The Tactical Ops rolls into 900 Global’s Preferred 600 Series as one of this season’s new summer releases. It is powered by the Break Asymmetric core that has been seen throughout the 900 Global line since their first release 11 years ago. With the Tactical Ops, this low RG, high differential asymmetrical weight block is surrounded by the S72 Pearl coverstock. This is the pearlized version of the same cover that was seen on the Covert Ops from last summer. The Tactical Ops comes out of the box at a 1500 grit polished finish. The differences between the sanded and solid-covered Covert Ops and the Tactical Ops allow these balls to make an excellent combination.

Our testers had the best results with the Tactical Ops on our medium oil test pattern. Stroker and Cranker had just slightly better reactions than Tweener on the fresh. All three testers could get to pocket effortlessly with the box finish, but Stroker and Cranker had a little bit better pin carry. Stroker was starting his ball on 15 on the fresh. He projected it out over the 11 board at the arrows and out to eight at the breakpoint. He could get this ball all the way to five at the breakpoint and still hit the pocket, but from that far right, he started to leave the flat 10 pin due to his lower rev rate. Cranker started pretty deep in the pattern, considering that this is a polished bowling ball. His Tactical Ops was coming down on the lane on board 31, crossing right over the middle arrow, and getting out to eight at the breakpoint before making a hard left turn. Only big misses at the bottom of his swing with his release would prevent his ball from getting...

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