One of my friends was over last night with his new Bowtech Guardian. I have a range in the back yard, and did some shooting with the new bow. I normally shoot a Hoyt Pro Tec set at 60.7 lbs. This new Guardian was supposedly at 71 lbs. I didn't believe it. It didn't feel like it took any more effort to pull back as my 10 lbs. lighter Hoyt. Lacking the digital draw weight scale, we shot a couple of his arrows over my chronograph. 365 grain arrow athis 28" draw were going 289 fps. Yup, it's a 71 lb. bow. Amazing . . . . and the least amount of hand shock of any bow I have shot.