I am in the market for buying a new bow and want to spend about $600. I have heard a lot of talk on here about the Liberty and Allegiance and wonder which one I should get. I haven't had the opportunity to shoot them yet because I can't find a place that will let people shoot new bows. Thanks for the help.

I am not sure if you will be able to get a new allegiance for $600.00. I think it may be a little closer to $700.00.

For $600 you could buy a new 06 Allegiance and a half dozen arrows. From what I have seen lately the prices on the 06 stuff has dropped quite a bit. I have regularly seen 06 Allegiances selling for $550 and less.

I just recently got an 06 ally and i love it. Buy this bow and you wont be sorry

At least your question is a bit easier to answer than the ones which ask "Tribute or Allegiance?" The bows you mention are very diametrically opposed in shooting characteristics. While I've become very accustomed to my Allegiance, and like to think of it as really smooth -- it doesn't hold a candle to the Liberty in the smoothness category.

Likewise, the Liberty can't wear the Allegiance's jock strap in the speed department. Obviously, you're also talking two entirely different cam systems here, and while I was a single-cam shooter for the longest, I now ama huge proponent of the binaries -- if for no other reason than the interchangeable draw module offerings on the Allegiance and most of the others. Being able to switch from the "speed" mods to the "smooth" mods by simply unscrewing a couple Allen screws truly is like having two bows in one.

Ultimately -- and, hopefully, obviously -- you're going to have to shoot these two bows yourself to get a feel for them. You're going to have to decide what's important to you as well. One of the smoothest bows on the planet with OK speed? Or pretty good smoothness out of one of the hardest-hitting bows on the planet?