All of you guys who tire of those looking for hook out of the box, take a zanex and sit out on this one.     

In terms of cover strength, RG, and differential, what is the biggest hooking ball heavy oil ball on the market.

I had a very good bowler ask me this question today, and I had to pause to answer it. I told him that my first guess would be the Nexxus. He told me he thought the Defiant may be stronger.

Since no one has each of the biggest hooking balls from each manufacture on the same drill pattern what honest answer do you expect?

Pick any big oil ball from any manufacture and they will likely be within a few boards of each other. Since he is a good bowler a few boards won't matter.

Seriously, go ahead right now, you and the good bowler, and start drilling them up and tell us. If you make it through most of them and there is one on heavy oil that is easily that much stronger then all the rest please let us know.

In terms of cover strength, RG, and differential, what is the biggest hooking ball heavy oil ball on the market.

Still have Global, AMF,  Ebonite, Hammer, Track, Storm, Morich, ect ect

We need more data then that

You should be asking what is the hardest hitting ball on heavy oil.


The problem is that an elementary understanding of physics says you can't get a ball to hook on heavy oil unless there is so much surface friction on the ball that it will roll out by the time it gets to the drier back end.  I have found that the hardest hitting balls on heavy oil are often pearl balls that you can get to roll as soon as they hit the dry.  Not much hook but they hit harder than a dull abrasive ball that burns as soon as it hits the dry. 

Remember the slickest lanes still have 15 feet of dry on the back end.  As an old guy with low revs, there is nothing that makes me lick my chops more than going against a young gun with high revs and lots of axis rotation on a long slick pattern.   

As charlest said, there is no one strongest ball.  However, there are a ton of really strong balls on the market.

Storm: Virtual Gravity Nano, VG Nano Pearl, Vivid
Roto Grip: Defiant, Defiant Edge, Critical Theory
900 Global: Freight Train, Bank Roll
AMF: OMG!, Green Mamba
Track: 912T, 716T
Ebonite: Pursuit, Pursuit-S, Mission X
Hammer: Taboo (solid and pearl)
Lane #1: Droid, Droid Pearl
Columbia 300: Wicked Encounter, Dark Encounter
Brunswick: Nexxxus solid, Nexxxus pearl (the triple x is stronger than the double x)
DV8: Hell Raiser Terror, Hell Raiser Revenge, Hell Raiser
Motiv: Raptor P7, 2 Cruel
MoRich: DestroyR, HookR, LocoMotion

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You should be asking what is the hardest hitting ball on heavy oil.


The problem is that an elementary understanding of physics says you can't get a ball to hook on heavy oil unless there is so much surface friction on the ball that it will roll out by the time it gets to the drier back end.  I have found that the hardest hitting balls on heavy oil are often pearl balls that you can get to roll as soon as they hit the dry.  Not much hook but they hit harder than a dull abrasive ball that burns as soon as it hits the dry. 

Remember the slickest lanes still have 15 feet of dry on the back end.  As an old guy with low revs, there is nothing that makes me lick my chops more than going against a young gun with high revs and lots of axis rotation on a long slick pattern.   

Go to bowlingball.com you can compare bowling balls side by side and get the info you need.

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