First of all, welcome to Huntingnet!!

I'm gonna try to save myself some typing here and link you toa thread started last week or so by Frank (Pabowhntr) which will address some of your questions very specificaly. It'll also throw in some additional info that's good to know about stabilizers as well. Happy reading!

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1537097