Getting back into traditional bow hunting after several years hiatus, I was surprised to see so many different brands and bows that didn’t exist before, and even more surprising was how inexpensive many of them were. Ten years ago, the only way to get a short, 3piece, reflex/deflex longbow, was to place an order with a custom bowyer, wait several months, or over a year, and spend close to or over a thousand dollars. Even today, there’s not many people building a bow like this one. This price of this bow suggests that it might be a beginner or starter bow and, no doubt would be a great first bow for just about anyone. The handle feels great. Not ok, not pretty good but, GREAT. For me, that is super important. The 3 piece design adds just the right amount of mass weight to make it a really stable shooter as well.Generally, smaller longbows can be a little trickier to shoot accurately, and are usually the choice of more experienced archers. But this bow, with the repeatable grip, and just the right amount of weight, make it so easy to shoot, right from the start. The thing that really impressed me was the longer draw. I have a 29.5” draw length, and I’ve found that most bows under 62” just hit a wall around 28”, and for that reason I’ve avoided shorter bows. I was skeptical when I saw in the description that it it could be drawn to 30”, but with so many other reviews praising this bow, I figured I’d gamble and find out for myself. And yes, this bow smoothly draws back to my 29.5 with zero stacking. I’ve been shooting this bow for about 3 weeks now. I did replace the string with a high performance fast flight than not only made it even quieter, but definitely added a little zip to the arrows. I haven’t properly tuned the perfect arrows for it yet, but I’m getting decent flight out of 500’s, with 250 up front, pulling about 40 lbs at my draw length. A bare shaft would probably show a little stiff, but they’re fine for now. I plan on getting the perfect arrow dialed in soon enough. I was planning on getting heavier weight limbs to hunt with, but at this price, I’ll probably just get another bow. I hear a lot of hunters complaining that the imported bow market is taking a lot of business away from American companies, and I can’t disagree. But, you need to ask yourself, if this bow can be made and shipped for around $100, then why are American bows so expensive? I’m not talking about customs. That’s a different animal. Of course your gonna spend a lot to get a unique bow built exactly to your specifications from a skilled bowyer making it all by themselves. But, mass produced bows from the handful of American companies that still make them are just way over priced, in my opinion. I think the American business model and mindset is what has killed American manufacturing. Asian companies try to produce the best products at the lowest prices in order gain market share, and move a lot of volume. American companies market everything they make like it’s so much better than anything else, and therefore charge as much as they can, using the “Made in America “ stamp as an assumed value added. Sorry, but I’m not going to pay 3-5 times more for a product so you can have a bigger profit margin. If US companies want to compete, they need to start serving their customers more, and their shareholders less.