PW,
I'm very much aware of the facts you presented and I agree with you, however my comment was not geared towards AtoA specifically but the amount of riser available to soak it up..should have been more clear (I've been posting here and there when I've had a break from son's 3rd B-day party)...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
The T-29, MM,stinger and DOA have less mass than the new generation of short A2A bows like the Legacy, PAT, Enforcer, etc which exhibit extremely low shock and recoil...so things ARE changing...
Do not also forget that the Bowtechs (as well as many other brands/models) use a "full grip" which will dampen any felt vibration in the hand...the diamonds AFAIK shoot off the spine of the riser and use sideplates, and do not have something similar to the ST pockets to "take the edge off".
Of course there ARE exceptions: the MQ32/SQ2 being two that are very low shock as well as light weight...they are also slower than molasses (less stroke, softer cam)..certainly not in the same class as the abovementioned bows which use a much harder cam (the PF cam).
I still do not find it surprising though that there is some shock on a superlightweight high brace bow with the PF cam..Shoot a BT Stalker right out of the box with it's near 8" brace, 33 " AtoA, and featherweight riser. Certainly it's tame-able when set up, but out of the box (As the Diamond in question was shot), it's definitely there.
JeffB <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Edited by - jeffB on 11/03/2002 17:37:34