Columbia 300 Bowling Ball Reviews
Last Updated: February 2, 2023
Columbia 300 Bowling Ball Reviews - New Releases

Columbia 300 Explosion
Columbia 300's new Explosion uses the symmetrical Resurgence core that was last seen in the Eruption Pearl and wraps it in the Reflex Hybrid coverstock. This...

Columbia 300 Top Speed
The Top Speed brings back the asymmetrical Shifter core shape from the original Speed. This low RG, high differential design is wrapped in the pearlized version...

Columbia 300 Cuda PowerCOR
The Cuda PowerCOR continues two trends in the Columbia 300 line: reviving old nameplates and using the new PowerCOR nugget as part of the core...

Columbia 300 Messenger PowerCOR Pearl
The Messenger PowerCOR Pearl uses the same weight block design as the Messenger PowerCOR Solid, with both balls featuring the Messenger PowerCOR nugget, an RG...

Columbia 300 Messenger PowerCOR Solid
The Messenger PowerCOR Solid is one of two new releases to use the Messenger PowerCOR symmetrical weight block design. This core mimics the old Titanium...

Columbia 300 Power Torq Pearl
The Columbia 300 Power Torq Pearl wraps the ERT Pearl coverstock around the symmetrical Torq core shape. This is the same weight block that was...
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Summary Table of All Columbia 300 Ball Reviews
The table below shows a tabular comparison of all recently-reviewed Columbia 300 bowling balls. Currently, all balls in our database are shown in the table. BTM subscribers can customize the columns displayed on their Edit Profile page.
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Switch to Full WidthBall Name | Issue | Cover | Box Finish | RG | Diff | Int |
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Antics | August 2013 | R Hyb | 500 Abrn / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.054 | 0.013 |
Baller | October 2019 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.52 | 0.052 | 0.018 |
Beast | May 2019 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.54 | 0.035 | 0.000 |
Benchmark | December 2011 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl | 2.51 | 0.052 | 0.000 |
Blur Hybrid | June 2014 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.045 | 0.000 |
Blur Pearl | July 2014 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.045 | 0.000 |
Blur Solid | July 2014 | R Sol | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.045 | 0.000 |
Chaos | January 2019 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Chaos Black | July 2019 | R Sol | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Command Solid | August 2021 | R Sol | 500 / 1.5K SiaAir | 2.513 | 0.053 | 0.021 |
Crazy Antics | March 2014 | R Prl | 500 / 500 / 1.5K Abrn Soft / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.054 | 0.016 |
Cuda PowerCOR | September 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 1.5K SiaAir | 2.501 | 0.047 | 0.000 |
Dark Encounter | February 2012 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 2K / 2K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.052 | 0.013 |
Deep Freeze | January 2015 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.59 | 0.035 | 0.000 |
Delirium | February 2015 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.46 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Delirium Shock | January 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 4K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Disorder | April 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
Disruption | July 2013 | R Sol | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.46 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
Dynamic Swing | October 2020 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.482 | 0.047 | 0.012 |
Dynamic Swing Pearl | March 2021 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.482 | 0.047 | 0.012 |
Encounter | November 2011 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 2K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.052 | 0.013 |
Enigma | January 2013 | R Sol | 800 Abrn / 800 Abrn / 1.5K Abrn Soft / 1.5K Abrn Soft | 2.50 | 0.052 | 0.013 |
Eruption | July 2011 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.46 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Eruption Pearl | February 2022 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.469 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Eruption Pro | April 2014 | R Sol | 500 / 500 / 500 Abrl / 1.5K Abrn Soft / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.036 | 0.000 |
Eruption Pro Blue | November 2017 | R Sol | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.036 | 0.000 |
Eruption Pro Hybrid | October 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.036 | 0.000 |
Explosion | February 2023 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.469 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Freeze | July 2013 | R Prl | 4K Grit Polished | 2.56 | 0.047 | 0.000 |
Freeze Hybrid | July 2012 | R Hyb | 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.56 | 0.047 | 0.000 |
Freeze Solid | July 2012 | R Sol | 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.56 | 0.047 | 0.000 |
Impulse | October 2016 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.000 |
