And if you want to get nit picky the roller guard is High Country's and Bowtech had the first of the real "modern" style parallel limb bows with their firstPatriot which debuted 3 months prior to Mathews coming out with their first version in the Legacy model.

Those in my mind were the first 2 bows which FEATURED short true "parallel limb design" rather than it just being a by product of what a long riser demands and basically changed the face of today's hunting bows. Now if you aren't parallel or beyond you aren't a player.

Mathews makes some great bows, and without a doubt they have ridden an incredible wave of marketing.