Topic: Parker Blackhawk

We set up a new bow from Parker. The Blackhawk.
First impressions are as follows: Looks cool, wow this is light as hell, I like it! Then we set it up with a simple TruGlo 5 pin sight and a Quicktune drop away, tied in a G5 peep and a release loop.... then we went out and shot it.
We don't have a chrono, but the bow felt very fast and the arrows lanced into the target like a laser beam. Very quiet. Very shock and vibration free. Hardly any recoil to speak of. This is a good thing. And the draw was very smooth.
The downside to it is that it has hardly any let off, a very narrow valley, and a granite back wall. The valley is the area of the draw after the cams roll over and the draw weight drops off... and the back wall, or the farthest back the bow pulls. Normally you feel the bow cam over and you have a few more inches of draw. This makes a bow easy and comfortable to hold at full draw. I like a lot of let off... the Blackhawk has very little. Combined with that narrow valley, you want to draw this bow back and let fly quick. Now, for some shooters, this is just fine. Me, I'm not too fond of it. However, in spite of this quality... I do like this bow.
Even though it is so light, it feels very solid and very shootable.... I really do like this bow. I've never said that about a Parker before. I never thought I would ever say that about a Parker. I think with new cams, this bow would be transformed into a top shelf hunting bow.