Chester, I can tell you a bit about that bow, I bought it in 1996 from Three rivers, it came to me new, about a year of shooting it, I found what I thought was a check in the riser, non shelf side about 3/4" long. I contacted Tom he asked me to send it to him, so I sent it off.
He sanded and glued the check refinished the riser and returned it to me, I asked him about ff strings at the time, he said NO !, it would void his "warranty", That bow has always been stored un-strung and taken care of very well, it likes heavy arrows and a three bundle flemish with hush puppies. And is very smooth, fast shooting curve has ended the lives of several deer, Sorry bow isn't working out, to anyone looking at this bow it is a good one, Chester is a good guy to deal with, hope this helps anyone on the fence, Todd