NorCal5150
Rep for GS Sports
I'd go as far as saying 52 and 40/400 only and it would get past 1000 and still test OK.
Soon as it hits harder than that, then it won't surprise me that it fails eventually before 1000.
I hit 47/500 from time to time with some of my bats off the tee to help break them in quick in the early stage. So I probably fall under the category that it would fail early with my Freak 12 and Hall 220.
Then again, I'd have to actually own a bat long enough to get to 1000 hits :biggthumpup:
Freak 12 continues to amaze me. I pulled one out of a park I never usually clear yesterday at BP. And with authority into a bit of headwind. It gave me full confidence in this stick now. I am getting the 12" barrel around nice, but it's so forgiving that I am not even thinking about it being a 12" like I would be with a Demarini or Easton bat with much smaller sweet spots.
Big big fan of this stick coming from highly endorsing the White DC41, Legits, and Freak Blacks.
And it murders 52s which for me is a must, as we game 52s here but rules call for Utrip thumbprint bats in NSA or SPN/SPO sanctions we play in. There is little to no ASA allowed up here in Canada, unless it is a grandfathered asa2004 stamp. But we can't hit the new ASA stuff unless it is a dual stamp with the Utrip thumb too. And as we all know, Duals tend to suck with a few exceptions.
Prior to worlds I got a brand new Freak Black. I put about 200 hacks on it just so it was completely brand new with nothing but 44/400. The bat tested at 225. I'd imagine the person who is actually swinging the bat would have something to do with how long a bat can be swung prior to failing compression as well.