I agree with trigger here...
The Original Dynamo was a total roll monster in my hands. The ball just rolled and rolled and rolled...backend reacovery was weak at best. It was very difficult to differnetiate between the skid, hook and roll phases of the ball's motion. I had the ball drilled close to a 4x4 (dont recall the exact degree measurements at the moment) and it did NOT impress me at all.
The Red Death is another story. I have this ball drilled significantly "weaker" according to the numbers at 6x5 but the ball has a lot more to give. Now with that said I have been told that the density of the material in the Massacore flip block actually outweighs the regular part of the core. This factor has created a different reaction for many people. Skid/flip drillings have tended to be very rolly while the typical cg out drills know to produce even smooth arcing reactions have proven to be quite flippy. I keep my RD at 2000 grit with a light coat of polish. This ball clears the heads easily, revs hard from the middle of teh lane to the end of the pattern and then makes a very strong move to the pocket. I would not call it angular but it is much stronger on the backend than the Dynamo ever considered being.
I laid out my X-2 5x4 with the pin up and a small weighthole just below the midline on the VAL. Out of the box I did not care for this ball. I tried several finishes and still didn't like it. The ball seemed weak on a fresh pattern and a total dud on a broken down shot. The ball was flaring (just like the original Dynamo) but the ball wasn't going anywhere or doing anything. I tried up the boards, I tried small swing outside, small swing inside, tight inside and nothing. Then I tried the Storm/Hammer method of making a ball aggressive.....500 grit Abralon followed up by a 30 sec on each side dose of 4000 grit pad. Holy cow what a difference!!! Now I could not hold pocket with the ball. I hit the ball with 500 again and then went 2000 grit and a light coat of Sauce. Now the ball was coming into it's own...stronger midlane roll and a defined move on the backend. I still didn't have the usual "hit" I had seen from Buzzsaws past. I decided to touch the 2000+ polish with a 4000 pad to just get a sheen finish. Now the ball skids, reads, rolls and reacts like a Buzzsaw should. This ball stays in the bag until I start getting an erratic reaction at the end of the pattern with the Red Death. I am able to move left a few boards and play the ball into my old breakpoint and it reads exceptionally well and sets itself up for the backend move.
Now for the Blue Death....so far this is my absolute favorite Lane 1 ball in the last 2-3 years. Drilled this ball 70 x 5-1/5 x 35 pin under with a large hole located approximately at P-3. This ball is just amazing so far. It gets down the lane effortlessly, reads the end of the pattern and then explodes at the pins. I have not had this type of reaction and power at the pins from a Lane 1 ball in a long time. If I had to make a comparison I would say this ball is a SuperNova XP on steroids. For the guys more familiar with the older Lane 1 balls, the Cherry C-2 comes to mind while watching this ball in action.
So to answer your question Barry,
If you have the Red Death and the Blue Death drilled similarly in your bag, at box finish I don't think you will have overlap. There is a much more significant difference between the Red and Blue than there is between the Dynamo and X-2. I really want to order up another Red Death and drill it more aggressive. I think this ball will easily outperform the BuzzBomb and the Agent Orange as an oil ball.
Keep us posted.
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Doug Sterner
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Owego, NY
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