Calling the UC3 urethane is like calling Barney a dinosaur.
Agreed. I've thrown a ton of urethane over the years. UC3 (and Pitch Purple before it) is far from true urethane. It's fairly smooth like urethane, but it recovers so much better. It hooks a lot more. I'd say it's much closer to a strong, smooth reactive than urethane.
Dont you think the core plays alot into the reaction? Everyone talks about the cover without mentioning the core and the UC2 is a backend beast. So wouldnt you think the UC3 would be a good backend ball as well even though it is classified as a urethane?
No doubt it does, as I have both (and the original Rubicon). The UC3 is easily the strongest of the 3. I'd say it shapes similar to the Rubicon - maybe a bit smoother.
The thing is, I've thrown other urethanes with big cores in them (Hot Cell and Black Widow as examples) and this ball just continues more than any other urethane. It reminds me more of the microcell balls from Motiv - but it's stronger than all of those as well (I own all 3).
I have thrown the UC3 on short (practically unusable for me), medium and long sport patterns. It was best on the long for me. I have also thrown it on house shots at two different alleys. It's one of the strongest balls I own - in terms of overall hook. I compared it to the Purple Tank and Purple Hammer. Both those hook a bunch, but you can see the difference in shape and continuation. You get to the point where moving left just doesn't work with those. I have yet to see that with the UC3. I've hooked it from 6th/7th arrow to the ditch and it's bounced back.
