Ball NPS Score: 100.00
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- Color: Red Pearl/Black/Silver Pearl All colors do vary somewhat from the picture shown.
- Reaction: Polished Arc
- Surface: New Era
- Core: Resurgence
- Hook Rating: Oil - 35, Backend - 35
- RG: 16#-2.47, 15#-2.46, 14#-2.50
- RG Diff: 16#-.035, 15#-.040, 14#-.042
- Recommended Lane Conditions: Medium Oil
- Description: It’s Back by popular demand! We couldn’t make you wait any longer. The Resurgence Core is Back and Bursting on the scene. And yes, we wrapped that core with the original New Era shell formula. We designed this one for medium conditions by polishing it with our standard polished 4000 finish to give all bowlers a more even arc on medium to drier conditions. Leave it out of the box and you’ll get a long and even arc to the pins or add some surface and experience a true Resurgence.

I decided to keep the ball with its out of the box finish. This ball on fresh went too long but Designed for medium to dry lane conditions, the Burst provides a long and even arc down lane and still has enough power to "BURST" in to the pins.
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In Best Regards,
Brian Hirsch
Columbia 300 Amateur Staff

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I purchased this ball with the intentions of it to be a step down from my pure swing.  All my bowling equipment has a different layout on everything so the pro shop guy decided to drill my burst with another new layout, a stacked layout with the pin up.  To be totally honest this layout on this ball is a little tricky. Playing an out and in shot with this layout give me an over and under reaction I cannot stress how frustrating and disappointing this was for me to see, after hearing nothing but great things about this ball.  At this point I went home and did some research.  I found out that a stacked layout on any bowling ball, will give you the exact reaction I was just explaining above.  So after learning this the next day, I decided to take a different approach with this layout and play a mostly down and in shot or tighter line.  This totally eliminated the over and under reaction but now it became a little speed and tilt sensitive.  So now I had to be more consistent with release and tilt of the ball going off my hand.  I never really had to be conscious of my ball speed ever or had to pay very close attention to how much tilt I put on the ball every single shot until now.  The down and in approach was the ticket with a stacked layout.  I shot a 197, 203 and a 259 for a 659 series, not bad!  

Like previously stated above this ball is drilled for medium oil conditions, but I have to warn everybody that the back end reaction on the burst is no joke.  This ball will go long but when it makes it move, it does not stop driving through the pins. The break point with this ball needs to be around board 5 due to the strong core.  I had to play closer to the channel with my down and in approach, which is way out side of my comfort level. I was actually playing down board 8 at the arrows and my break point was board 4.  
 

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2010 is the first time joining a league since 1999.  Over a 10 year lay off and haven''t lost much of my game.   This year currently HG-279 x 2, HS-733, AVG. 201 on the USBC blue oil pattern.

The Columbia Burst is 2 balls in one.

When the Burst is shined it rolls like the Momentum, smooth through heads and  controllable flip in the back,  great for the typical house condition.

When you sand the Burst, you have the much beloved Resurgence again, the heavy rolling ball that is designed for heavy oil, all for the price of one, and in this day and age, that is a bargain.



Eric Walker
Columbia 300 Regional Staff Member

Stats:
Ball Speed - 18-20 mph
Rev Rate - 475+
PAP - 3 1/4 right, 1 up
Layout - 40/3-3/8/40
Given my past success with the Resurgence a few years back, I didn't think there would be any way I wouldn't like this ball, and I was correct! The release of the Columbia Burst with its polished OOB surface finish makes this ball an absolute beast on medium-heavy and medium-light lane conditions. It is impressive to watch this ball pick up so strong at the point of friction and still flat out hook on the backend. Plus, since the coverstock itself is so aggressive, I find that there are times where this ball can be utilized with much success on fresh long and heavier volume patterns. The Burst and the Pure Swing are two of the only balls I have thrown in the last number of years that react this strong and consistently on fresh heavier volume patterns. I wasn't afraid to use a stronger drill pattern on this ball knowing that the polish would give it enough length to separate it from my reaction with the Pure Physics, but when the Physics is just a little too strong or too early, the Burst picks up the slack. It works great for playing wide angles and trying to cover a lot of boards for more high and medium rev players, and also works great for playing inside and tight angles on heavier and flatter patterns. There is no wasted motion with the Burst, medium length but a strong move and amazingly continuous reaction. This ball has no quit. The best part of all is that the Burst is released in Columbia's mid-performance line of bowling balls, therefor it sells for quite a bit less than the high performance products and performs at close to the same level. Best bargain on the market. This ball will be great for a lot of styles and my feeling is that it will be a great ball for novice and younger bowlers who are looking for more performance and technology without wanting to spend the extra money to buy something in the high performance line. I still like the Pure Physics better, but the Burst is not far behind!
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Columbia 300 Regional/Amateur Staff
Mike Marks Pro Shop
Wyoming, MI
(616)245-7503

Drilled this one 4 X 4 X 4, pin above midlle of both fingers (in the middle of), cg kicked out just a bit (no correction hole needed),
this is an interesting layout for this ball, I get the length that I was looking for but it hooks alot like the Resurgence (once it gets going), and what I mean about that is that is just keeps rolling, no deflection through the pin deck.
This is terrific ball for the third game transition, instead of making that big move left at the start of game three, I actually get to move to the rigtht and play alot tighter line than I was prior. When you have those nights when you know that those rotten 10 pins are gonna start standing, it is great to have a ball that you can go to that will take care of that problem

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Dale Williams
Columbia 300 Utah Amateur Staff

Layout - 50 X 4 3/8 X 70

With the layout the ball has great control and reads the pattern exactly as I had hoped.  Because of the 4000/Polish cover stock I am able to be old school and play up the edge of the oil line and make 1 & 1 moves all night long as needed.

What I like most about this ball - the fact that it retains a lot of energy as it goes down the lane.  Its move on fraction is consistent and predictable.  When it hits the pins it doesn't mess around.

My first three sets with it out of the box - (3 different centers all Pro Anvil)...

11/12 - 254, 249, 280 - 783
11/15 - 279, 279, 246 - 804
11/17 - 267, 236, 296 - 799 (the 6 count was too many things running thru my head)...

I have found that Columbia 300 equipment is very readable and I know exactly what it is going to do every time I throw it...

Thank you Columbia 300 for great equipment.

Ball Drilled at - Bowl 300 Pro Shop and Training Center - 10858 North 32nd Street Phoenix, AZ 85028

This is not a review, but a question.  I'm getting the #1 drilling done to the ball.  Should I play down the dry boards, or go through the oil in order to get rotation and backend on the ball, does the pearlize coverstock create more rotation on the ball when it hits dry boards.  My average is 210, but have never had any luck with pearized coverstock bowling balls (Black Widow Vemon).  I deal with a LOT of oil and usually used my Resurgance on the outter boards