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Default Hey buckmagnet, got my new bowtech and it' s a ....

I finally got the call that the blackhawk I had ordered had come in. So I drove over an hour to the shop and proceded to shoot the blackhawk and the mghtymite back to back.
The black hawk is very light at 2.85#.
The mighty mite was heavier, but not that bad, I think it was 3.8#.
They both shot the same with the blackhawk having a little less kick after the shot.
The 28.5" ata on the blackhawk made the string really far from my face at my 29" draw. I could tell the peep was going to be a further distance away than what I' m used to.

After setting both bows at 29" and 65#, I proceded to shoot MY arrows through the chronograph. The mighty mite was only 7 fps faster than the blackhawk, posting a 268 and 261. Both of their speeds seemed a little low to me as my two current bows shoot the same arrows at 255(67# Mathews) and 250(65# reflex).

The birth cirtificate on the MM showed it at 323. My z-light came with a 300 ibo, yet the MM slings the arrow only 13 fps faster?? I guess to get a better comparison I need to crank the MM up to 67#' s.

I ended up picking the MIGHTY MITE. It' s a 2002 so it still has the winners choice stings and cables. The only reason I chose it over the blackhawk was the 2" more ata and the little numbers that came across the chrony.
Speed = the wrong reason to pick a bow, I know. But that' s what it came down to.

He set this bow up with the hush kit and I' ve read in the past to ditch it. Should I pull all of them off, or leave the ones on the cables at least?
I allready pushed the limb rubber things to the limb pockets and installed some limb savers. I also attatched a 4" doinker to the bow, but have yet to shoot it since adding these two.

Any further suggestions for this bow?
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