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    Default Who hasn't bowled a 300 game yet?

    I got close one time. I started with six strikes. In the seventh frame when I got to the foul line my ball just dropped off my hand and I didn't get to put leverage on the release. So the ball went in light. I got seven pins down on the first ball and then picked up the three left for a spare. The rest of the way I finished with all strikes for a 276. I have bowled high games in the 200s and got enough scratch series over 600. As a matter of fact my highest scratch series was 710. I had a game where I got the first nine frames with strikes and then a light hit in the tenth frame for a spare and a nine count. The highest average I got to was a 191. I wasn't one for putting in a lot of practice so that might have something to do with it. I have bowled for 36 years total and still like to bowl So I was wondering who here hasn't made a 300 yet. How close have you come to one?
    Arsenal: Raw Hammer Orange/Black Hybrid 14lbs, Blue Hammer urethane 14lbs, Columbia 300 Lava Ball Plastic 14lbs, Highest scratch series 710 Bowling 38 years Never hit that 300 game. Highest game 276, had 11 strikes and one spare in the middle of that game.

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    I started league bowling about 1980 (about 11 years old) but did take a 16 year break from 2002 to 2018 so about 23 years total. My high game is a 267 over this past summer. Prior to that my high was a 266. During that 266 I rolled 12 strikes in a row but I ended a game with 5 then started the next with 7 (245 and 266). That was back in the early 90's. My high series is a little gray. A few week sago I rolled a 657 so I'm calling that my high series but I think I rolled a 66* when I had that 245, 266 but can't remember what it was for sure. My highest league average was 193 and that was back around 2002 when I left. Right now I'm at 192 so looking to break that this year.
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    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
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    Do I count twice since I haven’t shot 300 with either hand. While I have had one Varipapa 300, I haven’t come close to a real one. My highest scores, 279 right handed/263 left handed have all started with two or three strikes, then a spare. When I start with 5 or 6 the final score is usually between 200 and 240.
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    A couple of years ago I rolled a 280. I was joking around with one of my teammates and said that I needed a 267 for a 700 series. We both laughed.
    I had rolled several 266, 267 and 268 games in the previous couple of years. I recall leaving the 8-pin in the second frame of game 3 of the set and then struck out. Couldn't miss. It felt like I should have kept bowling all day...

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    I haven't. 4 299 games, a 295 (not my proudest moment...), and handful of 289's, and more 279's than I care to mention.
    Old guy with power (15.5-16; 325). Current arsenal--Storm Summit, RotoGrip Idol Helios, Storm Phaze III, Storm SureLock (retired), Storm IQ Tour Nano and Motiv Rebel tank (spare/dry). High sanctioned game - 300 (4). High sanctioned series - 856. A.V. 300-s - 8. Longest string - 25.
    2023/2024 YTD highs--High game-289; high series-739

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    our PSO bowled one last week (11/19) and had one 10/22. They said he has had about 40-50 of them. They don't even announce it anymore when he does it...lol. In fact, last week he had a 300 the first game, then a 289 (left a 7) then a 233 (822). His average right now is 236.**. The 300 on 10/19 was against us and he used a new Conspiracy Theory. Not sure what he used the other night
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    Well tonight in game 1 a guy in the pair next to us bowled a 300 then in game 2 his teammate bowled a 299
    Arsenal "15# Global Eternity Pi-45x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Xponent-60x4.5x40" "15# 900 Global Zen Soul-60x4.5x40" "15# Roto Grip Idol Helios-90 x 2.25 x 45" "15# 900 Global Altered Reality-50x3.625x30" "15# Brunswick Uppercut-80x3.625x35" "15# Brunswick Igniter-70x5.5x35" "15# Raw Hammer Pearl 45x5.75x40" "15# Brunswick T-Zone"
    Rev Rate about 270 @ about 15.5 MPH at the pins* High Game: 290 - High Series: 733. PAP: 5 1/8"x1" up; tilt 20*, rotation 75*. YTD highs - 290-733
    Oh, and LEFTY!!!

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    5 299's /2 298 / 805 5 290's 100+ 289 and probably a thousand plus 279
    Still love the game but had to quit because of my left leg amptation
    High game 299 x 5 High sanctioned series 805 (1989)

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    I have bowled a 288, 279 & a 278. No 300 so far. Best series 734 & a 730.
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    277 my high.

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