RE: releases
It did, Matt... don't completely understand how the difference of using a brass nock in conjuction with an eliminator button made that much of a difference... (OK, upon second thought I guess it's because I moved my release up and directly behind the arrow nock as opposed to being under it by a 1/4 - 1/2 inch or whatever it comes out to be)... but yep, everything's golden now.
Thanks for asking.