Prime STX 39 V2 Long Term Review

For a 60-pound bow, the Prime STX 39 V2 is fairly easy to draw back. It does, however, have a slight dump into the valley. That has caused me to drop the arrow off my rest from time to time, but that only happens if I’m not concentrating on a smooth draw.

Prime includes both cable and limb stop options with each bow purchase. As I don’t love limb stops on a target bow, I set up my test bow with cable stops. What I do love is the ability to move the cable stops forward or back. This allows you to find your best combination of valley and holding weight, as well as fine tune draw length. It’s an incredibly versatile setup and the Prime feels just about perfect to me when I’m at full draw in its current setting. The cable stops also offer a fairly firm back wall when they are hitting together.

The grip on the Prime is nice and flat on the front and generally feels good in the hand and doesn’t slip even when my hand gets sweaty. But I found the top of my thumb rubbed on the shelf. Hardly a big deal, but it’s hard to find any serious flaws with flagship target bows.

When it came to tuning Prime’s parallel cam design, I was a bit intimidated at first. When I first set up the bow I just couldn’t get comfortable with it. But I watched a Dave Cousins tuning video and immediately fixed the issue I was having and the bow has felt great and held its tune ever since.

Prime STX 39 V2 Long Term Review

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