I liked those ol' Martins. Never bought but a few of 'em, and those were mostly Damon Howatt stickbows, but Martin had some of the neatest stuff on the market back in the 80's. I did have a Cougar XRG that I really liked. Still got a Firecat living in my house.

Problem was that my favorite dealer back then handled only Hoyt, PSE and Bear/Jennings, and didn't carry Martin. If I'd had a Martin dealer handy in the 80's my entire archery career might have followed a different course.