The X-200 shoots fine. It doesn' t shoot as quick an arrow as Martin' s higher end bows. On the other hand, it' ll shoot your arrows where you' ll point them. Whether THAT is good or bad depends entirely on you.

If you can' t wait and want the bow right now, then I can' t think of anything better in the price range, outside of hitting the used bow market.

If you can steel yourself to wait a few months, then go to recurves.com and take a look at Checkmate' s one piece recurves. About the same money as the X-200, only you get to choose your limb core woods, riser wood and glass color. They make a sweet looking 60 incher called the Falcon, and if you draw less than 30" , I' d definitely recommend going with a better limb design than the X-200 has.