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Polish_Hammer

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Weak cover strong core
« on: December 01, 2017, 02:47:40 PM »
Looking to add another piece.  I'm a tweaner and often get trapped in tweaner hell at the end of the night when I'm bowling with either higher rev players and folks throwing charcoal balls down the lane.  My basic strategy is starting with my weakest reactive piece (Brunswick Rhino), weak wrist position, and playing the track for a game and then jumping zones left with a stronger piece and stronger wrist position (Brunswick Inferno). When there is two much traffic I run out of room left and either can't get it right enough (can't loft the gutter cap like the young guys) and it will roll out if I don't.  My only other option has been to go back right and throw my Track Spare plus. Sometimes that works, sometimes carry suffers. Looking for maybe something reactive that has a weak cover and strong core to play deep or something weaker all around to play in the track. 
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don coyote

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Re: Weak cover strong core
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2017, 04:07:54 PM »
I would recommend a Magnitude 035. I have been shocked how mild that ball is in the track area. I keep expecting it to turn hard left like everything else I have and it just turns in controlled arc.

This type of ball should be in everyone's arsenal. I have heard people say that repeatedly-and it's true! (I like Crow!)
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Re: Weak cover strong core
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2017, 04:42:09 PM »
There are a few balls that are weaker than the Rhino, that are potential drop-downs from it. I have the Rhino and I use these.

1. Storm Tropical Storm Hybrid.
I like this as an option better than the TS Pearls for 2 reasons. A) it is a slightly stronger coverstock; so it picks up earlier than the pearls, and, B) it has a less flippy backend, which helps control the dry backends. It still hits plenty hard for such a ball. It needs a strong drilling and the differential is very tiny.

2. Hammer Blue Hammer (the new, current one).
While this is marketed as urethane, it is truly a urethane/resin blend. I have NEVER had such an easy coverstock to change with both abrasives and polish. It clears the heads so easily, it is easily a 1/2 to full step weaker than the Trop. Storm Hybrid, I mentioned above. It actually needs the dull 4000 grit surface that it comes with. Otherwise, it would be only a spare ball, it is that weak. Meanwhile it has a decent backend, very un-urethane-like. It should also be drilled strong, not because of the weak core (the differential is still lower than average, but much more than the Storm ball) but because of the weak cover. It is almost ideal for playing down and in, eve for someone who is rev domonant, like I am.
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Re: Weak cover strong core
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2017, 04:58:08 PM »
Quote from: charlest on December 01, 2017, 04:42:09 PM
There are a few balls that are weaker than the Rhino, that are potential drop-downs from it. I have the Rhino and I use these.

1. Storm Tropical Storm Hybrid.
I like this as an option better than the TS Pearls for 2 reasons. A) it is a slightly stronger coverstock; so it picks up earlier than the pearls, and, B) it has a less flippy backend, which helps control the dry backends. It still hits plenty hard for such a ball. It needs a strong drilling and the differential is very tiny.

2. Hammer Blue Hammer (the new, current one).
While this is marketed as urethane, it is truly a urethane/resin blend. I have NEVER had such an easy coverstock to change with both abrasives and polish. It clears the heads so easily, it is easily a 1/2 to full step weaker than the Trop. Storm Hybrid, I mentioned above. It actually needs the dull 4000 grit surface that it comes with. Otherwise, it would be only a spare ball, it is that weak. Meanwhile it has a decent backend, very un-urethane-like. It should also be drilled strong, not because of the weak core (the differential is still lower than average, but much more than the Storm ball) but because of the weak cover. It is almost ideal for playing down and in, eve for someone who is rev domonant, like I am.

Totally agree and really the only step down from the Blue Hammer with decent length is plastic.
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Re: Weak cover strong core
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2017, 05:09:51 PM »
Thanks folks.  I think I'm going to add two balls, it is xmas after all.  Watched some videos of the magnitude 035 which looks like it will be great on the sport patterns and may even be able to play inside with it. The blue hammer as my step down from the rhino when I want to stay right.
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Re: Weak cover strong core
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2017, 06:01:12 PM »
Blue Hammer also makes an excellent spare ball at least for my style on THS.  That way it can serve double duty as well.
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Re: Weak cover strong core
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2017, 11:36:47 PM »
Hy-Road Pearl.
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Re: Weak cover strong core
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2017, 11:45:00 PM »
For a "Weak Ball", that Turbo/R gets through the pins super good. That blue/bronze is a very nice late block ball that gets through the pins very well. It gets down the lane so clean on short and choppy patterns. That's a good piece for $130-150 drilled.
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