Requesting info on an old Bow

[Stovetop535]

The other day I was going through our storage room and came across one of my dads old bow's.  I think it is fairly old and I asked my dad about it and he said it hadnt been strung or used in a long time.  It is a Browning Drake Signature FDS7A.  It has the Drake signiture on it but i would assume it is just stamped on.  I live in nebraska and took the bow to full draw archery and had it strung and they advised me to look into it and make sure it wasnt worth anything before I went out to shoot fish and that with it.  Any help I could get I would appreciate.
Thanks
Alex

[bow'narrow]

Harry Drake was a famous flight shooter.  
Set a record shooting an arrow over 2000 yards.  His era was about a half century ago.  I suspect that Browning used his name on a bow just like Bear uses Byron Furgeson today.  You may not be able to trade the bow for a yacht, but I suspect that it would have some collector value.  Bow'narrow

[GameMaster]

Back in the 55 to 60's Drake recurves were very popular. I belong to a all instinctive club in Racine,Wi that started in 1952 and have some old 8mm movies,alot of the members shot the Drakes. Last year I sold a right hand Browning-Drake for 150.00 at a traditional shoot. Very well made bows.

[Horney Toad]

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A Drake on EEEB--a--y

[PAPALAPIN]

BROWNING did not just use the Drake name.  At some point in time, Harry Drake joined the Browning team as their lead desginer.  There were several models that carried his name.  The Drake Flightmaster, the Drake takedown, and a few others.  Browning benifited from his name, but they also benitfitted from his design work.