Stringpuller: I'll just say again what I've come to experience after having perhaps a half dozen of his recurves over the years. His bows shoot great, but they don't seem to be on the upper end of the performance scale. He builds them for shootability and durability, but they always seem to take a bit weaker spine at similar weight than the bows of my buddies, who shoot Widows, Welch bows, etc. I don't think his windows are cut really far past center compared to some, and so need somewhat lighter spined arrows. The stock strings that come with them are a bit heavy, and as many have said an aftermarket string might be the ticket. Get some 200, 250, and even 300 grain field points and play with them, and also play with brace height. I usually end up around 8" on mine; my current 60" Mentor is at exactly 8" now. Good luck.