20. MISSION ARCHERY
Matt McPherson embarked on a mission to start a new bow company that offers mid-priced bows, and from that desire was born Mission Archery. This brand new company offers three bow models, all 33" long, all made with machined aluminum risers, the perimeter-weighted Mission Cam, Cable-X Silencers, and String Cushions to reduce vibration and shock.

The top-of-the-line X5 features Advantage Max-4 camo, a reflexed riser, speeds in the 310 fps range, and a suggested retail price of about $560. The X4 has a similar look and construction but costs about a hundred bucks less. The X3 sports a black riser but still has all the features of its brethren plus speeds of 310 fps at a cost of only $340.

21. PARKER
The Frontier and the Hornet are still Parker's flagship bows, but the company now has expanded into a new line of "Xtreme Parallel" -- XP -- bows. Seven XP models feature a delicate balance between limb pocket angle, limb design, and cam engineering to maximize performance and to minimize hand shock and vibration.

The Pioneer XP, a 32.25" model with a generous 7.75" brace height, is fitted with the new ARC Single Cam featuring a built-in articulating draw length adjustment module that permits 3" of draw-length adjustment with no effect on performance. The 30.5" Legend XP, sporting the smooth-drawing EZ Cam, has a forgiving brace height of 8". A Synprene grip helps you grab onto the Trailblazer XP with its ARC cam and, like all Parker bows, it comes in an optional fully-rigged Outfitter Package. The Wildfire XP with its Super One-Cam, and the Dual Cam Buck Hunter XP fill out the XP line of adult bows. Short-draw bowhunters should check out the Contender XP and the Challenger XP.

22. PEARSON ARCHERY
This company has applied new technology to its top-of-the-line bows to retain more stored energy in the limbs by slipping a machined aluminum Energy Transfer Insert (ETI) over each limb tip before drilling the axle hole. The insert surrounds the top half of the limb, which not only helps the limb use all of its stored energy but also strengthens the weakest part of any bow. The added weight at the limb tip has also been found to increase arrow speed.

The ETI technology is built into Pearson's popular Stealth, a 33.5" hybrid-cam bow with a 7.5" brace height that puts out about 316 fps. Two new bows, the Z-34 and Z-32, also boast the ETI system, parallel limbs, Angel Wing grip, and the new Z-7 single cam, capable of speeds up to 325 fps. All of Pearson's top bows are fitted with Stone Mountain strings and Realtree's new APG camo finish.

23. PSE
It's easy to tell that Pete Shepley is back at the helm at Precision Shooting Equipment, as the innovation is back with a focus on speed and kinetic energy, two of Pete's favorite subjects. Maximizing the company's X Technology by lengthening the limbs from 9" to 12", and combining this with a variation of the G-Force riser, PSE has created a real speed demon in its X-Force, a bow capable of IBO speeds approaching 350 fps! With limbs that flex well past parallel, a 6" brace height, and a new Hybrid Fast (HF) Cam system, this is not a bow for the faint-of-heart or the weak-of-form. But for fans of arrow speed and kinetic energy, this is the bow. The new single-bolt HyperSplit limb pocket assures stability and quiet performance. The X-Force, measuring 33" long, comes in peak draw weights from 50 - 70 pounds.

The Mach-X, with its 9" limbs is only slightly tamer, and a new version, the Mossy Oak X, is dressed up in Mossy Oak's Break-Up camo pattern. PSE also has applied X Technology to the new Firestorm X, a 29" bow armed with the 9" split limbs, 7.5" brace height, and a new NRG-X single cam.

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