Never weighed my bows before I set them up, couldn't tell you. You must be serious about this though, you have this posted on every message board I go to pretty much.

Are you talking a bare bow, or have you added any thing to it yet? I think the bare bow should be pretty darn close, since like said on another forum it is pretty technical the way they are made.

The one thing to keep in mind though is that they have the right to make changes to the design during production that may or may not effect the advertised specs. This is probably in the fine print somewhere. It may be the original design was 8 ounces lighter and they changed something mid run, or vice versa.

Almost everything I have bought has some sort of disclaimer that says something like this. The specifications listed are a representation of the products performance, your product may or may not meet these specs. All specs listed are subject to change without warning or notification.

What it is going to boil down to is you took the bow the way it was, and it's not defective in any way. If overall weight was that big of an issue for you maybe you should have weighed it before you took it home.

I would simply call the company and ask them why the weight does not match the advertised specs and see what they say. And why won't you mention what company or bow it is? Maybe some of us would like to know. That is why a lot of people come to sites like these, they want to know if a product lives up to it's hype. As long as you are telling the truth the company can not do anything to you. Now if you come on here making stuff up and trashing a company that might be different. However I still don't think they would do anything but ask you stop or want to know how you came to those conclusions.

Paul