Well I got the Hot Sauce Pearl over the weekend and used it both my sun and mon night leagues. Boy let me tell ya this ball is a FREAKIN BEAST!! I knew for a fact that I was missing a pearl ball in my arsenal and needed something that went long and finish strong in the backend.. Thats exactly what I got and then some! I got it drilled strong with the pin above my ring finger and cg in the palm of my hand, (dont know the measurements off top of my head). The ball is very smooth down the lane, then it stalls for a min and then BAM!! It hits the pocket very hard just like a typical Hammer ball does. At times this ball can get uncontrollable and if you dont keep the speed up on the ball, it will just take off. The movement in the backend is really sharp but I think i mit take some of the polish off to smooth the reaction on the ball.. Another great piece from Hammer as always.

Update: my last 4 series with the HSP
668 Monday
708 Tuesday early shift
780 Tuesday late shift
754 Wednesday

This is by far the best pearl ball Ive ever thrown!!! I smell a 800 or 300 soon with this ball. Men's city tournament is around the corner and I cant wait.


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Arsenal

Dimension
No Mercy
Black Widow Solid
Hy Road
Hot Sauce Pearl
Pearl Cherry Bomb
Black Hammer (spare ball)

Honor Scores
299 Big Time Pearl
300 Cherry Bomb
836, 2 300 BW Solid
300 No Mercy

My buddy just picked one of these up and I have never seen a ball take such a sharp turn at the break point.
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Arsenal:
Storm Gravity Shift
Storm T-Road Pearl
Hammer Cherry Vibe
Lane #1 Bullet
Columbia 300 White Dot - Blue Pearl

I just got done with spinning the ball with a white pad on high speed, still shiny but not so much that you can see yourself in the reflection anymore.

Hope it still angles well but smooths it out somewhat, will post tomorrow when using it in league tonight.

I knocked down and tried it tonight hooked earlier and more overall, i was able to play more inside out and not have to worry about recovery. Ball loaded up for 45 feet and turned over with authority every time, keep this in mind if you want the backend to actually increase.

Well Mic my BWS and HSP are drilled different and the surface is different. I got my BWS drill stacked with the pin below the bridge with a weight hole on my val and at 1000 abralon and my HSP is drilled with the pin next to ring finger 4" from my PAP.  I had to take the polish off because it made the move in the backend too sharp. So I hit it with 2000 abralon and smoothed it out. The HSP at 2000 is money trust me! Now the HSP does not have a mass bias so you cant drill them the same. The big difference would be that my BWS reads the midlane better and has a smooth backend, while HSP tends to go longer and has a way stronger backend. If you drill the HSP strong, it will go longer but will out backend BWS and could outhook it by maybe 2-3 boards. Now as far as oil is concern, the BWS solid will handle oil better but if you take the cover down to maybe a 1000 on the HSP,I think it will handle a good amount of oil. Hope this helps!
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Arsenal

Dimension
No Mercy
Black Widow Solid
Hy Road
Hot Sauce Pearl
Pearl Cherry Bomb
Rayzr
Urethane Black Hammer (spare ball)

Honor Scores
299 Big Time Pearl
299, 300 Cherry Bomb
836, 2 300 BW Solid
300 No Mercy
300, 804 Hy Road


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