Browning Micro Midas 4 Compound Bow

The Browning Micro Midas 4 is the one-year oddity of Browning's youth line: a 2007-only restyle that borrowed the adult Illusion's new riser and Hyperlite Unibody limb pockets to give a kid a bow that looks and feels like the grown-up rig. Underneath the styling is a sound grow-with-the-child platform - a Hypermax 10 single cam with a full 10 inches of press-free draw-length adjustment across 18 to 27 inches, two peak weights of 29 and 40 pounds each stepping down at the limb bolts, 70 percent let-off, and a published 254-to-246 fps IBO that is honest about being a youth bow. At 3.6 pounds it is a touch heavier than the Micro Midas 3 it bracketed, the price of that adult look, but a young shooter still holds it up easily and groups well with it. What keeps coming back to me is how the adult styling does real work here: a kid who feels like they are shooting a serious bow stays interested, and interest is what turns a first compound into a lifelong shooter. Browning never published an MSRP that survives, so today it lives on the used market in the rough 85-to-175-dollar range, which makes it an inexpensive way to put a genuinely adjustable compound in young hands. It is an excellent first bow for the youth hunter or smaller-framed beginner who wants a real, grow-with-me compound that does not read as a toy. Buyers who want a single bow that never gets outgrown and the backing of a living brand should also look at the Diamond Infinite Edge Pro, and those wanting a pure youth grow-with-me platform should look at the Bowtech Rascal... read full review