I have had this ball since at least last Christmas.  Maybe the Christmas before!

SOoooooo, I have a Mission X highly gritty sanded to 4000 and polished, a Nexxus, sanded 1500, then 3000, less polished but pushier.

I was curious about the "weaker" Alpha Max from the Brunswick videos.

Finished at 500, 800, 4000 from the factory, I could set down at the foul line on 20 loop to the  gutter and bounce back on a very bouncy version of our top hat all the to the pocket AND it carried.

See this video, I thought I was Billy O!  Of the left!  http://www.bowlwithbrunswick.com/balls/detail/csystem-alpha-max/  see the 1:44 mark or the 3:41 mark.  Big bow!

So then I polished it!  A little straighter for a short while and then the top hat started booming even more(hasn't don't this all year)  Very quickly I ended up inside the 3rd arrow and signed up for my first alpha max score 248!

Kaboom and lots of boards covered.  Ball is still illegal 1 1/4 side weight and no weighthole. 

So I don't know why, is it the 800 underlying grit that is creating such a big "bow" as Carman Salvino calls it?  Is it the illegal side weight on a harsh top hat?  Is it a slight change to my old time 10th frame powerlift inserts from my Contour powerlift inserts?  They do feel like 1/8 more forward.

All 3 balls are drilled virtually the same pin up 5 1/4 from PAP and mass bias 4 inches, pin buffer right near 2 with the Alpha at 1 3/4.

I have never had a dull ball cover cover so many boards and have such retained hitting power.  I thought this ball was supposed to be a dud?  No lefty is covering this many side to side boards AND carrying in my house!

Regards,

Luckylefty
PS my high performing mission over the past month and 1/2 I was playing 3 to 4  boards straighter.
PPS I have a C system 3.5 that had an interchangeable thumb and a drilling I changed slightly.  the ball is a complete dud with almost no boards covered in the backend.  I believe some balls when drilled and then redrilled particularly some  assymentrics and particularly some large and deep interchangeable thumbs have taken a lot of the stuffing out of the core.  This same cored Alpha Max drilled from NIB is massive!

Yes, I would think that the 800 underlying grit on the alpha-max would be stronger overall compared to 1500 underlying grit on the mission x. The solid cover of the alpha-max would be able to hook more in the oil with a lower grit underlying surface. By adding steps in between before adding the polish, it will smooth out the reaction. If you want the strongest reaction, you could go 500, then rough buff or polish which is what most new balls are coming from the factory which gives them the highest hook potential. By adding polish it will delay the hook, and if you left it at 4000 it would hook a little earlier but be smoother downlane. I had an alpha-max which I kept at 4000 because of my higher rev rate and it was my bigger hooking balls in my bag. Also, the CFT coverstocks do seem to hook a little more.

Yes, great comments guys.

I have a Nexxus recently and it is a redrill from lefty to lefty but very different with a lot of the core hit by a switch grip.

I had that one finished 1500 3000 then polish.  It pushes very nicely!  The Alpha listed as 500 800 4000 then I added polish.

I had never heard these were good and they didn't last long and sold on ebay for a song!  Bill Dozer glad to hear they are winning in your area.  Do they stay big?

But it is Big.  It leaves a Thwack on the pins that reminds me of Mike Tyson in his prime!

Thanks Alpha!

Regards,

Luckylefty

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments!

I am really impressed with the power of this Alpha Max CFT cover.  It seems to maybe have more applicability to the left or at least the bouncy left where I bowl than the Pearl Ulti Max(too jumpy). 

Of course I believe my super incredible dry ball the Strike King which I believe has the Ulti Max CFT coverstock on it as it's secret sauce!  Super!

Regards,

Luckylefty