Good gravy Stalker, from what you have there, 268 is very respectable... unless your pulling 75 pounds or more with a 33 inch draw. What is your draw lentgh? If you say anything under 30", even close to 70 pounds your bow is doing a fine job! I'm glad you opted to remove the string loop... it shortens your draw, which slows you down a wee bit, but more importantly it's just something else to go wrong at the worst opportune time, IMHO.