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BVP – Brunswick Value Performance – Exceptional Value and Great Performance
The Brunswick BVPâ„¢ series has been developed to provide the widest range of reactions available at the popular mid-price point.  The BVP series provides any bowler the ball performance they’re looking for at a price they can afford.

The BVP Wizard  targets one of the most popular reactions in the bowling ball industry, Reactive Solid Sanded.  This type of ball reaction is embraced by many bowlers as the best all-around combination of coverstock and surface finish.  Providing high hook potential with good pin carry and controllable ball reactions.  

Aggressive Reactive Coverstock: PowrKoilTM 18 has been on more bowling balls than any other Reactive coverstock in the bowling industry. PowrKoil18 has been used on some of Brunswick’s most successful balls including the Danger Zone, Red Alert and BVP Nemesis.  Aggressive in the oil and strong off the dry, PowrKoil18 is a perennial favorite among all styles of bowlers.

800-Grit Wet Sand Finish:The Wizard is finished with an 800-grit wet sand finish which will allow most bowlers to match-up to both freshly oiled and moderately broken down house conditions.  Plenty of traction on all but the oiliest lanes combined with a strong backend reaction.  

Reaction Characteristics
•Out of the Box: With its 800-grit wet sand surface, the Wizard matches up well on most medium to oily house conditions.
•When dulled:The  hooking action will increase and its arc will become more even, creating a better match-up for oily lane conditions and for smoothing over/under reactions seen on wet/dry lane conditions.
•When shined: With either Brunswick’s Factory Finish “High Gloss Polish” or “Rough Buff”, your Wizard will go longer in the oil and react stronger to the dry creating a more skid/snap arc.  High Gloss Polish creates more length than Rough Buff.

Reaction Setup
The BVP Wizard can be drilled using the standard drilling techniques developed for two-piece balls, see the included drilling instructions for reaction characteristics and layout details.  The BVP Wizard is finished with a dull 800-grit surface which increases its hooking action in the oil.  Dull surface  finishes can sometimes hook too early resulting in reduced backend reaction and hitting power.  To increase length, polish the surface with Brunswick’s Factory Finish Rough Buff.  To increase length and create and even more skid/snap reaction use Brunswick’s Factory Finish High Gloss Polish.

Coverstock
PowrKoil18 Reactive
Color:  
Black/Blue Solid
Hardness: 76-78
Glow Engraving
Factory Finish
800-grit wet sand
More Information
Core Dynamics
Two-component
Dynamically
Symmetrical core
RG Max: 2.580”  
RG Min: 2.536”
RG Diff: 0.044”
RG Avg: 4.6 out of 10
Performance
Hook Potential 125
Length 85
Breakpoint Shape 60
Available Weights
10-16 Pounds

Ball:  BVP Wizard

Layout:

“4E” from the Brunswick drill sheet;  pin 5 ¾” from PAP, below middle finger
CG in thumb-positive quadrant
No XH

Initial Surface Preparation:

Six sides with 1200 CAB
Six sides with 2000 Abralon
Six sides with Brunswick Factory Finish High Gloss Polish

Purpose:

For drier medium conditions where there is still some oil to the inside, and where playing a more direct line is advantageous or where the pattern is transitioning in parallel lines.
 
Why this ball?

I had drilled a 4L-drilled BVP Nemesis for this purpose (which I still have, but it’s in the league bag now), and while I like the predictability of the reaction of the Nemesis, I was seeking a smoother reaction at the breakpoint while retaining the clean look in the front part of the lane.  The Nemesis had a tendency to be just a bit too pushy on conditions where there wasn’t a well-defined dry area in the track, and seems to get a bit unpredictable when I have to cross boards with it.

Despite the obvious similarities between the Nemesis and Wizard, I’ve seen a few people throw them side by side, and the Wizard has pretty consistently been just a bit longer and just a bit sharper than the Nemesis.  I thus went with the pin-below drilling, as I wanted the Wizard to pick up the midlane a bit sooner than the Nemesis does.

Observations:

The first time I threw the Wizard was at a tournament at a center with synthetic fronts and wood in back, when there was too much wet-dry down the lane for the Radical Inferno.  I tried to play the lane from left to right as I had with the Radical, and to my surprise, the Wizard was much stronger than I expected off of the dry, almost as much so as the Radical.  I thus tried to square up more and go straighter through the oil, which really wasn’t an option with the Radical, and this was where the Wizard began to shine.  The reaction was very predictable, and the ball rode the oil line well, and carried the corners even from that deeper angle.

I also used the Wizard in the later blocks of a tournament on an older wood surface.  Again, the Wizard was extremely strong off of the dry boards, but when I got my feet to the left and tried to fall the ball back off of the inside oil, it gave me a great look with good pin carry.

Because of its status as a dry-medium ball, I haven’t had as many opportunities to throw the Wizard as I might have liked.  I’ve tried it on patterns that are longer, and that don’t have a lot of built-in hook, and the Wizard didn’t stand a chance on either.  Because of the surface preparation, the ball never read the midlane, and offered no recovery in back.  But this wasn’t really a surprise, as this wasn’t the condition for which I drilled this ball.

Conclusions:

Like the BVP Nemesis, the Wizard works best when I use a more direct line.  This ball doesn’t seem to be built for recovery, for when I do give away the pocket, I either get an inconsistent reaction in the midlane, or the ball labors to get back to the pocket and doesn’t carry well.  Also, like the Monster Bruiser before it, the Wizard seems to like to be thrown through the oil;  if it hits dry boards too early, it has a tendency to either bounce off of the dry or burn up too soon, even with a polished surface.
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...formerly "The Curse of Dusty," and "Poöter Boöf" before that...

Hey all been some time since I have posted. I  bought this ball back in oct of 06 after comming back from a deploymet in iraq. I have this ball with a 3 inch pin topweight not sure pin is drilled out through ring finger cg close to span midline no weight hole. I love the way this ball hits its very forgiving when it hits lite gets great mix and when hiting solid dosent leave very many corner pins I had this ball in box finish and it worked great with a smooth arc and was my benchmark ball for a while it is a great ball for med oil conditions i think this ball is one of the most underrated balls on the market. Now I currently have the ball at 4000 aberlon and the ball still rolls amazingly

This ball is incredible! picked up one of these off of bowlingball.com for $85 and i'm glad i did. This ball has a very similar reaction to my scorchin inferno i love it. The only problem though is it needs oil, if the lanes are burned up the ball over reacts going right through the head and leaves harsh splits. another great ball from brunswick! BVP Wizard rating 9/10.
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