Maybe handshock varies from bow to bow within the same model. When I shot the Allegiance it jumped slightly but very distinctly in my grip hand. I felt almost nothing when I shot the Switchback. At least between the two specific bows that I shot back to back, the Switchback clearly had less handshock. In fact my MQ1, which I have shot for the past 6 years, even had less handshock than the Allegiance. I'm not trying to rip on the Allegiance. It seemed like a very nice bow, but at least between these three bows that I mentioned, the Allegiance had the most hand shock. This isn't even a matter of opinion. It's just the way it was with the specific bows that I shot.