Simple and quick to takedown or put together, no tools needed, quick and quiet to shoot. I traded for my first one in 1973, a 1969 model A-handle wood with No. 1 43# limbs, and killed my first ever deer that fall with it. In a moment of folly, I let it go and have regreted it ever since. I now hunt with the '70s era magnesium bows, I took a nice doe a couple of weeks ago with my A riser mag with No. 2 53# limbs. She managed 50yds after the shot. I almost think I like the mag bows better than the wood, as I don't mind a little camo paint on them. Notice though I said almost!!!