Hammer-Black Widow Red Legend Solid-15 lb.-Bowling Ball-No Thumb Drilling

Description: Condition: 2nd Drill. Thumbs Plugged. See All Pics. Bowler RatingsPATTERNSTTWCROily:9.59.59.5Medium:999Dry:NANANASport:888Bowler ratings are from 1 to 10 in order of Stroker (ST), Tweener (TW), Cranker (CR) General InfoBrand:HammerName:Black Widow Red Legend SolidReviewed:July 2015 COVERSTOCK SPECSName:JuicedType:Reactive SolidBox Finish:500 / 2000 AbralonColor:Bright Red Solid CORE SPECSName:Gas MaskType:AsymmetricalRG:2.50Diff:0.058Int. Diff:0.016 The Black Widow Legend line grows with the release of the Red Legend Solid. This ball uses the wildly successful Gas Mask core that it shares with the previous two in the line, the Black Widow Legend and the Black Widow Red Legend. The big change with this ball is the coverstock, with this release having a solid reactive shell. The red Juiced coverstock is finished with a 2000 Abralon pad. The Red Legend Solid gave us enough grip for our testers to have their best reactions on our heavy oil pattern. In general, balls that are very angular downlane typically have our testers playing close together at the arrows, but with varying breakpoints downlane. Sanded big-hooking balls usually require us to have much different laydown spots, but with similar breakpoints downlane. The Red Legend Solid gave us a little bit of both, as all three testers were about five boards different with both their laydown points and breakpoints. Stroker played the most direct line, crossing between the second and third arrows and getting his ball to the ten board downlane. Tweener was crossing between the third and fourth arrows, getting it a few boards right of the rangefinder downlane. Cranker was farther left with his feet and going around the other two testers at the breakpoint. All three bowlers saw plenty of total hook and a big move at the dry downlane. With their feet and eyes in the proper places, it was hard for any of them to miss the pocket on this pattern. Moving to the medium pattern, we still had a good reaction with the box finish. Each tester needed to move more left with their feet and make sure to project the ball right off their hands. Even as it got later in the session, none of the testers needed to make any adjustments to the surface, as none of them saw the Red Legend Solid burn up early or hook too much, provided that they stayed far enough left. The box finish was again best on our sport pattern and all three testers felt like they had much more room than they usually have on this condition. This ball’s strong cover helped provide easy traction, giving them miss room both right and left of their targets on this tougher lane condition. Performance RatingsNAMEVALUECOMMENTSTorque7.5This will be the smoothest of the three Legend releases. While less angular than the previous two, this one still manages to provide lots of downlane motion, especially for a ball with a sanded solid coverstock.Length12The 2000 Abralon box finish of the Red Legend Solid will be plenty textured to create hook on heavy volumes of oil. While providing a strong amount of total motion, this finish is not rough enough to take away from big downlane recovery.Back End17We saw a lot of recovery at the back of the lane, even with the sanded box finish. As long as we got around the ball at the release, we could still circle the lane rather easily.Total Hook56The Red Legend Solid will provide more total hook than the previous two Legends because of the differences in coverstock and box finish. Our reaction on the medium pattern was almost as good as what we saw on the heavy test pattern.StrengthsThis release is a sanded solid reactive ball that still retains plenty of energy for the breakpoint and back end. Most everyone needs a ball in their arsenal that offer this much total hook and this much recovery downlane. WeaknessesThe only thing that slowed down the Red Legend Solid was our short pattern, due to the combination of hook and back end that this ball provides. There are plenty of other Hammer options to cover these types of conditions. Overall SummaryThe Red Legend Solid is the perfect addition to Hammer’s Black Widow Legend lineup. While providing more total hook, the Red Solid still retains plenty of energy downlane, making it very useful on a wide variety of oil patterns.

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