This is a Bowling Ball Review of the Columbia 300 Full Swing.
We use this bowling ball on two lane surfaces, one being wood with guardian and the other being Brunswick’s pro-anvilane
The Bowling Ball Drilling Layout
We used pin under our ring finger and the mass bias at 2 inches to the right of our thumbhole, we did not need a balance hole on this bowling ball. This is the drilling layout no. 2 on the Columbia 300 drill sheet.
The Bowling Ball Surface.
First, we used the out of box surface, and then change it to 2000 abralon.
The Bowling Lane Surface.
We Bowled this on two different surfaces in two different centers first a wood lane surface with guardian on the first 22ft, then a Brunswick pro-anvilane synthetic.
The Bowling Lane Oil Pattern
The lane conditions, both centers used typical house patterns at about a 40 ft oil length. I will note both centers play about the same.
Bowlers Style.
The bowlers style is a 16 mph 250 rev rate tweener, there comfort zone is about the 12th board at the arrows and 8th board at the break point, and likes a soft belly shot.
Test Results
Well in testing the Columbia Full Swing, First we really like the strong hit of this bowling ball, it has a very nice strong solid pocket strike. The ball grabs hard on the dry area of the lane. In addition, it will hold a line well when playing up the track area. I did expect this ball to hook more than it does, and be smoother than it was. The full swing seems to need dry boards somewhere. It did seem a little afraid of oil. The full swing reacted and played about the same at both bowling centers. The balls wheelhouse conditions, are a medium to heavy length and volume with a drier backend. It did play about the same at both centers. It just did not hook in oil even after adjusting the cover like expected, but would be a great ball if you like to play up the oil line or have medium conditions with a dry backend. The bowling ball motion was medium skid, long and slower transition with and arcing motion on the backend. Note: this was from my personal observation’s you may get a different result do to many other factors or have a different opinion.
Columbia Full Swing RG: 2.490 Differential: .056 Lane Condition: Medium-Heavy Finish: Matte Coverstock: Full Tilt 5.0 Reactive Resin Reaction: Skid/Flip Factory Finish: 4000 grit Abralon Color: Black Core: Asymmetric Columbia's Mass Bias Full Swing
This is a review of the Roto Grip bowling ball Mutant Cell. This is the newest bowling ball from Roto Grip to date. In addition, it has been added to the popular cell series, there have been some modifications to the core and cover stock in the Mutant Cell. It is suppose to rev up sooner and have more surface traction in oil. Our testing; we drilled this one pin under ring finger and the mass at 1 ½ inches to the right of our thumb hole, we did not need a balance hole. This layout is like stacking it under your fingers and gives the bowling ball a sooner response than pin above. We did this because we got a pin in and I like my pins under on pin in type bowling balls. The lane condition was 39 foot house pattern on and AMF HPL synthetic bowling lane. My observation of the bowling ball reaction was medium skid, short transition, with a very fast reving reaction in the roll area of the lane. The ball had strong mid lane and good continuation. In addition, the Mutant Cell had a very good reaction on the fresh oil pattern with good pin carry. The ball recovered well if we got it out to far. We did use the out of box finish for testing. I have not really seen a reaction quite like this ball with its short transition to the hook area. It seems like this would be a good starter ball on oilier conditions. This is our observation yours may vary depending on lots of factors like, type of bowler and lanes conditions, as examples.
Raw Hammer Burn Review: The bowling ball drilling layout we used was pin above the bridge and the cg angled to 1 ½ inches to the right of our thumb hole. This is a late response type drilling. The lane surface was an AMF HPL synthetic. The lane conditions were 39 ft house pattern. We used the out of box finish on this ball. The bowler style was in the tweener category. The test results were a long skid with a medium transition, but we did not get a hole lot of right to left motion. We played the burn more down and in and were able to get it to set up to the pocket. The ball seemed to carry well at the pins. It was just more down and in then we expected. I think this was because we were on fresh oil and a late response drilling. I think it would have had more recovery if the shot had broken down a little. The burn seems like a good ball to go to in the last game after your fresh out all burns out.
The layout we used on the massacre red death was a stacked layout 4.5 inches from our pap with the pin below the fingers this was to get the ball to roll up sooner than a pin above plus we had a short pin so this worked out well on this ball. The lane conditions were a typical house 39 ft house pattern on AMF HPL lane surface. The bowler style was 300 rpm and 16.5 mph there comfort zone is in track area or between the second and third arrow with swing area. We used the out of box finish on the ball. The reaction we got was very smooth and a controlled hook. The ball did not over skid and recovered well. We had a good reaction at the pins. The ball reaction was long skid short transition with a smooth hook and did not over react. The red death from lane #1 looks like a good fresh oil ball. I could used and drilled to break down the oil pattern. There is a description and specification below.
The New Massacre Red Death - Features: RG: 2.558 Differential: .038 Flare Potential: 4" + Lane Condition: Heavy Finish: Matte Coverstock: Hybrid Reactive Coverstock Name: Pure Grip / Explosion Hybrid Factory Finish: 2000-grit Abralon(TM) Color: Red / Black ore Type: Symmetric Core Name: Bomb MassaCORE
This is a review of the new lane #1 dynamo x2; the lane condition we bowled on was a typical 39ft house pattern. The bowling lane surface was AMF HPL synthetic. The bowling ball drilling layout we used was a medium response type drilling which was pin above the ring fingers at 5 inches from our bowler’s axis point and the cg drilling angle at 50 degrees. Vertical axis angle was 45 degrees. We used first used the ball on the fresh pattern with the out of box finish. Our test was able to play straight up the boards at about the 14th board at the arrows and the ball did seem to hold a line at the break point we did not see much over reaction and the pin carry was pretty good. We did try adjusting the surface to 2000 abralon which gave us more swing area and about a board or 2 more hook. The ball still held pocket well and even better pin carry. I am a strong believer in bowling ball surface adjustments. This ball seems to fit in the medium area of bowling balls and good for bowlers the want to play straighter, Bowlers that are afraid of over reaction could enjoy it too.
Dynamo X2 Specification - RG: 2.467 Differential: 0.049 Flare Potential: 5"+ Lane Condition: Medium-Heavy Finish: Polished Coverstock: Reactive Resin Coverstock Name: Hybrid ISO Solid Reactive Color: Midnight Blue Core Type: Symmetric Core Name: Hurricane Patented Diamond
