PSE Primos STL

Over the years I've come to know some of the engineers at PSE, including founder and chairman Pete Shepley, himself a bow designer. The company probably employs more engineers than any other single bow company, a fact that's not surprising considering that PSE is the single largest bow company.

Something I'd not considered was how a company chooses a name for each of its new models. A few years back, as I am told, Pete issued a mandate to the engineers, telling them not to bring him another new bow design unless they already had a name for it. The name game surely wasn't a problem when it came to the latest model PSE sent me for testing. Dubbed the Primos STL, the new bow was designed by PSE with help from veteran call maker and archer Will Primos and his staff. By the way, STL stands for "Speak the Language," a Primos slogan.

The Primos STL certainly stands out in the PSE lineup for many reasons, least of which is its name and customlike design. I've shot a lot of PSE models over the years, and I've got to say simply, and right up front, that the bowmaker got it all right with the new Primos bow. It's not often that design, look and feel all come together in a compound bow in just the right way, but it happened here. I'm totally impressed and I recommend this bow to anyone in the market for a new model. It has all the features that make a bow easy and accurate to shoot. A custom grip, a relatively long brace height, a hard back wall and an only slightly deflexed riser.