Never shot a Martin but I have heard good things about some of them. I have a Stinger 3G and like it personally for what it cost me. Has a couple of flaws but nothing that can't be fixed easy. Two small allen head set screws on the cam draw setting will vibrate loose if you don't put some temporary Locktite on them. And my string twisted for a while until it got broke in now its fine. Other than that its been a good shooting bow set up for 360.00 got 40.00 off on mine.