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Mkrause1420

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Do some core numbers just match up better for you?
« on: October 14, 2017, 03:11:58 PM »
So one of my favorite balls ever was the original black widow and I have had a lot of success with most of if not all the widows I have bought. I switched to storm and Roto a long time ago and have had a lot of success but still always considered the original black widow my favorite ball until I got a code black last year. I was having an awful season lost confidence but after I got the code black I just matched up so well with it i was back to my old self and ever sense I have been bowling better with all my equipment but especially the code black I just see the shape and reaction I get from that ball so much better than anything else. Now on Thursday I got myself a code red finally as a birthday present and just wow shot 235 258 255 off the press and again after a few shots I just seen the shape and what I was getting it was like I’ve had the ball for weeks. Now after that rant what I noticed is the codes core and widows core all have an rg of 2.50 and a diff of .058 am I thinking to much into it that I like these balls so much better than anything else or do some bowlers just match up to a set of core numbers.
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charlest

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Re: Do some core numbers just match up better for you?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2017, 03:39:29 PM »
Congrats on some great scoring and bowling!

But, no, don't rely on one factor out of many, many that determines how well you are scoring and how good a ball reaction you are getting.

As has been said so many, many times, surface+coverstock rules, 70% of a ball's reaction. Then there's the oil pattern, how well you're throwing the ball, how consistent is your release and ball speed, how accurate you are that day. Plus a thousand other factors.

The core's specs are only as starting point; once drilled, the dynamics of the drilled core will be very different from the statics.

Using balls whose core meets this apparent ideal will only limit your choices and possibilities.
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Mkrause1420

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Re: Do some core numbers just match up better for you?
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2017, 04:11:30 PM »
Thanks code red is an amazing piece haven’t been that locked in right away to what a ball was giving me on the first night. I only got two shots with it in practice when it was done then game started I went through the face for a split then double and 7 pin a deserved another double and 7 pin I deserved then went sheet. Second game just two 7 pins I deserved so no complaints of anything first two game and third I left a ring 7 and 10 pin that I could have fell but still great night.
In bag now, no rules , code black, code red , timeless , and fight and of course spare ball lol
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Mkrause1420

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Re: Do some core numbers just match up better for you?
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2017, 04:15:47 PM »
And yeah you are right I wouldn’t just pick a ball for those things only if that was case I would just kept replacing the oil soaked hammer pieces I had from back then just having the widows wasn’t enough to keep getting my money any more
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Jesse James

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Re: Do some core numbers just match up better for you?
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2017, 08:25:55 PM »
So one of my favorite balls ever was the original black widow and I have had a lot of success with most of if not all the widows I have bought. I switched to storm and Roto a long time ago and have had a lot of success but still always considered the original black widow my favorite ball until I got a code black last year. I was having an awful season lost confidence but after I got the code black I just matched up so well with it i was back to my old self and ever sense I have been bowling better with all my equipment but especially the code black I just see the shape and reaction I get from that ball so much better than anything else. Now on Thursday I got myself a code red finally as a birthday present and just wow shot 235 258 255 off the press and again after a few shots I just seen the shape and what I was getting it was like I’ve had the ball for weeks. Now after that rant what I noticed is the codes core and widows core all have an rg of 2.50 and a diff of .058 am I thinking to much into it that I like these balls so much better than anything else or do some bowlers just match up to a set of core numbers.

Much like you, I also noticed that I gravitate towards balls with a particular set of core numbers. For me its, 2.48 and .048 differential. It is not that I can't use pieces with a different set of numbers, it's that I bowl extremely well with balls with core numbers in that general range, regardless of surface!
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CoorZero

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Re: Do some core numbers just match up better for you?
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2017, 08:59:45 PM »
There might be a correlation here with the really high differential numbers, but I wouldn't put a ton of stock into it. Really think it's a case-by-case basis.

Of course I also believe there's a general range in core numbers that might just be better for some bowlers. So who knows. Besides you obviously. To be honest I would just go with what your gut says. Virtually everything is a quality product these days so I wouldn't worry about getting a dud. And if you do... then you can have fun buying another ball.  ;D