I bought a used set of forged 695 cb's last summer & I absolutely LOVE 'em!! One question though, I have seen 2 distinct lofts for the 9 iron, both on titleist club archive pages, however, when I access the page directly on Titleist website, I get 40 degrees, on a redirect from About.com, it reads 42 degrees, which puts it evenly btwn. my 8 iron & p.w. Now, I've hit this iron on a particular par 3 @ 140 yards, & while it's a beautiful shot w/ a great trajectory, I flew the green!, which I wasn't too unhappy about (lol), yet was totally unexpected. My 5 hc playing partner informed me: "You hit it perfect, that's all", but I'm not buying that. It's happened on more than 1 occassion, hence my belief that it IS 40 deg., which is ok, I'd just like to know. I always took an 8 iron w/ my old set of T.M. RAC's on that hole & yes, I know, " hit your pitching wedge" is the feedback I'm mostly getting. The guy I bought 'em from didn't have 'em bent, so I ask, whats the true loft of this club leaving the factory in 2006?