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Re: Sextant scopes
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2008 Jul 4, 17:15 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2008 Jul 4, 17:15 -0500
Froggy, Almost correct. Tamaya still makes theirs, a 4x40 scope. Freiberger makes theirs, a 4x40 also, but the rising piece (fork) has reversed topography so that it is not interchangeable with other sextants. The Celestaire 3.5x40 scope used on Astra, Cassens & Plath and the final 3 years production of C.Plath sextants is a very good scope. For the higher power scopes, Cassens & Plath may still have a few 6x30 scopes left of mediocre quality. Freiberger may still offer a Russian made 8x30 from the old days, but again they will not fit on other sextants. Tamaya made a nice 7x35 until recently, but they were very expensive..about $450. They apparently ran out, and are now supplying a 7x35 at the same price, but of horrible quality. It's basically unusable. Because there are few, if any, suitable high power scopes now available, Celestaire is making a 7x35 exact clone of the earlier Tamaya scope (which Frank mentioned) which will retail for less than $200. The first run is in production now, and should be available in 2 months. Ken Gebhart On Jul 4, 2008, at 3:55 AM, Froggy wrote: > > Hello, > All the sextants (Astra, Cassens & Plath, Freiberger, Tamaya) today > seem to use exactly the same scopes. All these scopes seem to come > from only one manufacturer : Changzhou Celestaire Co. in China. Am I > wrong ? > What do you think about the quality of these scopes ? > Do you know other manufacturers for sextant scopes today ? > Thank you > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---