Ive owned both and they are both great, but..... I thought the Parker was more critical to small mistakes in my form or other things I did. I shot both bows a lot from 3-D, to hunting, indoor,anything I could but I just always shot the Matthews better than the Parker. Dont think the Parker is a bad bow, I still got 2-3 inch groups out to 30 yards, but the Matthews always would group arrows touching one another out to 40-50 yards.