Brunswick Fury Red/Blue/Black Bowling Ball Review

The Fury Red/Blue/Black is another of the five options in Brunswick’s new Fury line. These bowling balls replace the Twist line, adding much more performance. The Red/Blue/Black version of the Fury uses the same PK-26 Hybrid cover as the dull version we previously reviewed. The difference with this ball is the box finish. Instead of a sanded 2000 SiaAir finish, this ball is finished with 2000 SiaAir and Crown Factory Compound. This glossy surface finish provided much more length, a stronger move downlane, but much less total hook compared to the sanded version. We needed to play straighter with our angles and on top of the dry with this ball across our patterns.

Stroker

Stroker easily had the best reaction of our three testers with this Fury on the fresh medium oil pattern. His lower rev rate allowed him to start the ball up the five board and let the ball’s back end reaction get it up to the pocket downlane. The ball matched up very well for him, having enough friction to hook, but with the Crown Factory Compound getting it far enough down the lane before turning over. Misses left of target didn’t overreact, but the ball struggled to go through the pins for him. He saw very little transition with this ball, which allowed him to stay in the same area for the entire session. If dull balls were also being thrown, most of them weren’t far enough right to affect what he was doing with this ball. If the sanded covers did get far enough outside, he needed to make very small moves to