Fast…really fast. That’s what first comes to mind.

I admit my impression might be skewed because I’ve been shooting a Predator recurve for the past six months, but still, I think the Darton might be the fastest compound I’ve ever shot.

I took the bow to my friends at Jay’s Sporting Goods in Clare, Michigan to set it up. Archery department manager Eric LaFollette added a Tru Glo sight, Quality Archery Design Ultra Rest, string loop and peep sight.

Then we took the 2500 to their indoor shooting lanes to tune it.

That first shot surprised me. The bow was extremely fast…and quiet. After just a few shots it was dialed in and shooting “bullet holes” through paper.

The next step was to take it home and adjust the sight pins. For that, I used my trusty Rinehart 18-1 target. At twenty yards the bow was shooting pretty close. I dialed it in with a couple more shots then moved back to thirty yards. My goal was to set up one pin good out to that distance. That’s something I’ve never been able to do with slower bows.

At thirty yards I shot a little low, but with more tweaking I was able to hit the bullseye at both distances using that same top pin.

I moved back to forty yards and set my middle pin, then back to fifty and adjusted my bottom pin.

One reason those adjustments were so easy is because the 2500 is such a smooth shooter. For being so fast it has very little hand shock.

I’m only shooting 58 pounds, but with a thirty inch draw length I get good kinetic energy and a flat trajectory.

I’ll need to tweak my set up a little more as I break the bow in, but I was impressed with how well it shoots right out of the box. In fact, I could take it to the field right now and be completely comfortable.

I’m curious what the speed is, and as soon as I shoot it through a chronograph I’ll let you know. In the meantime I’m confident the Darton 2500 is going to be a great hunting partner.