Hammer Spawn Bowling Ball Review

The Spawn brings back Hammer’s Gauntlet asymmetrical core design from 2017’s Gauntlet and Gauntlet Fury releases. This strong core shape is wrapped with one of the strongest coverstocks on the market, HK22C2 Solid. This is the same coverstock that is used on the Zero Mercy Solid, and it is finished with 500/1000 SiaAir on the Spawn. The combination of this core, coverstock, and box finish gave us a stronger move at the breakpoint compared to the Zero Mercy Solid. In addition to being more angular off the spot, we had the Spawn be more continuous at the back end, giving us better entry angle through the pins. Even with the very sanded finish, we had very little trouble getting the ball down the lane on the majority of our patterns. The dry oil pattern was the outlier for us, as the Spawn was simply too strong and aggressive with the amount of traction it provided.

Stroker

Stroker loved the amount of hook and drive he saw from the Spawn on the heavy oil pattern. He was on top of the line he used on this condition with the Zero Mercy Solid, seeing this ball turn over stronger at the breakpoint and finish a bit more flush in the pocket than the Zero Mercy Solid. The longer the session went on, the bigger the difference he saw between this ball and the Zero Mercy Solid. Where he had to keep the Zero in the pattern longer when he moved left with his laydown point, he could feed the Spawn farther right and still get it through the pins with a much better entry angle. The ball continued to drive through the pins, whereas the Zero Mercy Solid sometimes wanted to hit flat if he got it as