Well, lots of good and interesting answers right now out here on this topic!
Some questions to , on these black Scout's? For DP3 it sounds like we are talking about the same Pancake weight block Solid Scout reactive? DP are you talking about moves left for me a lefty? With the rubber ball so far they are fantastic. My bugaboo leaves with Rubber however are 10 pins!
For Impending doom, was there a Black scout urethane? Thanks!
Some more fodder for discussion. So, here is what I have noticed and been informed I am correct about. The Scouts, Tornados of about 12 years ago are different from today's Tornado warnings and Scouts.
The old ones a combo of pancake and offset lower pucks with diffs in the .35 + range!
Those balls at least in solid (Tornado)I can wind on and play where other strong handed high speed bowlers are successfully using today's stronger symmetrics!
I do have a Pearl Tornado of the same type and it is very strongly drilled and hooks a TON on my extreme left side wet dry(ball very recently split).
What I haven't had till now is a pancake only Scout or Tornado. In either pearl or solid. However,as of today I do and it is in final prep for drilling a pearl Tornado Warning. I will be surprised if this works..but I am open minded.
In the mean time I am going somedays now over 30 consecutive shots without missing my pocket with my old 16 pound rubber Brunswick alley ball with fingertip! In the past when I had seen pancake reactives like the Gyro from Ebonite I had noted the lack of hit and attack angle. Of course that had been from other bowlers most of whom don't create the sharp backend attack angles I do with today's powerhouse reactives and my soft speed and heavy fingers style.
Of course I had not used a pancake block except for a spare ball until I applied my Rubber ball to this laughably harsh wet dry house shot I am on(blends out on the right I note before the end of practice). Of course with the rubber it looks like the most beautifully blended house shot ever!
Regards,
Luckylefty
PS regarding trying plastic. I have a slightly dullish pancake spare ball, that forces me in to 12 at the lay down point and then doesn't have enough recovery to drive the pocket. The rubber on the other hand on this shot where they keep an almost 3 foot buffer from the foul line to the start of oil can be set down at 6 7 or 8 in the dry and slowly wind its way slowly back to the pocket. Total actual hook with the point slightly up to the pocket can't be much more 5 to 6 inches.
