They were the same #age as seen from the proshops eyes. I asked for 62# each and he supposedly tweaked them to that. I took his word for it as the scale wasn't facing me.

I hope both the bows being 70#ers dropped down to ~62# each didn't alter their ease of draw or shot experience. My luck the VFT I get will be a bear to pull[:-].
I know your supposed to shoot them maxed out for best "performance" and that's why I ordered the heavy 60#er.

As far as what happened after the shot. The Machete had a lot more buzz from the string and vibration in the hand. I don't want to sound as if I'm talking it down as it was "naked" and would have been my second choice. But I didn't notice the sit in your hand and not move after the shot as I did on the Patriot. (it was btw $210 cheaper)

The more I shot them back to back- the less I shot the machete.


p.s. I was shooting my arrows at 395 grains and 400 grains.
The Patriot had a noticable speed advantage (as well it should).

Another p.s.- I know I keep saying the Patriot VFT has a Smooth draw, but you have to consider the source- I just sold my 2002 mighty (hard to pull back) mite. For some reason (in my experience) it was a bear to pull no matter what #age.
After watching the number it produced on the chrony at 63#, I wasn't quiet ready to take a 20fps loss. Hence my fondness of the Patriot over the others.
My shoulder- mostly my left- told me I had to get rid of the mighty-mite.
My 59# stalker posses no problems even after considerable shooting time. But talk about after the shot jump, it took a leap into the grass before it got strapped!