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Sir Bowl-A-Lot

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January 1996 Issue of Bowling This Month???
« on: September 08, 2004, 06:26:53 AM »
Anyone have this old issue?  If so, I would like to know what it says about the Fire Quantum.

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Re: January 1996 Issue of Bowling This Month???
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2004, 02:18:12 AM »
This took awhile to find.  

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Highly Agressive
Single density shell
Dual density core
Low RG
High Diff
5" track flare
Hook Rating:  17  (by what scale I dont know)

The Fire Quantum has the Forest Green Quantum weight block.  It's in the RG midrange for a more even arcing character, but it has the strongest backend among the three Quantums.  The Fire spins easily and relatively quickly off your hand, and as you might expect gets into a relatively early roll.  Similar to other high profile balls in the Brunswick line, the Fire trues up quickly, helping the bowler minimize the negative effects of errant shots to the right.  The Fire has one of the sharpest backends of any of the Brunswick balls--equal or superior to the Sapphire Blue Zone and noticeably sharper than the Violet hook Quantum.  It also gets exceptionally good carry.  

(It goes on to talk about how good the PowrKoil 17 coverstock is.)

The Fire clears the heads cleanly, is easy to control, and explodes on impact.
(Then it repeats the stats from the beginning of this post and how the only true drawback might be the high price.)
Fire is the most versatile of the Quantums.  Best suited for medium oil to medium dry.
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RandyO

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Re: January 1996 Issue of Bowling This Month???
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2004, 03:09:33 AM »
That's gotta be a misprint - I'm sure it's Powerkoil 18, not 17.

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Re: January 1996 Issue of Bowling This Month???
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2004, 08:24:54 AM »
Thanks so much.
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Re: January 1996 Issue of Bowling This Month???
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2004, 07:55:26 AM »
FYI, The minimum RG is approx 2.50 and the RG Differential is only .032.

Don't let this deceive you about the power of this ball. Due to the strength of the coverstock and that Quantum core (very much like the Track core in the Crunchtime and the Hex with regard to its evennature and very strong roll), it can handle medium-light to medium oil patterns easily in today's bowling arena. When it first came out in 1996, I'd guess it could handle medium to medium-heavy. That's only a guess on my part as I did not use it when it first came out - too expensive.

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