Thanks Steve. It's 53#'s @ 28" right now. Figured I would lose a pound or 2 with final sanding. This forward handle experiment may have worked out. I was hoping to minimize set further out in the draw with the 1" of handle placed up front. It didn't lose much weight going from 24" to 28".
*And I kept my width parallel past mid limb on this one, after reading one of your post. I believe this helped out. Still seems underweight though. I believe it's about 18 oz right now. 62" ntn.