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Re: Soviet Sextants!
From: Renee Mattie
Date: 2004 Jul 30, 10:59 -0400
From: Renee Mattie
Date: 2004 Jul 30, 10:59 -0400
Joel Jacobs said: > I am pasting a representative copy of one of my Russian ebay sextant listings which > discusses the advantages of the Russian SNO-T sextant in particular, and in general. If > the seller is "ALEXEY" and I think it is, I have dealt with him a couple of times, and > he is totally trustworthy. The seller gives contact information of: Yuri Margorsky: maur@online.kharkiv.com I don't know if he has any relation to the Alexey you speak of. I have a question though: Robert Gainer said: > Because you can buy the Freiberger for within a few dollars of the Soviet one, what are > you gaining? It's easier to get parts or have the Freiberger serviced and I would feel > more comfortable with it, if for that reason and nothing else. I know the SNO-T is based closely on the Freiberger. Can it not use the same parts? Would it be more difficult to get parts and services for the SNO-T? In general, the Freiberger price of a Freiberger on Ebay is at least 20% higher than that for a SNO-T. I am surprised to see maurnavy selling one for LESS than the SNO-T. The pictured Freibuger looks perfect (though there are no closeups of any of the parts). The only visible difference is that it has only one scope. Renee