RE: String lengths
it depends too.
hoyt has given untwisted lengths for a long time, but i've heard this yr they'll give finished lengths. i've seen the new lengths - and there are no signs to me they've changed.
parker has given untwisted lengths for a long time too. they've just recently started keeping finished lengths on file in the tech department.
bowtech gives good finished lengths (provided they haven't changed them from the sticker w/out telling anyone)
mathews, well well mathews. there is no rhyme or reason to the lengths they publish. they're not finished lengths, they're not untwisted lengths, they are only numbers that are probably w/in 1" of what the actual finished lengths are.