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KenCanFightBear

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Urethane - Who's the best manufacturer for these balls?
« on: August 16, 2004, 02:25:21 AM »
Who's the best company, what's the best current urethane ball, if at all, and how much do they go for?

 

hammermike2000

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Re: Urethane - Who's the best manufacturer for these balls?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2004, 11:05:39 AM »
Lets see...

I love my Trooper (columbia) for short oil, and those go for pretty cheap ($90-110).  It hits great for only having a pancake core.  You could also check out the pure hammer, which is a little more expensive, but still not bad ($130-150).

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Re: Urethane - Who's the best manufacturer for these balls?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2004, 11:36:45 AM »
DO NOT get the pure hammer if you're looking for a ball that will react like a urethane ball would.  That ball HOOKS, I've seen 3 people use the Pure Hammer and I thought it was just a fluke that it hooked that much for one guy but it wasn't.  It isn't a fully loaded urethane.  It's a mix of urethane and reactive, but the Pure Hammer reacts more on the reactive side.

I have a urethane groove blue sanded(brunswick), and that thing is great.  It hits incredibly harder than anything else in my bag.  Even though it's sanded, this ball will get long even if you drill it 3 3/8 x 3 3/8.  Great ball for really dry lanes.  Other good ones would be the XXL (Lane 1), but that can be pricey, the trooper and super trooper series (Columbia 300).  It seems like they don't make urethane bowling balls but of a very slim quantity compared to all the particle and reactive equipment out there.  I can't think of any others, but I don't think that company has much to do with the ball when it's a urethane ball.

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Re: Urethane - Who's the best manufacturer for these balls?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2004, 11:45:36 AM »
Visionary has the Slate Blue Gargoyle.
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Re: Urethane - Who's the best manufacturer for these balls?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2004, 12:39:53 PM »
Ken -- The Slate Blue Gargoyle and the XXL, which have already been mentioned, are the only urethanes currently made that I am aware of that have dynamic cores.  If you want something less strong, consider one of the old Black or Red Hammers.  The following site has these balls, nib, for $50.

http://www.bowlingball.com/cgi-bin/store/store.pl?Function=Search&keywords=faball%20black%20hammer

DISCLAIMER:  I have not purchased anything from this web site, so cannot comment on their performance as a supplier.  --JohnP