Browning were some of the best designed bows and had a complete spectrum from high end to low end bows while still maintaining quality during their era.

You can shoot any one of their higher end bows and will be hard pressed to fine anything any better to.

I feel that bow designed reached its Golden Age during the 70's.  We now just have a few high teck additives, such as carbon, ect.

Look who was designing the Browning bows, anyone ever hear of an archery pioneer called Harry Drake.

Liquid Amber; Thanks for the info! I was begining to think I was the only one who believed in the "mythical" San Diego Browning bows, or who had read about it (The San Diego facility), in vintage magazines! The article I read was in a 1967 Mag, so they were still building them in San Diego at that point in time.

I took more grief about this than I care to remember on another site about 2 years ago, from the all knowing "Archery Gods"...LOL! One begins to feel like Galileo if you challenge common beliefs and misconceptions with facts and evidence on "that other site"...

heres some pics of brownings ...the bottom pic is a nice royal gordon bow..you can see that it looks similar to a browning....

 
Explorer

 

FURY

 

DRAKE FOLDING TARGET BOW

 

BACKPACKER

 

 

 

 

Wow, that Gordon wood is nice! My Explorer 2 is lighter. That dark, rich reddish brown on your bow is unreal! Almost too pretty to hunt with!

Chris..she was a beauty for sure.... i couldnt hunt with it anyway..it was a lefty , so  it is in the hands of someone who can shoot it now..LOL...... the wood was so beautiful i bought it and kept it safe for awhile.... here's a pic of back side of riser

 

Has anyone ever heard of a Browning nomad stalker 1 at 70#? I haven't been able to find any example online of a heavy Stalker but i bought one sight unseen for what i think was too good of a deal to pass up and should have it in a few days....hope the seller was correct about the weight.  

Never seen one that heavy but not to say there were not a few made.  Finding them around 58-60# is rare enough much less 70# if true weight.  Good luck.

Shot my first deer with a recurve in 1968 with a Browning Nomad Stalker.  When I find a nice one it will join the stable.  But that Wasp looks like a keeper

Well here's to hoping. I'll post up pics as soon as it comes in.

I had one that was 60 lbs but never seen one at 70.

50' Browning Cobra...my turkey bow. Even took it out last fall a few days for whitetails.

I have a 44# Nomad Stalker. I got it on here when I was getting into trad archery. I love that bow, it is a good brush bow. I think it is 48"

A few years ago I had to get rid of my 56# Wasp which was just a bit too much.  I was amazed at the speed I was getting from that bow compared to some modern customs I had.

Then up pops a near-mint Wasp at a gun show with some gorgeous shedua.  It is 47# and I can hardly wait to string it up and see if this Wasp performs like all the others I have read about.

Well i got it and it's a 70# bow. At least that's what's on the riser. I normally use a 60lb hanging scale and it maxes that out before i get it to 28" so i have no doubt its somewhere in the 65-70# range. I'll clean it up and take some pics to post up this weekend. Love the small size but it does have a bit of hand shock and noise to it. some string silencers and limb padding should take care of that. might need to find heavier arrows. Has reinforced limb tips which i believe that means it's fastflight compatible?

Hi guys, Here's the pics, didn't have a chance to clean it up so here's exactly how i received it. Also had a quick question on brace height on this Nomad Stalker 1. The info on the riser is:

4W4958-1
70#
52"
AMO

I strung it up with the included string that measures 49" and have a 6.25" brace height untwisted. I thought i read somewhere that folks were using brace height closer to 8"? So I twisted it to 7.5" and left it at that but just wanted to double check on that. The bow shot much quieter at 6.25 than it does at 7.5" might be due to lightweight carbon arrows.    
 
 

Hi folks. On the topic of Old Brownings. I just came across a Browning Cam-lock 1 recurve. I can't find any info on it at all, I can't even find a single picture of this bow online. any info would be appreciated.