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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: kuch on September 09, 2011, 11:31:00 AM
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OK, I did a search and found some good info but still confused.
I have a Safari 54" serial 5C110.....1965?
56" Explorer I serial 4D686-1 (black and white overlays), the search info said Explorers made 67-71...so what year?
Thanks,
Chad
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I also heard the Explorers with "piano key" overlays were the "later ones" but which year...70,71 ,etc.
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these bows both shoot very well.
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The info I have shows the 54" Safari bows made from 1963 to 1965.
The Explorer I and II made 1967-71.
The plain Explorer 62" made 1963-66.
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thanks Jeff, but how do you nail down the year on the Explorer I ? With the hidden DaVinci codes in the serial number?
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I think that Browning may have serialized bows in the late 1960s like Bear did, i.e. the first number of the serial number corresponding with the year, 1967 = 7, etc.
I can't confirm this, I just really don't know for sure. I have seen a lot of Browning bows with serial numbers beginning with 7 or 8 of that time period.
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Jeff, that's kinda what I thought .so '65 for the safari , but what on the Explorer ( 4D686-1)... 69, 70, 71 ? "cause the black and white overlays are later ....
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I have 2 explorer II bows, both of them start with a 4 also. They are the late model ones with the black and white overlays. As far the specific year of manufacture, I really don't know.