Hey DaveC,

Congrats on the bow man. As far as the speed goes, that does seem low. I shot mine set at 60# and 30" draw with a 394.4 grain arrow and was pulling 289 f.p.s out of it. When it was bumped up to my current pull, 72# with my 30" draw and a 420 grain arrow, it was pulling between 301 and 305 f.p.s. I am not sure why your bow is slower, but, I would ask the pro-shop where you got it.

As far as the hush kit. I scrapped everything (before I read that you should leave the Vibra-Blocks on). It is just heavier and slows down arrow speed. I took it all off though. I have put on Simms Cable Rod Dampeners, a Simms Virgin Teflon Cable Slide (you definetly want to get one of these as the factory cables slides are junk), and, with my Doinker 7" Stealth Stabilizers and Limb Savers, this bow is entirely shock free. And heck, I still don' t have my Simms String Leechs, Simms Insulator Wrap, Simms Mini (Accessory) Limb Savers, and my Simms Stabilizer Enhancer on.

If you compare the Mathews and your MightyMite though, if you added the 2 pounds of draw weight to the MM like the Mathews has, your gonna add roughly 5 f.p.s. So, that puts the MM up to around 273. If you take the hush kit off and add cat whiskers or String leechs, you will probablly gain another couple feet per second, so, that will put you over the 275 f.p.s. mark. Which puts it at 20 f.p.s. faster or more. I still think it should be faster than that though. I would expect your set-up to be getting in the mid 280 to upper 280 range. Talk to the pro-shop about it. Another guy on the board had the same problem with his Patriot, and, he talked to his pro-shop about it. Well, they got back to BowTech about it, and, BowTech replaced the bow with one that performing as he had expected.

As far as silencers and dampeners go, you may want to ask someone else, I am very partial to Simms. All the dampeners on my bow are Simms, except the Stabilizer, and I am pretty sure that my Doinker uses Simms technology.