Curious, anybody have any info on Browning Nomad II...

This one is 60" and 46#...

Thanks for any info...

It's pretty much the same as the Safari II except for the woods used in the riser. The Safari generally had Rosewood. Also, some of the Nomads had wedges rather than overlays but the later models had tip overlays. Not sure what you're wanting to know. They are great shooters and handle well in the hand. If you want to know about price, well that's a condition thing and we are in a slow market right now. The bow itself is as good as any made in that era and better than some.

Some of those old Safari IIs had a high wrist. I don't know about the Nomads. I don't really care for a high wrist.

T4

The grips varied from medium to medium high. I've never seen a completely high wrist model. They are comfortable to me but everyone is a bit different.

Here's a Safari II.

Those look a lot more comfortable than the early one I owned. I couldn't figure it out. I finally gave it to Cueman. It might have been me just frustrated with the bow.

T4

It wasn't just you, Tony! The wrist on this Safari was way too high for my liking...so despite the beautiful wood, it's no longer with me.

Speaking of safari II, here is the one Tony sent after filing and sanding the grip to my liking and a refinish. Just got a new string for it and have to put on a side plate and rest and go shoot it.

And to get back to the topic, I should add that I've never seen a Nomad that had such a high grip.

My Safari

If you watch the auctions, you can find the medium wrist models. Feel and fit is everything, so I understand that some folks don't like the high wrist risers. For those who like them, you probably can't pry them out of their fingers.

George speaks truth...the Safari II that I have now is a very shootable medium-wrist grip. We now return you to your "Browning Nomad" thread, heheh...

I've owned a couple of them. Good bows. Smooth and pretty efficient. They like slimmer shaft diameters

A Nomad II with Tip wedges would be a nice bow to have.

T4

i have one that is 45 lbs.28 inches. just says nomad and has wedges in the tips.first run maybe.not sure ,but it is a great little 54 inch bow.i have a shakespere x18 45lb at 28 inch and shoot them together sometimes.Like them both, but for speed smoothness of draw nomad is a better by far.even so i would never get rid of either of these bows.and yes they both lean towards high wrist grip but not extreme.

My girl friend (and now wife) shot one some 50 years ago. It's just like George's picture. I bought it for her when we were young and in high school. I think that's the reason she married me :) The bow is still in the family and our daughter still shoots it. I shot a Safari and my son has that. All good bows--just couldn't afford a Howatt, which some of the old salts thought it to be the Cadillac for the times.

great little bows, a 55# RH Nomad was my first real hunting bow and I killed my first deer with it in 1978

i see some for sale right now on ebay for next to nothing there is one on there for 5o bucks what i steal for that kind of quality bow.

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