Bowtech Reckoning Gen2 SD Compound Bow

Sold from 2023 through 2025 at a $1,599 launch MSRP and since discontinued, the Reckoning Gen2 SD was Bowtech's short-draw target bow - the full Reckoning Gen2 platform, with its DeadLock and TimeLock press-free tuning, adjustable limb-stop-firm draw stop, GripLock grip, and class-leading finish, built around a cam that runs a 23-to-26.5-inch draw. On the same forgiving 36-inch riser as the Reckoning Gen2 36 and the lightest of the family at 4.5 pounds, it gave a short-draw competitor a genuine no-compromise target bow rather than a scaled-down one. The honest costs are a 298 fps IBO that trails the longer-draw siblings by the physics of a short power stroke, a 60-pound draw-weight ceiling, and the simple fact that it has left the current lineup. Having shot the platform's rock-solid wall on the longer cams, what defines the SD is that the short-draw archer gives up only speed, never feel or tunability. An excellent bow for the sub-26-inch competitive target archer who has been handed compromise bows and wants a real one. Buyers who want the same fit available new should look at the Bowtech Reckoning Gen2 36 with its short-draw cam, while long-draw target shooters chasing maximum stability should consider the Bowtech Reckoning Gen2 39... read full review