| From: sticshooter
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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Does anyone know how to date a Browning recurve? Serail numbers? I have a Sarfari II. Thanks<><
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| From: stickhunter
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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Your bow was made between 1966 and 1971
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| From: goldentrout_one
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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On your serial number, the first number is the last number of the year it was built (e.g. if it's a 9, it was made in 1969). The second is a letter that represents the model of the bow. do a search for "Safari", there's a pretty long post that talks about Browning Safari bows and how to date them (I started the post a few weeks ago).
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| From: stickhunter
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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I tried to attach a link to Brownings web site but it didn’t work. If you google Browning bow manufacturing years and select the link that mentions vintage Browning bows there is a bunch of info on there. I just recently used it to search info on my Browning Cobra 1.
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| From: YamahaYG68
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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"Beautiful riser!"
Yes, it is!
I remember admiring the wood and the finish on those risers in the shops, in the early 1970's; they always stood out.
However, I was young and low on funds back then, so I never acquired one.
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| From: sticshooter
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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Than ks guys. I always love the browning bows. Stickhunter I'll check that site out. Thanks for the tip.<><
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| From: M60gunner
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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Brownings were an eye catcher. I used to remark how they wanted the bows finish to match up with their firearms wood finish. My .22 auto still has that mirror finish on it.
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| From: Bassman
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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Browning was, and is a good company.I have my dad's Bt99 trap gun ,and a couple of their vintage bows, and 2 Browning A bolt rifles.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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M60 kind of beat me to it but I was going to ask if anybody had ever seen an ugly Browning bow.
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| From: sticshooter
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| Date: 15-Jan-21 |
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My favorite Browning. well so far lol<><
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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Nice Safari!
One of my favourites...1963 Explorer.
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| From: PECO
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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I am a fan of Browning bows.
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| From: sticshooter
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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Yeah really like them. They shoot great and are real eye-catchers. I like all older bows<><
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| From: Stealth2
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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Taking my little 50" Cobra out Sun/Mon for rabbits and squirrels along with some stump shooting.
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| From: Gray Goose Shaft
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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The black and white overlays got me, plus the East Indian Rosewood is richly colored. If I get old and divest myself of bows and gear, I might keep this Explorer I just to look at.
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| From: Gray Goose Shaft
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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Sticshooter, nice pile of gear, nice overlays. I like the quiver.
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| From: sticshooter
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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GGS yeah I really like the pocket quiver.<><
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| From: Bushytail
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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I never had a Browning recurve. I did have a Browning compound I realy liked when I was in high school. (1981-82) It had a wood riser. I'd like to find one to play around with someday. I always did admire a compound with a wood riser. I guess that's why I got into traditional bows.
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| From: goldentrout_one
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| Date: 16-Jan-21 |
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Those 70s Explorers are gorgeous ... my LH 1975 Explorer II "I'm ready for my closeup"
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| From: crookedstix
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| Date: 17-Jan-21 |
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Yes Sticshooter that would be a '66. In general the earlier the Browning (starting in 1962), the nicer the figure in the rosewood risers--especially in the Safaris, which were their top-end hunting bows. By 1966, the grain was getting a bit quieter--but of course still very handsome.
The Safaris I've owned have also varied in terms of how high-wristed they were...and the wrist in that one of yours looks a lot like a '65 that I owned. Fast and pretty bows, for sure--and they age better than most, in terms of durability, IMO.
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| From: Thumper-tx
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| Date: 18-Jan-21 |
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Who made Browning bows? Since they don’t own factories, there must be documentation of where their bows came from, just like their guns.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 18-Jan-21 |
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Here you go;
http://leatherwall.bowsite.com/TF/lw/thread2.cfm? threadid=131474&categ
http://leatherwall.bowsite.com/TF/lw/thread2.cfm? threadid=223801&category=88#2992259
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| From: Pdiddly
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| Date: 18-Jan-21 |
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Thumper They bought the Gordon operation...one of the few examples where they did build something they sold.
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| From: jaz5833
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| Date: 18-Jan-21 |
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From the San Diego Tribune - January 9, 1968.
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