yes the filthy is hot broke it in with some old red dot & blue dots. i was hitting off the tee with the AV getting about 280' after about 20 swings with 52\300, i have 4 bats I'm breaking in.27 oz AV, 27 oz rogo, 27 oz legends plague DB & 26.5 oz flex, so its going to take a while. there is a special on right now $49.95