Well, I had the opportunity to play around with an 82nd at the bow shop yesterday for a bit.

IMO, the draw on this bow with the speed mods was pretty harshandthat was enough to turn me offifI was considering this for ahunting rig. I guess a draw cycle like that is to be expected though, consideringthis is a speed bow. I'd like to try one with smooth mods to see if I felt the same way about the draw. I expect not, andI will try again at a later date to see if they are more to my liking. Fit and finish looked fine and the string supressor was perfectly in line with the bow string. I know there was some concern about that expressed by one of the earlier posters in this thread. Also, it looked to me like that would be an easy thing to adjust if you did happen to have one that wasn't in line with the string.

Speaking of the string supressor, if you are a guy that still likes to use a kisser button, you may be out of luck if you buy this bow and want to continue on that way. The position of the supressor looks like it would easily interfere with a kisser button for some users.

I did not shoot the bow, so I can't say anything along those lines. My plan was to definately shoot it, but the draw cycle really turned me off so I bagged it. In fairness,if I had turned down the weight 5, 6, or8 pounds from what I'm used to shooting the draw would probably have felt more manageable, but that didn't sit well with me considering themain selling point of this bow is obviously the blazing speed.

I also played around with Hoyt's speed offering, the Katera. IMO the draw cycle was much smoother than the 82nd equipped with speed mods. While the Hoyt won't stack up numberswise with the speed mod equipped 82ndat the same draw weight, the Hoyt's draw cyclewas a lot smoother and would probably end up yielding similar numbers to the Bowtech equipped with smooth mods.

That's mynickels worthon the 82nd. Your mileage may vary.