RE: Best bow for a afordable price
I'm with Dave. Find a new bow in that price range with the features you are talking about is pretty hard- Dave listed theexact same brands I was thinking of. However, you can find good used bows that are sometimes less than a year old and hardly shot at pro-shops. If you are adventureous, you can get great deals in the classified sections of forums. I've had really good luck over on AT with buying stuff from other guys. They have a trader's feedback section so you can see who is a good seller and who is not. I've not tried it on this forum. Archers are always willing to help each other out and I'm sure it is no expception here.
AT has a "wanting to buy section" as well where you put what you are looking for and folks respond with what they want to sell. Maybe you can put a WTB in the archeryclassifieds here.