#47T879. That's the serial number on the Browning Rover recurve I'd like to know the date of. Thanks!

her i thought you were giving advise on weather to buy it or not i always give the datea bunch of bows and buy the one you fall inlove with of course you have be come a MORMON with lots of wives/bows.

Its GENERALLY thought that the first digit is the year of make. I've not had anybody "confirm" that to my satisfaction, but looking at individual bows and features that were popular in various years and the assumption seems to fit.

Browning bought the bow making operation of Gordon Composites around 1963 and stopped building recurves in the mid '70s

That doesn't tell us whether the bow is a '64 or a '74. BUT, by the later '60s, Browning was focusing on marketing their hunting bows. So a wild guess, given no photos, is that the bow is more likely a '64.

Rick

If it has threaded inserts in the back and a laminated riser it's likely 1974. If none, and a solid riser, then 1964. But, like Rick said, I've not seen this officially documented. I own a couple and it seems jive with what I can find from ads and old catalogs. I don't know the time frame the Rover was offerred, which can also help eliminate alternative decades.

Sometime they use letters in the serial number and sometimes not. And Browning reused model names, so there will be ultiple series of bows that even go on into compound bows using names from the 60's.

An image would help.

Thanks, guys. I'll probably be able to provide a photo by the end of the week. I'm pretty sure the bow does have a laminated riser and the threaded inserts you mention.

Here's the photo of my Browning Rover recurve #47T879. As you can see, it has the three insert threads and laminated riser that you mention, Stumpkiller. So the production date would likely be 1974?

Yes, I'd go with '74 now that I've seen the bow.

dinner and movie is always nice...jk, lol.. the ones with the threaded holes in the limbs for quiver are from the 70's

I have a Nomad Stalker I, ser. no. 328 40 50-1. Solid riser with no bushings. I thought it was a '73, but is it possibly a '63?

-Joe

Got a browning wasp yesterday.

THE BOW HAS ON IT, 5T7979 L45# 56" AMO.

It has inserts, '75 from what I read above.

Just picked up a Browning Mohawk, 25# 54" A.M.O. with serial no. 4K727. I assume, based on A.M.O. that this will require a 51-inch string. Sound right?

If it was before 1968, it didn't have the AMO designation on the riser. If it did have AMO on it, it's 68 or later.

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