago.
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Many years ago plugged a customers ball and when I re-drilled it lead came out of the new holes. He said he found it on the house ball rack. It was a Brunswick Edge 1982 ! lol Haha. It was over 16lbs and had 6 ozs of top weight .
You should've had your sponsor ball company pour a ball with a huge lead core. That thing would weigh like 40 pounds and it would be easy for them to do lol
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You should make the lightest bowling ball 😂
@@aydengianes2515 mmmm any ideas on how I can do that??
@@TheHouseBowling you could try to buy 2lb bowling ball there is one
@@aydengianes2515 and just drill some huge holes in it?
@@TheHouseBowling that could work 😂
Back in the 90's I bowled with a guy who would always yell "20 pounder" when someone got a messenger or a lucky carry. It's interesting to finally see a real 20 pounder in action.
Did't we also used to call them House Bowler ? he he
Back in that day... we all also bowled with our thumb.
@@anthonygalimidi2744 There were some no thumbers in the 90s but certainly nowhere near the amount of them today.
@@anthonygalimidi2744 sound like a hater
Yeah, last I remember in the 90s when I was bowling I saw a 24 pound ball and I was like shocked about how heavy it is
You can't have more than 3oz of side weight
Imma put 5 pounds of side weight
You already know hahahaha
Packy back in the 80`s here in St. Louis, Mo. The ABC had their HOF. On display they had a Home made bowling ball from the 1920`s that was used in Chicago that was chiseled out of a solid piece of granite. it weighed in at 38 lbs. with only a 2 hole grip . thumb and one finger.. Someone asked why any bowling alley owner would let someone use a ball like that? If you can bowl with a 38 lb ball using only your thumb and one finger... Who`s going to stop you.. Enjoyed the video.
That’s a cool story!! A granite bowling ball wow!!!
I remember seeing that ball. Can only imagine how ripped his thumb and finger became.
So the lanes back then were made of concrete ?
Is that ball in a museum somewhere? It should be IMHO.
@@SteveWilliamsDTM It may be in the USBC HQ in Texas
I'm just impressed that the ball return worked.
I actually thought it would break it at some point x)
Never even considered anything about the lane not working with heavier balls 😂
If it was 26 pound it will break the ball return
The balls that I’ve seen get stuck most often are the 5# ones that we let the kids in the Saturday morning bumper program use. The 4# ones and the 6# house balls come back fine.
It seems like it's usually the seniors with the 10 or 12 pounders that get stuck the most. Especially if there's a lot of oil or if they are throwing old equipment that has never been extracted.
0:39 Now imagine him pulling over and running back to get the camera lmaoo
If you want a lot of weight in a small space, use TUNGSTEN. They make Tungsten fish weights, shot for reloading, etc.
EDIT: Tungsten is roughly 2.5X denser (heavier) than steel. So replacing the same amount of steel with tungsten. the ball would've weighed about 26 lbs. :-)
Real bowlers use iridium
They also get divorced when the wife finds out how much five pounds of iridium costs
@@shaunmcisaac782 Iridium? Psssh. Osmium or nothing.
220AverageBowler made and bowled a 23 lb with tungsten. Yes, it makes it heavier.
I can just hear Packys inner monologue when it popped up 19.9 lbs like “are you fucking kidding me? .1 oz away?”
😂😂
lb*
16 ozs per pound lol.
@@nationalgeo2191 .1 lb away
@@dominodavid1 no it isnt
Years ago, a buddy bought my old red Hammer 16 lb. He drilled a side weight hole out and far into the ball. He put a small piece of rebar in it and made it 18 lbs. It hit like a Mack truck!
fun fact: 292 is the hardest score to get in bowling
Just try get 9 strikes and hit 2 pins and all gutters
@@shuanextreme that would be a 245
@@shuanextreme only way to get 292 is to get 11 strikes and then 2 pins. And it’s near impossible to only get 2 pins, especially after 11 strikes.
Going back to the late '60's, an acquaintance loaded an AMF magic circle so it had one pound of top weight. Planning to turn adult shortly, he used it in his last city tournament at a center with overlane ball returns. Unfortunately, sometime after the tournament started, his ball did not make it up the ramp and started rolling back down with a very noticeable wobble. He was suspended from juniors and not allowed to join the ABC for another year. This was featured in the Suspension Report section of Bowling Magazine at the time.
The person who cheats deserves to get kicked out! There is no room for dishonesty in any sports.
I did something similar when I ran a pro shop in the early 90s. I drilled a big deep hole in two different balls. We loaded bb's and fishing weights in both. We gave them each a name - the "Catfish/R" (there was a Piranha/C and a Nitro/R out at the time, so we played on those names. Then, the other one actually rattled as I think I used part of a thumb slug to make a hollow chamber. That one was called the "Rhino Pro BB." We had fun with them for sure.
How did those hit?
@@Poundcakebowler not that great honestly. I plugged some older balls that weren't big hookers. Kind of what Packy did, just less weight on the side
"That UC3 looks....wellll............gray"
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Bro I love your personality man
Never seen this channel before but I had to subscribe. I love your energy and confidence, enjoyed the content. Thank you sir 🤘
Idea time. Drill it to fit mitch and let him throw at 7-10s with the 20lbs ball
Was that Coach Lewis in the back during your shots?
