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Bear Archery worked with Team Primos, makers of Double Bull ground blinds, to create the all-new Truth 2 Dark Horse. Most ground blinds have a black interior, and it only makes sense that you and your gear be clothed in black to achieve ultimate concealment.

Of course, this is more than just any bow with a black finish -- it is still 100-percent Bear Truth 2. The bow features Bear's popular Flare Quad Limbs, a Perimeter-Weighted Single Cam with modular draw length adjustments, unique Dual ARC string suppressor and a nearly straight aluminum riser.

The Straight and Narrow
When it comes to riser configurations, there are three basic types: reflex, deflex and straight. Reflexed risers have noted speed advantages through an increased power stroke.

However, they have typically not been heralded for stability and forgiveness like deflex riser models. As you can imagine, a straight riser represents a middle ground in terms of performance characteristics. Bear's engineers designed the Truth 2 riser with a nearly straight design landing on the reflex side by only an inch. The result is a bow that produces a nice combination of very respectable speed and forgiveness. Another benefit of the straighter riser is a smaller profile, making it more maneuverable -- especially in ground blinds where the Dark Horse is most at home.

Among the Truth 2's most striking features are the 10 1⁄2-inch Flare Quad Limbs. This shorter, lighter parallel-limb design allows for more efficient transfer of energy to your arrow.

Mass weight is kept to a comfortable 3.9 pounds in this sleek overall riser design. The narrow dimensions are complemented by elaborate contours, pockets, cutouts, chamfers and flowing lines from top to bottom. The Truth 2 is a good-looking bow that handles well. I also found it was solid on the target and demonstrated good stability.

Beyond Parallel Flare
Bear's 10 1⁄2-inch compression molded Fiberglass Flare Quad Limbs were designed using a computer simulation technique known as FEA, or Finite Element Analysis. In simple terms, this tool allowed Bear to easily determine limb stress points through simulated stress cycles (bending) without actually having to make the limb first. Bear hit the jackpot when they flared the width of the limbs approximately three-quarters of the way along the limb length, closest to the eccentric system.

The result is a short, lighter limb that evenly distributes stress during the draw and release and transfers energy to an arrow very efficiently.