Well, what can I say other than if the Black Widow were a Brunswick or Storm ball everyone around here would be throwing it! It's just an amazingly versatile ball considering how downright vicious it can be in the backend. Yet, it can be played down and in on heavier, fresh conditions and will still clear the heads cleanly after transition and into the 3rd game of league.
I have 2 BW's. One is oob finish, the other I put on the spinner and applied some neotac liquid sandpaper. This gave it a nice sheen, just about 3 steps duller than oob. #1 is drilled with pin over bridge, cg kicked left for 1/2 oz negative weight and the MB is just right of the thumb. #2 is drilled pin above ring cg stacked and mb at 75 degrees.
#1 has a nice arc at midlane then turns on the afterburners at about 53 feet and takes a nasty turn into the pocket. With the 1/2 oz negative weight it has a tendency on high hits to hookset and trips the 4 pin instead of leaving it standing. I've NEVER had a ball strike on so many high hits as this BW does!
#2 revs up harder after midlane and has a continuous angular movement. It's entry into the 1-3 is end over end. Very powerful. Very devastating but not quite as controllable as #1 when the lanes transition.
Tonight in league the lanes were very oily. I used BW #1 and had to keep moving right going down and in (not my A game). Struggled for a 205 the first game but had 4 in a row at the end so I knew I'd finally found the line. Game 2 I go 268; game 3: 258. to maintain my average at 244.7 through 9 games.
This ball is $$$$$$$$$$$$ and an absolute joy to throw. Hats off to Hammer for making a ball that looks great (no circusy multi colors), has a name that is genius and reacts like a Danger Zone on steroids.
Edited on 9/22/2006 0:54 AM
