Horizon Solid

good solid to go to after the black wiodow got out of control. ball takes good to dulling the surface and couls handle more oil, but with more oil comes a sponge like cover that needs to be cleaned. OFTEN and all the time. i have already had the ball in teh hook again and it added life back to it but its still not acting like it did when it was a new ball. then this ball hits the pocket, guranted atleast nine count every time, no less but if you miss, look out. it saws through the pins and there is no stopping it

I wasn't sure what I needed, so I trusted my ball driller when he suggested this ball. He uses the pearl version himself. I'm glad I did! This ball reacted just the way I was looking for. The ball is kind of deceptive at first. The first few throws with it seemed ok I was kind of down and in with it. But it didn't show me much, then I made a adjustment. I moved my feet left alittle and gave the ball a little room to work. What a difference! The ball headed out and I thought it wasn't going to turn. But the tall core kicked in, it hit the BP and went to the pocket. The ball looked like it rev'ed up as it rolled to the pocket. It held axis tilt and rotation very well. Very strong hit with good deflection, carried the corners nicely. When I leaked the ball out it still came back to hit the pocket leaving a couple of 10 pins. When my line broke down I left some 9's & 4's. This is a excellent medium to oil pattern ball. Dry or shorter patterns would be a problem for me. But pol

This ball is unlike it's sibbling pearl although the cover at first glance looked like a pearl IT'S NOT. where the Horizon Pearl is smooth in the mid and strong on the back the solid has the biggest midlane I have seen period. Gets spinning up early and starts rolling down hill in the midland and continues rolling right to the pit. On a heavy/flat patten this ball is right as the rain. I'd say Roto Grip has understated this ball quite a bit, but it has it's place when you can't find something that works this ball is the ticket to Pocketville<sc

I drilled my solid with a 4.5" pap to pin location and stacked mass bias. I can't say enough good things about this ball. I shined it to about a 1500 grit polish over the box finish. With this finish it will sometimes go a little long on the heavier patterns but it always will make a turn for home no matter what. I've used it on house patterns, short patterns, pba patterns, long patterns, and I've never had it roll too soon. It always gets through the fronts, revs fast, and turns a hard corner. It's about 4-5 boards stronger than the Horizon pearl, which I also love. Cliff Saliba- Saliba's Bowlers Shop (Syracuse, NY)

Ball specs – 15 lbs 5 oz, 2.82 top weight, 3.0 inch pin. The Horizon Solid was drilled 3.0” X 90 degrees with the pin 1 inch left of the VAL and the non-marked mass bias 1 inch left of the thumb hole. An extra hole was not needed but the fingers needed to be drilled deep for this layout. The cover was hit with a 1000 Abralon pad. The characteristic that is very obvious about the Horizon Solid is how strong in the mid lane this ball is. It revs quickly off the hand, has a very, VERY strong mid lane, and has the same strong backend arc as the original Horizon. Very good hit and carry. This ball will really perform well on longer oil patterns. Compared to the RS-X (the ball it replaced in the mid performance line), the Horizon Solid reads the mids sooner and much, much stronger and is smoother in the backend. With the Horizon Solid, you’re getting a high performance ball, with a very different mid lane look, for a mid performance price. John Brodersen

I finally got a chance to find some real oil to test this ball out and give it some time to have fun. I drilled mine to replace my RS-X (for tournaments) which was drilled around 7 1/2 by 8 with a 2" pin (pin under the middle finger, cg toward the track about 40 degrees). I highly polished it to give it a smoother transition right off the press. This ball doesn't give me as much angle on the backend as the RS-X and just rolls off my hand. On the house shots that we have around here I'm able to play it up the track area without having to swing the ball a lot. I gave one of these the young guy that I'm training in my shop, we drilled his up with the pin 1" above his bridge and the cg under the ring finger to give him just a bit of recovery (he doesn't have nearly as much hand as I do and still tries to rev the ball himself). On the christmas tree pattern with extremely clean backends he is able to keep the ball inside. What I've noticed about this ball is that it gives you that typical R