Hello Readers,

Thank you for reading my review. This Ball is Brunswick's latest release in the Top Line Reactive Family of balls. The Raging Red is one of the Most Richest looking Red's I have seen in a ball. Beautiful colors and graphics in this one. The AR aggressive reactive coverstock is from the danger zone family of balls, which is Powercoil 18.

The weight block is one of a Medium Rg. which should allow this still get throw the heads which a stong diff. Which means this ball should transition hard off the oil to dry.

I drilled this ball with a pin out 2" and positioned it 3 3/4 " from Axis. I placed to Cg to the right of center of grip. Weight hole on my axis.

The 1st lane condition I tested it on was at Bowlero, which has HPL panels. Oily insides and dry outsides for a lane condition. Oiled to 30' buffed to 45'. Dry backends. On this lane condition it was all power no control. If I swung the ball outside it went throw the nose. If I played more up the boards, the ball did not finish. It is very fustrating not knowing where your breakpoint is. Overall not a match for this condtion. The next day I took the ball back to my shop and sanded it duller on my Ebonite Powerhouse resurfacing machine to a grey fine scotch brite pad which sands the ball to a 800 smooth sand, or pretty much to take off the factory polish. I also took the weight hole bigger to negative statics hoping this would give me a little smoother breakpoint. It worked.

The next night at Village Bowl on Wood Lanes. Oiled heavy with little back, the ball worked wonderful. It was smooth and powerful. The factory polished caused to ball to be to sensitive to oil and dry. The light sanded gave the ball more of a banana shape reaction that still hard very hard. Ice cold nines did not upset me, I was hitting the pocket with confidence. Shot a 681 which is a season high for me at this tough wood house.

In closing, if you are going to leave it at a factory finish I would recommend drilling more of a "Arc" layout. If you want to be aggressive with drilling, a coverstock tweak might be necessary. Either way, Brunsick latest reactive definately shows some muscle with this one.

Thank you for reading this review and Best of Luck with your Bowling endeavors.

Dwight

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Drilling 5¾” 45°, box finish. By far the snappiest Brunswick ball I have. I have had trouble when trying to open the lane with my other Brunswick balls. The result would often be weak ten pins and washouts. This ball solves that problem. Good hit and mix. Needs head oil to get to the break point. Seems to handle carry down pretty well.

I have to thank Brunswick for this ball.  I used a 35 degree drilling and this ball flips like you would not believe.  It can handle a heavier oil pattern and still flip.  It can handle a flat pattern, and still flip.  The ball also seems to repel oil.  I threw 22 games over a weekend period and I found almost no oil on the ball after any shot.  Thank you again Brunswick for the ball and this great product!

I drilled this pup using a 4x4 w/ a weight hole on my pap and the cg kick out to the right a bit.  I left the ball in box condition.  I thought this one would be close to my Buzzsaw Cherry Peal since they both use the powercoil 18,  but no, my cherry pearl likes oil more than this one.  Bowling on synthetics 40' 10 to 10 standing on 20 out to 12to7 and the ball does not finish.  BUT WAIT, move over right and shoot the 5 board throwing 18mph and forget about it, this ball really comes alive, as soon as it reads the dry, WHAM hard left turn into the pocket and it crushes.  Throwing this line I do not leave any 10 pins just ten in the pit.  When the lanes break down then I can play a swing shot.  This ball does not over react but the move on it is very nice, a good revving stong moving ball.

This is one that Santa Claus brought me for Christmas.  He really aims to please!

This is only the second one of these that I've laid eyes on.  I drilled one for a stud lefty in town, and he loves it.  So I decided to break out of my 'Columbia Only' shell and punch it up.

I drilled it in a 3 3/8 x 5 pattern (a sort of over-the-label drill), but I offset it a bit to come out with more side weight.  The pin is next to my ring finger, and the cg is 3/4 of an inch right of the grip line.

Well, for a tame drill pattern, the ball sure is mean!  It doesn't hook out of the house by any means, but it gives good length and very strong roll.  This is one of my favorites on a house condition, because it is so predictable.  I tested it on a normal house condition (fairly dry outside 7, wet middle, semi-clean backends).  I can rev it up and never worry about over-reaction.  Just smooth, powerful hit every time.  It definitely has a spot in the tournament arsenal.  This is a ball that will cover many facets of the game-strokers will like it because it gives a strong roll without having to hit it too hard, and power players (like myself), will like it because it is very predictable, even with more rotation.  

I'm sure feeling better about Brunswick now, hope theres more like the Raging Red Fuze to come!  9 out of 10 for its control and power, loses a point because for an 'agressive reactive', it can't cover that many boards.

The Raging Red Fuze is an excellent addition to the Brunswick line. The Ball has a fairly high differential and medium/low RG core wrapped up in an aggressive pearlized reactive coverstock. In addition to the pearlized raging red coverstock looking good I've also found that it tunes very well to adapt the ball to varying lane conditions. The match of core/coverstock creates a ball that reads the midlane very well while providing exceptional backend strength and hitting power. I've drilled this one up for bowlers of different styles and each has loved the reaction the ball has given them, this one makes the weaker bowlers look strong and gives the strong bowler all of the power, control and predictability they need. In my opinion, Brunswick has hit a homerun with the Raging Red Fuze making it one ball you must have in the bag for league and tournament competition.

out of the box= 224-279 (first 7)-237=740,normal league oiled shot on  synthetics
 good mixing hit, clears heads well with a good mid-lane read
to a strong move thru the pindeck.(anything wide still made it back to the pocket)
drilled #2 on brunswicks drill sheet by S & B PRO SHOP W/
the ball choice a recommendation from Ed Rondot (see his reviews & profile,
he explains in a very detailed manner whats going on.)
overall the red fuse is a 9/10 by brunswick.