I love the video man! It’s actually crazy because you played at the lanes that are 2 minutes from where I live and it blew my mind! But I’m happy to see more Wichita two handed bowlers!!
I had an old AMF 3-dot ball, that weighed 17 1/4 lbs.
I can only imagine what 20 does to the pins.
I got a Sure-D Pro ball up to 17lbs 10oz back in the 70's and anything high in the pocket was toast. I had to get it light or just barely flush. It was all drive.
Doesnt exactly slow down through the pins lol
Using lead shot would have worked much more easily rather than steel BB's. Oh, well. Interesting video.
An interesting experiment would be to hollow out the center of a regulation ball (not sure how without cutting it in half), creating a slide area with a moving weight front/back, side/side to see if you could influence the ball to do exactly what you want. I imagine it going very well, or REALLY bad- no middle ground on this one.
The idea is from looking at different cores from the factories, and different shapes of them. The weights could/should move too much or you create “wobble”, which you don’t want. But arranging it on a front load off the side of the two finger holes may induce the ball to spin better and curve harder.
Anyway, random thought…
I have always wondered if getting a weight to transition from the outer edge to the middle, and making the ball RG number decrease by a crazy amount would create stupid amounts of hook.
That would be kinda wild!! Maybe like putting some sort of liquid in it!
many years ago I was bowling a big money league. Long story short we caught this guy putting fishing weights & sinkers in the ball. They took it into the pro shop and it weighed just short of 18lbs. He got thrown out the league and suspended from ABC. Ahhhh good times
Packy, I tried this back in the 80's with an old Black U,,dot. I used fishing [ sinkers] and the ball crushed the pins. Very noticeable wobble. I didn't have a pro shop's help. I put the lead in a weight hole and sealed it up with some liquid urethane. Not very easy to control.
Who’s here after 220 average bowler made a 20.2 pound ball
Good that you threw in the "don't try this at home" disclaimer. That said, all I can say otherwise is... DAMN!!!
Wow Packy, you're pretty strong if you can bowl with 20 pounds, and I thought 16 pound balls were heavy.
I used to work the desk at a center.periodically we were called and asked if we had 16 pound balls.when answering in the affirmative the caller stated" it must be hard to walk".packy dissolves that myth lol.
God I love these videos so much!
Fun Vid!!! I found myself telling you to be careful throwing such a heavy ball... until you showed those GUNS!!! No worries - those babies can handle 20lbs EASY! They reminded me of the arms on that guy on the Popeye cartoons... not Bluto and certainly not The Spinach Man Himself. GOT IT!!! SweetPea! Looking forward to the next installment Friend Packy!!!
Thanks!!!
Wow! The mean streak is my benchmark ball I still use today!
When packy flexed, i thought he was ripping his shirt sleeve off
That was epic stunt! I would have paid to see Frankie try and throw just one shot with that ball.
It was so nice to meet you yesterday packy. Thanks for the goofy tippy toes picture
That was so cool of a test 20 pound.
This is a cool video !
Beautiful ball
7:33 is that Francois I see? Lmfao
Yes it is 😂
@@TheHouseBowling even when he’s not trying, I’m dying of laughter 😂
The older bowlers watching this video are saying, "psssh, been there done that. come from a family of bowlers and fishermen, remembering my youth of sitting next to the coleman stove watching the dull piece of lead turn into a shiny piece of wonder and now being thankful i can still remember that, LOL
A new challenge for you, Packy, with whomever you choose, though preferably another pro (or even a Wichita toe):
Two games. First game = 6 pound ball only. Second game = your/their own equipment
You used a decent hooking ball for 20lb. There is another guy out here @220 average bowler, on the tube that is pretty funny and cool like yall. He drilled up a couple non hooking balls at 20 and 23lb just recently. The 20lb ball seemed to hit and carry better. Nice to see you using a hooking ball to do the same.
So I was just talking about this with the owner of my bowling alley I bowl at. He has a almost 20lb ball he made by filling it with lead. But he went one more step further and drill the pins out. Filled them with lead so they are 5lb a pin.
Man on the cover holding the ball like a rasengan 🤣
That UC3 is a F#$king beast!....... pretty sure that's what you said 😆
Who needs Storm's marketing machine when you have this, the next evolution in bowling technology. Where can I order a Mean Packy™?
Awesome video as always.
That UC3 is BOSS.
A 20lb UC3 would punch through the pins, the deck , the rest of the building, and end up rolling 2 miles into a field somewhere.
I remember seeing some 17 & 18 lbs in Don Carters.
You should make a ball with osmium, would get it up to around 250 lbs, would be cool to see.
Not sure how I can get that!!
@@TheHouseBowling I guess it would also break the record of most expensive bowling ball at around 1.6 million USD...
@@uberbob8389 well I mean In that case I might have to back out!
