Hehehehehehehe, hahahahahahahahahaha Sorry I had to laugh. It just reminded me of the same exact thing that happened to me in April. Your just as foolish as I was!! Guess we learn the hard way. I was converting from fingers to a new release shooter. I had a brand new release out of the box, and made no adjustments to it. It let go on me, and pow right in the eye. I too had a nice shiner. But I' ll do even better, thinking it was me being new to the release I carefully checked my jaws on the loop, extra careful I didn' t hit the trigger. Drew again & POW right in the eye again!!!!!! I was pissed, sent the release back. A technician called me, and he replaced the jaws and trigger mechanism. I was real skeptical at first. But I' m doing real well. Like others said here. Never draw to your face. I draw to my shoulder, then anchor up to my mouth. The weight thing is an excellent idea if you make tension adjustments.