Oh, and just for the heck of it, here is my take on adjusting draw weight.

The adjustment is there for two reasons. One to get a proper spine match with your arrows. And two, to make the bow fit YOU. Too many people worry about how much weight they draw. You should set the bow up to where it shoots well and is comfortable to draw. Then check it on a scale to see what it is so you can begin choosing the correct arrows.

My suggestion is once you find a model you like find out how much you can COMFORTABLY draw and then pick the model with a peak weight closest to that. Then when you choose your arrows do it for the weight adjustment in the middle. Say you get a bow with 50-60 lb limbs, do your calculations for arrow spine at 55 lbs. This way when you are tuning your bow you have 5 lbs leeway in either direction to get the spine to match with a simple limb adjustment. You can also shorten an arrow to make it stiffer or add tip weight to make it weaker. However it is much easier initially to just turn your limb bolts and take another couple of shots.

For some people there are two things they should never know about their bow. Draw weight and arrow speed. The only reason to know either is to pick the correct arrow and track the tune of your bow. An example would be if when your bow was originally set up it had X amount of draw weight and Y amount of speed. A year later the draw weight and speed changed and you didn't do anything to the bow. This would indicate the tune of your bow changed. The string or harness stretched and the cam/s may be out of time/sync.

Other than that it's just bragging rights in my opinion. You are ALWAYS better off with a bow that fits you, is easier to shoot and set up properly than you are with one that shoots 5-10 fps faster than your buddies bow.

And I haven't shot a bow made in the past 10 years that it mattered where the limbs were set. Bottomed out, set in the middle or backed all the way out, they all shoot well. You may get a very SLIGHT amount of mechanical advantage on some designs when the limbs are maxed out, but not enough to warrant it if you have to struggle to draw it. Almost every bow I have shot was just as quiet and accurate no matter where the limbs were set as long as the arrows matched and the bow was tuned.

My opinions anyway.

Paul