Hi Eddie,
The SS Ogre will go a couple feet further than the Purple/Black Pearl, and have a few more boards backend. It is more a skid/snap type ball that will skate on oil, but really flip hard when it transitions to the dry. It will be more angular and can really open up the lanes on most house shots, but like most skid/snap balls, it won't handle carrydown as well.
It's really hard to give exact figures, because a lot depends on the bowler, the amount of oil (number of units), and even the oil type. From my personal experience, testing it at our local houses with a THS out, I found it to go about 3 feet further with a more pronounced snap.
It's kind of funny that you bring up this question, because I just had an in depth conversation with a couple members from here a few days ago about almost exactly the same thing. Giving out ratings for hook, and answering questions regarding how much a ball will hook is a really tough thing to do. Take for example the following situations:
Long Heavy oil (average rev rate/speed etc) - Green Gargoyle vs. AMB Particle
The AMB Particle will hook. Total coverage may be 10-12 boards of hook and will give bowlers a look when no other ball will.
The Green Gargoyle will go dead straight. You may get a couple boards of hook, depending on how dry the backends are, but in all likelihood, you won't see much. So the AMB Particle hooks a lot more.
Light oil (average rev rate/speed etc) - Green Gargoyle vs. AMB Particle
The AMB Particle will most likely burn up really early. Because it was able to grab the lane so early, it uses up most if not all of it's energy before it gets to the breakpoint. It can actually make the ball look as though it is not hooking much at all, because it is burned out.
The Green Gargoyle can be swung from corner to corner, and can cover nearly the entire lane. On this condition, the Green Gargoyle can quite possibly outhook the AMB Particle by quite a few boards.
Which ball hooks more? Well, if you go by the total number of boards covered, the correct answer could be either. Lane conditions, types of oils, bowler style (rev rate/speed etc), drilling patterns, carrydown and a number of other variables can affect the answer. Also, what is heavy oil to some, is average or lighter oils to others and vice versa.
Hope this makes sense to everyone......
Hi Jeremy,
I can't really give you information on the number of balls, but I can tell you that we typically work 5 days a week (Monday-Friday) 8:30-5:30 cst, and on occasions where we have an abundance of orders that need to be finished, we do work some overtime and weekends.
The number of balls produced for each style really just depends on how well the ball is selling. We do not have any set number that we will produce for each ball, or any set number on our inventory. It's amazing how sales can vary from month to month for different styles. One month we may sell 50 FM Gryphons, and the following month we may sell 500. We just try to make sure that we have enough in inventory to last us a few weeks, so that we have enough time to rotate through several balls before going back to any particular ball.
Jason Wonders
Visionary Bowling Products
