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Title: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 06:55:03 AM
today i was at the pba, and my buddy and i got free balls. Ive never thrown brunswick, but i can either take a monster bruiser, or the punisher. I think both are for med-light oil but im not sure. So, any recomendations as to which is better, my stats are in profile, and i want something to go a bit longer and flip, so which is better?

Ryan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: a_ak57 on February 27, 2005, 02:56:19 PM
Bruiser isn't for medium-light.  More like medium, and carrydown if dulled.  It's a smooth ball as well.  So based on that, you should get the punisher since you said you want length and flip.
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- Andy
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 03:00:27 PM
thanks, cuz i dont ahve anything for light, the closest i have is a saw blade polished up and it is a hammer test ball that goes longer to begin with so i think this will work. But i would like more input thanks,

Ryan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 27, 2005, 03:23:26 PM
deffinitly the punisher. Bruiser is my favorite ball, but its not what your looking for at all.
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: RSalas on February 27, 2005, 03:27:07 PM
One more vote here for the Punisher.  And if it turns out to be *too* pushy down the lane, you can always scuff the cover.
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Trumpet's Rusty Rat, JH, WC, Can WC...1/3/1992-2/14/2005

Horrid in Doubles, torrid in Singles...
...that's The Curse of Dusty.
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 03:32:49 PM
have all of you thrown the punisher?

Ryan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 27, 2005, 03:33:33 PM
nope but between the 2 its the best for what you want. The bruiser is a polished solid, for medium oil, that is very controllable, not snappy at all. The punisher is a pearl for dry-ish lanes that snaps.
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 03:34:24 PM
i didnt know the bruiser was solid....thats particle rite?

Ryan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: a_ak57 on February 27, 2005, 03:35:11 PM
No.  Solid reactive.  Pearl reactives are different, because they have an additive that makes them go longer and turn harder (save more energy) than normal reactives.
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- Andy
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 27, 2005, 03:35:13 PM
no. its solid. Its not particle, its not pearl, its not particle pearl. I am not totally sure how to explain it lol. Most solids are very arcy though.
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 03:36:11 PM
oo, i always solid ment that it was particle for some odd reason. I should know better being a pro shop employee

Ryan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: a_ak57 on February 27, 2005, 03:36:12 PM
BK, you can't just say it's "solid", since there are solid reactives, solid particles and even solid urethane.
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- Andy
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 27, 2005, 03:36:49 PM
quote:
BK, you can't just say it's "solid", since there are solid reactives, solid particles and even solid urethane.
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- Andy
oh my bad, didn't know that.
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 03:37:19 PM
wow, i guess most of us dont really understnad a solid ball,

RYan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: a_ak57 on February 27, 2005, 03:37:57 PM
Hmm, but either way, the punisher should be your choice.
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- Andy
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 03:38:16 PM
mayeb i should take em both??

Ryan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 27, 2005, 03:39:22 PM
if you have the chance i would! The monsters are being phased out, I would deffinitly try to get the bruiser also if you can. Its a GREAT control ball!
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: RSalas on February 27, 2005, 03:40:08 PM
quote:
have all of you thrown the punisher?


I have.  Mine is drilled with the 4L layout from the drill sheet, and it fits dead square between my Bruiser (also drilled 4L) and my SlayR (drilled 5 x 5, ring finger through pin).  The Punisher is about three boards weaker overal than the Bruiser, with the majority of that in the midlane.

Hope this helps.
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Trumpet's Rusty Rat, JH, WC, Can WC...1/3/1992-2/14/2005

Horrid in Doubles, torrid in Singles...
...that's The Curse of Dusty.
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 03:42:11 PM
thanks dusty. But ur punisher flips in teh back rite?

Ryan
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: RSalas on February 27, 2005, 04:00:47 PM
quote:
thanks dusty. But ur punisher flips in teh back rite?


It doesn't so much flip as go into a strong arc.  I had a Power Groove drilled simiarly, and it had a much harder change of direction.  The Punisher has a strong move, but it's more predictable.
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Trumpet's Rusty Rat, JH, WC, Can WC...1/3/1992-2/14/2005

Horrid in Doubles, torrid in Singles...
...that's The Curse of Dusty.
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: Storm269 on February 27, 2005, 04:19:49 PM
TheBowlingKid25
"if you have the chance i would! The monsters are being phased out..."
You sure ?! o no have just gotten my Punisher and loving it ! Have thought of switching to the monster line of ball...but now am lost..
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on February 27, 2005, 04:21:28 PM
Yes monsters are being taken out of the line up, I am pretty sure.
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: BowlerKidR on February 27, 2005, 04:38:37 PM
i think i have more hand then i think i do in the ball, which im not so proud of, becuase im trying to get my balls to have some more forward roll, and then revv up and make a hook to the pocket. My balls are hooking too soon even with polish on then because i have a bit too much hand in the ball.
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High Game- 287
3 Game High Series- 808
4 Game High Series- 901
I LIKE TO BOWL
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: Storm269 on February 28, 2005, 01:44:07 AM
TheBowlingKid25
Are they replacing it with another line of mid range balls ? or it is really that's it.....
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: RSalas on March 05, 2005, 03:00:25 PM
quote:
Are they replacing it with another line of mid range balls ? or it is really that's it.....

 
Actually, they've already started this process;  the BVP line is the replacement for the mid-range Monster line.
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Better to be a big fish in a small pond than not to be a big fish at all.

Horrid in Doubles, torrid in Singles...
...that's The Curse of Dusty.
Title: Re: monster bruiser or BVP punisher
Post by: TheBowlingKid25 on March 05, 2005, 03:03:47 PM
but so far NONE are quite the same.
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....BRUNSWICK!
¡Viva la nación de Brunswick!
Nothing more to be said.
....DEATH BY CHEETOS!!!!