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If you want aggressive skid/flip ball motion, the Raw Hammer Doom should be in your hand. Featuring enhanced Max-Flip Reactive and a new performance core, Doom provides excellent length and strong backend.

Coverstock: Max-Flip Reactive
Ball Color: Red/Silver All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown.
Ball Finish: Polished
RG Differential: 0.047 (Medium Flare) on a scale of .000-.080 Low Flare-High Flare
RG Average: 2.52 (Medium-Low) on a scale of 2.43-2.80 Very Low-High Break Point
Recommended Lane Conditions: Medium Oil

Anyone looking for clean skid through the heads, but controlled backend reaction should definitely drill this masterpiece. I've been throwing my Doom for around 2 weeks now on house and sport conditions and have found great consistency with this ball. Drilled with a pin approx 4 3/4" from pap and cg approx 3 1/2", the Doom gives me good length, a midlane read with good smooth hard arcing motion downlane. Doesnt lose hitting power even when lanes get a little toasty and takes surface adjusting extremely well. Definitely a great ball to have in your bag.

Jon Van Hees

Ball specs:

15lbs
pin 3-4"
Drilled pin right of ring, cg stacked below
Box finish
Tested on THS

Pros
Easy push through the heads
Revs up with little effort
Controllable backend reaction
Very solid carry

Cons
A bit grabbier in the midlane than I expected

Overall
This is another solid addition to the Hammer arsenal. I bought this ball to fit under my Paradigm but above my Blazing Inferno. I think it fits there nicely. On the same pattern, from the same line, the Doom goes about 3-4 feet longer than the Paradigm and offers a sharper backend move. On the flipside, it checks up about 2-3 feet earlier than the Blazing and, again, is much more angular on the break. The movement it makes is sharp, but controllable. When I changed hand positions and tried to play more up the wood, the ball was a bit grabbier in the midlane than I had expected, but it was still very smooth and playable. Overall, I think crankers will love this ball for going deep and opening up the lane while strokers will find it to be a very solid all-around medium ball. In either case, this is another solid Hammer. Oh yeah, and it's a good looking ball too!
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I can't bowl 300, but I can bench 345 : )
 I provide the muscle for the Fellowship of the Saws  

This ball is a gem.
15# 4in pin above the fingers cg kicked out. The ball is great for med oil. I played from 15 to about 7 and what it rev and go. The Doom does need fresh backends to really shine but I played a second shift fresh heads with carrydown and averaged 215. The Doom is very versatile and has tremendous hit. If you like a great skid/flip reaction with a little mid-lane grab this is it...
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Enjoy life, it's gonna kill you anyway!!!
Carl

Not to many balls live up to the "hype" that everyone makes it out to be, but in the case of the Raw Hammer Doom Believe The Hype! It reminds me of the Spike in a sense of power and look, and to me is one of the best Skid/Flip balls ever made


On to the Ball.........

High RG Medium Layout
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Opponent: What makes you think you can beat me?

K.C.: Cause I don't doubt my skill

Opponent: And you doubt mine?

K.C.: Didn't say that

Opponent:

K.C.: Lets fight

Bystander: Do you think your good?

K.C.: Good at what I Do since 1983

Bystander: Your confidence comes off as cockyness.

K.C.:  And thats why I'm a problem to the sport of bowling.

R.I.P Eddie Guerrero Viva La Raza

Shwosh-The SuperHitMan

I had a doom drilled at the Hammer Both at the USBC in Corpus Christi. While this drilling wasn't the ball for the fresh conditions there. (Ok after about a game, I will cash) It was perfect (LITTERALlY) when I got back to my house conditions. I shot 300 the first game back. I missed a couple spares that cost me my 800. (should have grabbed my plastic ball) I've never seen a ball with better carry on our lightly oil lanes. I've only got 2 nites bowling in with it but it's been exactly the ball I was looking for. My pearl Vortex will get a break.

I will get right to the point.
This is the best skip-flip ball out there.  It is versatile and powerful.  The pin action is so strong that last week I pulled it way left of the pocket, missed the head pin, but still sent pins everywhere and resulted in a strike.  I am using it in dry to medium/heavy conditions.  
This is the type of equipment that makes bowling fun.

This is my first review.  I just couldn't help but let everyone know how great this ball is.  

My Specs
 

• Stroker bordering on tweener if I can get my revs up
• Medium Speed
• Low Revs

The Ball
 

• 15 pounds, 2 oz
• 1 3/4 TW
• 2 in. Pin
• Pin below ring, cg out (Label leverage)

The Condition
 

• OLD wood lanes with synthetic pin decks
• Basic 38' House Block
• Freshly oiled, clean backends

The Review
Out of the box, this ball was phenomenal for me on my house condition.  In the past, I've sometimes had trouble matching a ball up to this condition just right.  My V2 Power and Sniper both worked for the first game, but quickly became too much.  The same goes for the Big One.  The Uturn Pearl didn't quite have enough "oomph" to turn the corner on the fresh for me.  The Doom was a flat out monster on this condition from start to finish.  It gets a good amount of length, and takes a powerful but predictable hard arc to the pocket.  This ball isn't skid/flip, this ball is skid/SMASH.  If I get it a little far outside, it turns harder.  If I pull it left, the length kicks in and gives it just enough hold through the middle.  I just can't seem to go wrong with this ball.  All modern equipment has a great hit, but I just seem to get better carry with this ball than any other I've ever thrown.  The only ball that's comparable in this department is my Big One, and I would put its carry below that of the Doom.  The ball just dances a great line between control and power.  It has a great amount of movement, but you know HOW it's going to move.  Often with a ball like the Big One, the hook can become unpredictable.  Not so with the Doom.  I know what this ball will do as soon as it leaves my hand.  It's also versatile enough that I can use it on a HUGE variety of conditions just by playing different lines.  This is the best ball I've ever owned, and the ONLY ball I've used since I got it.  If you don't own a Doom, you're selling your game short.  Period.


*****UPDATE*****

I STILL love this ball, and it's the ball I use 95% of the time or more.  The control, versatility and hit are just flat out amazing.  I've had more 200+ games with this ball than everything else I've owned put together.  It's just plain money!