Dead flat pins.

[Hawk]

Do dead pins make for easier strikes. I am starting to think the pins at my local house have no pop to them!

[got_a_300]

Dead flat bottom pins.......example new pins with flat bottoms will make it
a lot more difficult to get a strike. Now as for older pins some may have a
rounded off bottom to them making it easier to get a strike.

If they have just replaced the pins then it will seem like they have no pop
to them until they are broken in which takes a little while.

[billf]

A truly "dead" pin will usually have cracks and no real pop to them. New pins sound different but it's the true flat bottoms that inhibit unearned carry.

[LOUVIT]

My house got new pins and they slide over and still stand up on some shots, it's funny and it sucks...lol