Impulse Solid | March 2017 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.000 |
Juke | June 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.51 | 0.047 | 0.000 |
Lit | August 2017 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.052 | 0.020 |
Lit Pearl | March 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.47 | 0.052 | 0.020 |
Mad Antics | December 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 4K Abrl / PH CnS Compound | 2.50 | 0.054 | 0.016 |
Mass Eruption | November 2012 | R Hyb | 800 / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
Melt Down | November 2014 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.51 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Messenger | June 2019 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.57 | 0.021 | 0.000 |
Messenger PowerCOR Pearl | July 2022 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 2K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.515 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
Messenger PowerCOR Solid | July 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 1.5K / 3K SiaAir | 2.515 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
N'Sane Antics | June 2014 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl / PH CnS Compound | 2.50 | 0.042 | 0.016 |
Nitrous | June 2016 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.55 | 0.033 | 0.000 |
Oath | August 2012 | R Sol | 500 / 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Omen | January 2012 | R Prl | 500 / 500 / 4K / 4K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Outburst | December 2010 | R Sol | 800 / 800 / 1K / 1K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Power Torq | September 2021 | R Sol | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.489 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Power Torq Pearl | June 2022 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.489 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Pure Physics | August 2010 | R Sol | 800 / 1K / 2K Abrl | 2.51 | 0.056 | 0.015 |
Ransom | January 2011 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl / Polish | 2.53 | 0.055 | 0.016 |
Ransom Demand | August 2011 | R Sol | 800 / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl | 2.53 | 0.056 | 0.016 |
Raw Urge | December 2015 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.015 |
Resurgence | August 2019 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Saber | August 2017 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.054 | 0.016 |
Saber Pearl | July 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.054 | 0.016 |
Savage | September 2018 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.051 | 0.016 |
Savage Life | March 2019 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.051 | 0.016 |
Severe Delirium | August 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Sideswipe | July 2016 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.041 | 0.000 |
Sideswipe Solid | January 2017 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.041 | 0.000 |
Smack Down | July 2013 | R Hyb | 500 / 500 Abrn / 2K / 2K Abrl | 2.51 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Speed | March 2022 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K SiaAir | 2.478 | 0.050 | 0.015 |
Spoiler | October 2017 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.52 | 0.045 | 0.000 |
Spoiler Alert | November 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.045 | 0.000 |
Swerve | September 2015 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 2K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.052 | 0.007 |
Swerve FX | January 2016 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.47 | 0.052 | 0.007 |
Swerve GT | August 2016 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.052 | 0.007 |
Take Down | March 2014 | R Prl | 500 / 3K Abrl | 2.51 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
The Classic U2 | August 2012 | Ure Sol | 2K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.043 | 0.000 |
Throw Down | September 2014 | R Sol | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.51 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Top Speed | December 2022 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.478 | 0.050 | 0.015 |
Tyrant | November 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.056 | 0.011 |
Tyrant Pearl | January 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.056 | 0.011 |
Urge | June 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.015 |
Violent Eruption | July 2012 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.46 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
Vow | February 2013 | R Prl | 500 / 800 / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.47 | 0.054 | 0.000 |
Wicked Encounter | July 2012 | R Hyb | 800 / 800 Abrl / 1.5K / 1.5K Abrn | 2.50 | 0.052 | 0.013 |
World Beater | February 2011 | R Sol | 800 / 1K / 2K/ 2K Abrl | 2.54 | 0.055 | 0.017 |
Columbia 300 Ball Comparison Graph
The graph below shows a comparison of all Columbia 300 balls. It shows four dimensions from our on-lane testing results:
- Horizontal axis: Total Hook rating
- Vertical axis: Length rating
- Circle size: Torque rating
- Circle color: Backend rating
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