Well I went to the lack of pro-shop after work and shot the stinger. I was all ready to either order a hornet or walk out with the stinger. I brought along both of my current bows and my chronograph along with enough cash to make it happen (he doesn't have a credit card machine).

The stinger was only a 60# bow that pulled 66# according to his scale (but didn't feel like it at all) and set with a 28" draw length.

I shot my Z-light at 67# with my arrow through the chrony at 255 fps.
The DOA shot the same arrow at 70# pull at 270 fps.
The stinger only flung it at 244fps.

The stinger didn't do much for me. It felt weird, but probably had more to do with the 60# bow at 28" draw. I shoot a 29" draw.


I like the way the diamonds shot, but must correct a statement I made earlier refering to the shot shock. My rigged out bows shock was much less than these bare boned bows. I previously stated they were equall, but when shooting them side by side I could tell a big difference. I'm sure some limb savers and a stabilizer would make this a non-issue.

My only concerns were the seving showing wear at the sharp angles on the cam and the fact that the non adjustable cable guard looked as if it needed to be further out. When at full draw it looked as if the cables were too close to my srrow for proper fletching clearance.

All in all the hornet looks like more of what I'd want.
I liked the speed of the doa, but must wonder what my bow would shoot if the limbs could go up to 70# or what the doa would do at 67#'s.

I decided to stick with my current set up as it still works for me. A testiment to older mathews maybe? All I know is that after 6 years the new bows I shot weren't that much better.

Had I had a different dealer I'd probably left with a hornet on order.
This guy was scaring me with some of his statements to the point that I wouldn't buy anything from him.
I must remark on one of them- I asked for the light carbon I was shooting the day before and he handed me an arrow with carbon shards hanging off the side. It looked like someone bent it over their knee and made it crack in half. I told him he needed to throw it away before someone got hurt and he remarked that all it needed was a little superglue and it would be all right!!

After I decided not to buy I handed him a $20.00 bill and apologized for waisting his time. He tried once again to sell me on a High country, so I pulled one back and oouuch!! I could feel the 70# pull from the word go all the way until the cam broke over-no way Jose!!

Thanks for all the help Guys, when Diamond gets another dealer in my area I'll go look at the Hornet. But for now me and my z-light are still gonna haunt the woods together. Driving away I knew I had made the right decision.