My rating is based on what one gets for the money. It is a 5 star value. It shoots smoothly. Quality is beyond what one would expect for a bow in this price range and honestly will do what afar more expensive bow will do. It does not have the finish of a $1000+ bow because it isn't a $1000+ bow but it will shoot right along side one.

I am a beginner archer currently learning to shoot instinctive and I have to say that this bow is great. Given my style and interests, I will eventually make the transition to a Mongolian horse bow, but am using this bow to get my basics down and learn what I am doing.

The bow comes packaged nicely with a set of basic instructions. It's easy to assemble and the wood of the riser is beautiful and feels great in my hand. You can tell that its well made once you start loosing some arrows. From what I can tell its an accurate bow and launches the arrows nicely and smoothly. As far as durability is concerned, I have yet to have any issues. I have dropped it a few times and have let my teenage sons take some cracks at it and we all know how delicate teenagers can be with things.

When I ordered mine, I purchased 35 pound limbs just to get a feel for things. I am reasonably fit, so I am getting to the point where I would like higher poundage limbs, which I can easily do by purchasing new limbs through Southwest Archery. That's one of the things I love about takedown recurves. You don't have to buy an entirely new bow if you want to increase your draw weight.

I have shot this bow from as close as 5 yards to as far as 30-40 and I can say that it is an accurate bow with enough power behind it to get the arrow where its going. At the time of trying the 30-40 range, I was experimenting with string walking and with using that method I was able to get good results at that distance. It was something that really resonated with me because string walking, I feel, is a good test of the accuracy of a bow.

If you want a bow to learn on that will last a long time, I would highly recommend this bow. The only downside of this bow that I can give, which isn't any fault of Southwest, is that the length of the bow is a bit too short for me. That is something that I knew going into it. I am 6 feet tall with a draw length of about 29 inches, which puts my bow length between 68 and 70 inches. Because of that, I do experience arrow pinching at times, but again, that is not an issue with the bow.

It's a really nice and beautiful bow. I'm a beginner and will say I may have over estimated just a little about the weight of the bow. But other than that it's really nice. Was a little disappointed with the rest that comes with it as it is a small plastic piece that broke pretty easily but it's really not much of a big deal. All in all really nice bow

Seems to be pretty solid well built bow.

Haven't used it yet but the set appears to be great quality. Will update after use.