walks with a gimp

You'll find a lot of truth on this site from good people. The new design in todays bows that are the much parallel is a good one that results in much reduced recoil. This means a more pleasant shooting bow. Generally longer risers and short limbs that are laid back at around 40 some degrees that make the bows look like some at full draw. At the shot the cams or cam and ecentric travel pretty much vertically and away from each other instead of being thrown foward with the arrow. While the Patriot and the Legacy are very smooth and recoil free as single cams are, I believe the new dual cam Patriot will be even better because the cams are identical in weight and should do a better job of canceling each other out. The cam on a single cam bow is much heavier than the idler, therefore you have the lower limb kick that you can feel on some bows. The severe parallel limb design IMO transfers less shock to the limb pocket area and should promote the life of the limbs. The only drawback of the severe parallel design is the price of the bows. I don't believe you will find the design on the lower end models of each mfg. Give then a try!