i dont own one yet but my friend got one and all i can say is wow !!!!!!! what a great ball . ive thrown it 6 games and no game was under 225 and thats not to mention its not drilled for my hand ! im sorta scared to see what will happen when i get my own !!!!!!

Specs:

3.5 inch pin
3oz top weight
Drilled 5 x 2.5
Pin over ring finger with the CG kicked out and a hole 6 iinces over and one inch down
Sheen Surface

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I agree why they call this the Raging Inferno. The ball revs ups very well in the front and has a nice arc in the back. For being Pearl Particle this ball is impressive. You have to have a good amount of oil in the front to help this ball skid if the ball has surface. The ball fits perfectly when the lanes are freshly oiled with clean backends. If the lanes have too much friction it's time to put it away unless you polish it or use a straighter up the back release.

This is a good compliment ball to the Ultimate Inferno.

Picked this one up at last years state V.F.W. tournament in Dayton Ohio.  Beaver-Veiw Bowl for any of you Ohio people out there.  It was used however surface appeared in factory shape and there was visually no track on the ball.
     Sounded great to me.  Most used stuff I've boughten off of Ebay has been excellent, maybe I have just been lucky.  Anyways after having the ball plugged I began the process of working with the ball.  One year later and I am still working with the ball.  No I haven't done a thing to the surface except clean it with Blue Scotch Brite and Dish soap. I have put 50-75 games on the ball and it still rolls the same.  
     Bottom line is if I want it to hook on the back-end I better manufacture a bunch of revs coupled with speed.  This is the strangest ball in terms of reaction I own.  Some of my stuff includes a Raging Red, V2, Bullet Zone, Barbed Wire, Impact Zone, Quantum, Slate Blue.  Most of which are making good door stops presently.  I have had the best luck and scores with off brand balls by Ebonite called Hurricanes.  I presently bowl on a very tough condition in a six lane house in Spencerville Ohio.  We don't use a machine here, we have an actual lane man who applies the oil with a lane broom I call it.  Forget consistency for those of you who shoot 700's every other week.  You may break 600 every other week here.  
     Anyways I average 190 in this graveyard and its a struggle every week to control any balls reaction except my spare ball. I bowl 2nd shift so this makes it all the more challenging.  
     I consider the raging inferno to be a dead ball,  I mean it looks pretty it even revs up and rolls pretty.  But unless you put some hand into it, by creating a perfect release, or cupping all your shots to make the ball hook on the back-end the ball acts like an expensive Urethane ball.  Sometimes it will hit like a truck other times it hits dead in the hole, even when I am rolling it well.  To this day I use it on tougher dried up conditions or wet dry conditions with clean back-ends.    Maybe it behaves better new as most reviewers like the ball.  
     Anyone who has a suggestion on what to do with the ball to make it work better let me know    
                       s. oakman

Lane Conditions: Medium-Heavy Oil
Typical Conditions: House Shot
Type of Lane: All Wood
What part of the lane did you play? Third Arrow
Did the ball track out? Normal
Weight of bowling ball: 16
Surface of bowling ball: Factory/Box
What grit was the surface of the ball? 800

Likes: great ball for medium to heavy oil lanes you could call this my go to ball because when i find i shot that gives me trouble than i just pull this baby out and wham i back in the game

Dislikes: NOTHING AT ALL

great ball for medium to heavy oil lanes you could call this my go to ball because when i find i shot that gives me trouble than i just pull this baby out and wham i back in the game
add the ball for over a year have left it in the box finish but i did try it sanded and never like it it cause the ball to burn up and have drive left when it reached the pins after about 150-200 game i had it put in that ebonite hook again thing it helped alot mostly because my driller left it in there for 2 weeks only because he forgot about it but it really helped raging inferno the best ball made by brunswick today

 

My inferno does well most of the time.  But this one house IMO loads their lanes with oil, and my inferno becomes a dart.  Now with this ball, I fear no oil.  I :heart: it.

Jeremy's review is pretty much spot on from what I've seen with the ball. I got this ball for two reasons:

1. Allow me to play a tight inside line if there's too many in the track
2. Allow me to play my "A" game between the 2nd and 3rd arrows on a heavier volume of oil than my other equipment

I'm happy to say that this ball takes care of both situations admirably. Activator is a "rolly" coverstock, particles have been added, and this is a fairly low RG core (though higher than the Original, Ultimate, and Absolute Infernos) so the ball gets into a very heavy roll that I love. The pearl element allows it to both get down the lane a bit more than say the old Zone Pros, and I feel it allows me to stay in the same line for a longer amount of time than a solid particle does.

What this ball does NOT do: Big swing line. Go with an Ultimate Inferno or Strike Zone if that's what you want out of your heavy oil ball.

This ball allows a down-and-in player to have a few different methods of attack on heavier oil. What it does, it does very well. Ask it to do something it wasn't meant to do, and you will be very disappointed. I wouldn't even suggest trying to move with this ball very much, just bag it and throw something else. A very specific arsenal ball that is awesome at what it does, and pretty poor at anything else. If you're the type of person that doesn't mind carrying 4+ balls, consider putting this at the top of your arsenal. If not, you probably want something that's a little more versatile, like the aforementioned Strike Zone/Ultimate Inferno.
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Always looking for 15# NIB or single drill Slate Blue Q uantums with 2-4" pin for sale...

300, 800, with this ball. enough said! its been retired twice, now im pulling it for a third time! this ball is one of a kind. it came out when a lot of other balls were popular, but boy if you were one of the ones that got a hold of it, woooooo! I even used this ball in pot bowling when the lanes were dry. everybody else was using " ice and plastic! the pin is above the fingers and cg is kicked out just a little, not quite as my first one was. I hope to have THE same magic(luck) as the first 2 trips with this ball. start the summmer league thursday. will keep informed! also, to "DVD", I am "ABJ LEGEND". HOLLA BACK.


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tony jones

I have this ball second hand and it's already drilled under between my two fingers. Good ball and it average around 215 & High 279 on practice. This ball can hit really hard. It is drilled to go long like Skid and Flip. I wished I could play with it on the Major League but I have all my other Inferno's ball line up for the lane condition. One day this ball will get a chance play with my ball line up.