I recently picked up a 2nd had ******** trident II the 17" riser with short limbs and 40lb @ 28". I have always been a hard core traditional bow guy and didn't care for the modern looking bows, I gotta say after shooting this bow for a couple weeks now I was wrong! This is the sweetest shooter I have the 40lbs feels like 30, it's very quiet, as fast as anything I have. I had some trouble getting the arrows tuned but now they fly like darts and I feel like I can't miss out to 30 yeards. I guess what I am saying is if you get a chance to check out some of these bows don't turn away just because they don't look traditional, you too may get a big surprise!