u want me to be real critical? now i am not a pse fan but i have shot some before and i can tell u a little about this bow. from the looks of it, it has all cheap equipment on it. now in the past, i have found that some archery equipment is cheaper for a reason which can mean less accurate. the bow looks like it has a good amount of felt recoil. This would be a nice bow to get started with. i bought a hoyt intruder as my first bow and have since moved up to mathews z-max and now a mathews legacy. Its hard for me to go back and look at fords when i am driving a cadillac. all this is just my option. if i were u i would have down to the local archery shop that might have that bow and shoot it before u buy it. u don't have to buy from them if the price is higher than cabelas but u get the service that the local guys have. shot it, if u like it, get it