Realistically the heaviest bowling ball you could make without a rather large fortune would be with around 200 lbs of tungsten at around 650 USD (not counting the ball), something tells me it would be hard to find a place that would let you roll it though...
@@uberbob8389 That's when you make your own backyard lane =D
Go up to Norm Duke be like THIS is man weight bowling ball.
That ball has insane drive through the pins
What was your favorite hit!!
We’ll I’m confused about your question. The ball has constantly good drive through the pocket
Really bothers my ocd that it’s 19.9 lbs
love the portland sea dogs hat
That was entertaining!
seems like a good training piece
Imagine a bowling scandal like the fishing scandal. Instead of filling fish up with weights, you fill your ball up with weights and bring it to a tournament lol
Are you in New England? I see ya sporting the Portland Sea Dogs Cap! Just wondering?
secretly this is how Maximum Bob was such a monster on the lanes
Tell me more!! 👀
Is that a Sea Dogs hat, Packy? I'm looking at Shea Stadium right now!
Dope Seadogs hat
I'm so jealous that Packy has all those balls in his basement and I don't even have one yet. Crazy
Whats crazy is your an adult and you can't afford a bowling ball😂
I had a Meanstreak. That was a great ball
Love the video PacMan. Bro you funny as hell and don't even try to be. Shit kills me LMAO. Definitely my favorite bowler. Period. Jason Belmonte who??????
God bless everyone and have a good day,.
dude... I heard west acres, then saw you at Shocker lanes. Can't believe you're local!
They had one of those scales at the pro shop at my old bowling alley
And a 759 series? Pretty impressive dude!
Cabela's and a Honda Accord. Whole new level of respect. Use lead (or gold). But go to a tire store and ask them about their old tire weights. Or at Cabela's get some cast lead pistol bullets or lead shot. Steel isn't much. Use lead... or gold...😅😂😅
Did you add extra epoxy to get the top of the holes round again? When you showed the flare lines they looked a bit flat. I ask this because I have a cracked ball (3mm wide and almost around the entire ball) and after seeing this, I might epoxy the crack and try to use it again (I don't have easy access to new balls and they are very expensive).
resin wont fix a crack around the whole ball coz the cover will likely be seperated from the core underneath mate.
Yea I added plug and smoothed off the top!
You make me feel like 16 lb is light 😂😂😂
I could smell that ball being drilled lol
I like the sea dogs hat
Just make the core out of tungsten. It might also be the world's most expensive bowling ball that way
To get an even distribution of weight what about using melted lead rather than bbs. Because it would be more like a heavy weight block depending on how the hole is drilled
Really a 20lb pound bowling ball
you called it, wiggle room for splits at the end
Which cabelas was that I work at cabelas!!
i though youd be in boston it should be snowing!
I throw a 16ib ball… do u think I should move down to a 15 pound ball so I can get more speed? I hit pocket all the time just 16 is heavy to throw fast
I think the funniest thing I did was when I was bowling in junior league. I had a Pearl White ball, and I had my dad drill 2 more holes in the ball. People looked at me funny when I had all 5 fingers in it. Let me tell you, you can really get a lot more hook out of the ball when you can use all of your fingers!!
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the ball is wabbly. when you see move down the lane its off center in part of it do to weight you add to it.
"Be the ball, Danny..."
I don't even like bowling, I'm a pool player.
But dude you're just a good RUclipsr. Im Watching these amd asking why I am the entire time, but I'm still watching a week laterlol
Sorry Packy. Fred Flintstone used a 40 LB rock ball and holds the record.
Is no one going to mention that Packy looks like Fred Durst during the demo?
I’m going to need more context!
Are you in Buffalo ny?
Nice Portland Sea Dogs cap
Glad you noticed!
At my work, we made a bowling ball out of pure tungsten.
hey i was watching the giveaway video as you took it down lol
It’s back up though 👀
Try throwing that ball overhand. Wakes everyone up, gets u banned from the lanes.
YOU'RE A MONSTER XD
Who's gonna pay for the pins 😂 imagine if osku palarma through that 20-lb ball
Hahaha
I am sure anyone that has the ability to make a 20 ball has done it. I know I did and had a blast with it.
Sorry but bowling ball goes in the trunk.. ain't no way I'm keeping that in the cabin 🤣🤣
Junie McMahon Threw a 26 pound ball I believe at the old All Star tourney in the 50's I believe. Haven't been able to find any info yet. The ball was at the HOF in St. Louis years ago.
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Many years ago plugged a customers ball and when I re-drilled it lead came out of the new holes. He said he found it on the house ball rack. It was a Brunswick Edge 1982 ! lol Haha. It was over 16lbs and had 6 ozs of top weight .
should have got lead, or bismuth.. which would been at cabellas in the shotgun reloading if you would have asked someone.
I own a 17.2 LB bowling ball from the factory. Not able to use it in league but it's a decent conversation piece.
drill some holes, metl lead pour some lead in the hole, mask it after its cool off with a mixed polyurethane to hide it ! =)
You should've had your sponsor ball company pour a ball with a huge lead core. That thing would weigh like 40 pounds and it would be easy for them to do lol