Nice post HC, it has some meat and potato's to it! First off, I will admit, I'm not a fan of short axle to axle Bow's. But that maybea post for the Tec. or target shootingthread, so I won't get in to that. GMMAT the reason that bow felt heaver than yours was because the peak weight was in the beginning of the draw section of the cam, while some get use to it, others have shoulder problems with it from so much pressure with the hands to close to each other at the peak weight of the draw cycle. I got a chance to stop by a shop the other dayandgot to drawalmost all the new bows (Did not have time to shoot them) and alot of the top of the line bows that I have herd such rave reviews of right here on this forum, I thought was horrible!! Thay were to heavy at the beginning of the draw cycle or fell off so hard it caused an uncontrollable JERK whenit turned over into the valley, All in the race to get that extra 5-10 fps over the competitors. These are the same Bow's you will see People on here complaining that their serving is wadding up at the loop and separating at the hard angel of the cam.Ifeach State and IBO and ASA changed their rules from 5gr per inch, to lets say 300 fps max. (I know this will never happen) It would not only give the short draw archer a shot at winning one of these things, but would also benefit the Bowhunter as well. Bow Manufactures would have to Concentrate on Quality Control and being consumer friendly instead of speed! But hay, thats just my 2 cents!!