Very interesting question. I don't know that I can shoot well enough to really give a helpful answer, but I will say that I got a surprise this summer. When I first shot a low recoil bow (Q2 XL), I realized that all the time I had been shooting other bows, I had been flinching some. I have noticed several bows that I owned seemed to be very critical of my mistakes, while others seemed more forgiving, errors resulted in arrows missing by less than the more critical bows. To make the bow have more parallel limbs, the riser must have pretty much reflex to it. According to Len and others, this should make the bow less forgiving to shoot. That seemed to hold true until I got my Champion Scorpion. The riser has 3" of reflex, and the bow has a brace height of only 7". It has less recoil than any other CPS cammed bow I've owned. Should be a nightmare to shoot, right? I have, on several occaisions, often when pretty nervous, shot 4 arrows into less than a 2" circle at 30 yards with this bow. Considering my old eyes and the fact that I don't use a peep sight, I just can't do much better. The bow also tuned easily with broadheads. Much more easily than a Scepter 3 with Nitrous X, or a Rival Pro with greater ATA and an 8" brace height. I think each bow is a law unto itself. I just can't figure this one out, except that it pleases me very much. I really think it all boils down to whether you can keep concentrating, hold pretty steady, and aim througout the shot without anticipating. If you can do that, the accuracy should be pretty good, shock or no shock.