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LuckyLefty

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So yesterday I had a frustrating carry day with my can't miss Rubber orb, on my harsh wet dry fresh shot!

So along I had a Pancake Tornado Warning, Lane #1 Buzzsaw Plastic, and a Morich Sahara!

A friend came up and said try this Boo Yah.  Drilled like a virtual Rico it read the pattern so smoothly allowed me to go inside with the Reactives medium flare reactives I often use with frustration and read so smoothly and had good smooth recovery!

I noticed to my eyes it seemed cover heavy?  Maybe that segways in to my next paragraph.

A while back I talked to one of the major company reps and he noted that the companies had thought that higher flare two piece cores wrapped by Urethane covers like the Natural would be the cats meow.  Instead they have found these lower flare two piece cores wrapped in today's stronger urethane coves are really a much better matchup.

Anyone here compared these various balls, Boo Yah vs Pitch Black, vs Pitch Blue?

Thanks,

Luckylefty
PS I have laying around Naturals(dud for me pin up), Hammer Blue modern version(undrilled), A Brunswick pancake urethane(high average lefty used in our house last year same model)(undrilled).
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avabob

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I have used 3 different modern urethanes, Natural, Blue Hammer, and Pitch Blue.  I found all of them gave me a different look.  I didn't care for the Natural, although I did make some money with it at a high roller.  Loved the Blue Hammer.  Not really any stronger than the Natural, but it hit better thanks primarily to the core shell match up.  Pitch Blue has a really nice look, but almost too strong off the dry for my slower speed.  I did have all 3 balls finished at 4000, with similar layouts.

I think you are on to something about core shell matchups between different shells.  I know that in the plastic ball era the high rg pancake weight blocks used by Columbia matched up much better with the polyester than did the larger hemispherical weight blocks used by Brunswick and other manufacturers. 


spmcgivern

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As with most modern urethanes on today's oils, you have to be weary of getting too deep.  Urethanes will not provide the same level of carry as reactives once you move deep.

At the time, the Boo-Yah was about the strongest urethane on the market, so I can see how it may have provided some additional recovery from inside for you.

But for a lot of bowlers, some of today's urethanes are too strong.  Bowlers want to use them on dry conditions, yet these conditions are too dry and the ball has to be thrown away from the pocket and that leads to bad carry.

I can foresee the newer crop of urethanes will have strong covers (maybe even stronger than now) and weaker cores to keep the shot in front of the bowler.  Provide the bowler with a shape that doesn't require throwing away from the pocket.

Higher speed or lower rev bowlers may still be able to use the stronger versions, but my experience has shown matched or lower speed/higher rev bowlers struggle with urethane.

avabob

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Kind of what I was trying to say.  I like the pitch blue, but blue hammer  was easier to keep in front of me, and thus more useful on wet dry house shots.