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Columbia 300 Dark Encounter

Photo and specs courtesy of bowling.com. Reproduced with credit to the maker.

How it moves

Foul lineArrows · 15 ft41 ft · board 6.54.9° entry
Arcing turn (symmetric core). Dotted is skid, then the turn, then the roll into the pocket. Estimated from the coverstock, finish, core, and differential for a right-handed bowler with medium revs on a house shot. Lane conditions, speed, and layout move all of this.
Columbia 300

Dark Encounter

Discontinued
Hook potential7.5 (est.)7.5 of 10, estimated

How much the ball wants to hook, 1 (straight, a spare ball) to 10 (the strongest oil-eaters). The maker publishes no number for this ball, so this is estimated from the coverstock, core, finish, and differential.

Coverstock
Elastin 7.5 Solid
Reactive solid
Core
Encounter
Factory finish
Not listed
Color
Black, Ultra Blue, Super Violet
Released
2012-01-01
USBC
Approved 2011-12-01

Weights and specs

Weight specs have not been entered yet.

Surface

oil · laneCoarse grit
oil · laneCoarse and fine
oil · laneFine grit or polish
Coarse surfaces grip through oil and hook early; fine or polished surfaces skid longer and hook later. Surface changes over games, and a pro shop can take any ball either way with a pad.