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a_ak57

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Quick impressions of strike zone, rampage and smokin
« on: August 29, 2005, 01:05:10 PM »
Well at the trade show yesterday, I got a chance to throw these three.  Though they were drilled for Johnny Petraglia, making it a little awkward to throw, i got a good impression from them.  The smokin inferno hooked more than I expected.  First shot, standing about 20, throwing to 7 or so at the breakpoint, went through the nose.  Kind of took me by surprise.  The pin was in the middle finger for me.  Ball had a pretty good backend, but it wasn't really a true snap.  The rampage did what I expected.  It almost seemed ordinary, because it fit the spot between the punisher and nemesis' conditions pretty much perfectly.  I didn't notice anything distinct about this ball.  But as odd as it sounds, that was actually a good thing.  Just a nice, predictable ball to fill a spot.  No surprises.  I forget the exact line I was playing with it, but it was a smallish swing, nothing huge.  As for the strike zone, that thing was definitely a hooker.  Read very well, and it started to move while it was still in the oil, which is good.  Definitely had to stand left.

I know this isn't detailed or anything, and I don't own them, but I thought I'd at least give a little info on throwing these balls on the same lanes.  Hopefully this will give a couple people a little better idea on how these balls compare.
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TheBowlingKid25

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Re: Quick impressions of strike zone, rampage and smokin
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2005, 09:17:59 PM »
yea, the strike zone was crazy. There was like TONS of carrydown from people bowling on the lanes all day (at least 60 games or so) and I was putting the thing down on like 35-40. (altho I was throwing 2 fingered, if my hand actually fit it, the rpms would be somewhat close)
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