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morgs

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what do you guys think of this arsenal??
« on: September 29, 2009, 12:50:13 AM »
Storm virtual gravity (heavy)
Legends Black diamond (heavy)
Storm hy-road (heavy medium)already got
Hammer black widow original (medium) already got
Storm natural (light medium)
Brunswick avalanche pearl (light)already got
Ebonite captain midnight (spare ball) already got

any suggestions????
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speed: 18mph at release and 16mph at pins
rev rate - 350-400rpm
high game:277
high series:720
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legends yeah baby
hammer black widow x 2
ebonite striking motion
storm hy-road
storm tropical storm
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Foppe

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Re: what do you guys think of this arsenal??
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2009, 11:10:52 AM »
Looks solid, but I'm pretty sure u gonna have a big gap between the original widow & the natural.

You might consider buying a ball to fill these gap (if you're set on getting the natural).

Depending on what brand you prefer I personally would go for something more skid-flip here that covers the light mediums - medium, balls like a:
Storm Fast, Hammer Emerald Vibe, Hammer Burn, Legends Buzz (Attack), ....

But I'm sure other ppl here can make better comments/suggestions, but to me the gap between the original widow & the natural seems rather big - more than you would like I can imagine.
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BrunsMike

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Re: what do you guys think of this arsenal??
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2009, 07:03:52 PM »
Leauge bowling or Tournament?

If that's for leauge's, too much. I'm not even using more then 3 ball's for my leauge's and I have 8 available in my complete aresenal. 3 is all I take to leauge night's. Tournament's I'll take up to 5.
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dizzyfugu

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Re: what do you guys think of this arsenal??
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2009, 04:50:39 AM »
Are the heavy oilers drilled differently? IMO, I''d just use 1 dedicated heavy oil ball, for the rare occasions that you actually need one with heavy, early roll and good traction.

To me, the BW as a medium oil ball sounds fishy, too, even though I know that used original BWs lose a lot of bite and get much weaker than NIB. If this is the case and you get along well with the ball, why not?
Otherwise I''d agree with Foppe - here, in the medium range, a shiny medium strength ball would make sense. A Fast or a polished Furious could fit there, or a Nomad.

Additionally, IMHO Natural and Avalanche Pearl handle quite similar conditions. I know that finding a dry/light condition ball is difficult, but I''d just bag one of these, and I''d personally favor the Natural.

If you find the balls that work for you, you should be able to boil the arsenal down to abot 4 balls + spare.
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morgs

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Re: what do you guys think of this arsenal??
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2009, 06:23:57 AM »
thanks for the replies guys. im a league and a tournament bowler over in the uk. i bowl around 2/3 tournaments a month and 3/4 leagues a week,(i bowl alot lol#). i wasnt quite sure which heavy oil ball to perhaps get, i wasnt goinn to get both. i have two black widows, one is about 1500 games old
(shiny too) and obviously alot weaker than a new one but it still goes really well so that would probably fill between the other black widow and the natural, the second black widow im goin to plug and drill.... that will be my stronger one. i originally thought there was a good bit of difference between the natural and avalanche but on havin another look at them on the net and BR and you guts sayin, i see that there isnt so i'll leave the avalanche out.
so new set would be.........

virtual gravity/black diamond
hy road
black widow
black widow
natural
spare ball
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speed: 18mph at release and 16mph at pins
rev rate - 350-400rpm
high game:277
high series:720
15lb balls -
legends yeah baby
hammer black widow x 2
ebonite striking motion
storm hy-road
storm tropical storm
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Re: what do you guys think of this arsenal??
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2009, 07:53:44 AM »
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I think it's only as good as the bowler using it.

Thank you for saying what had to be said.

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i_throw_strikes

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Re: what do you guys think of this arsenal??
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2009, 07:58:09 AM »
i would say that the avalanche would go above the natural
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