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UK Bino Case. Patt 37 set with Binos

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    Just took some new pics of some junk I have

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    Whoops, forgot a main shot!!!

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    Nice set. Do the binos have a rangefinding reticle?

    B.B.

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    Quote by BrodieBartfast View Post
    Nice set. Do the binos have a rangefinding reticle?

    B.B.
    According to the marking on the right side by the eye piece they should have

    Nice to see this fairly iconic piece of kit.

    Unbelievable as it seems we still had these on our unit equipment tables alongside the later rubberised L12A1 (rubberised? Do they bounce sarge? Try it and see laddie! ) as late as 1999!

    Regards

    Mark
    Last edited by Watchdog; 05-04-2020 at 02:54 PM. Reason: Typo
    "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

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    Well, prompted by Rene to root through my own junk pile (no copyright there mate ) I was going to show my similar "Bino Prism No2 MkIII" glasses for comparison but they seem to be buried so deep I need binos to find them However, I did turn these up which being British and binos might add to the thread.

    Barr & Stroud, Glasgow and London CF41 7x40 Naval Glasses.

    As the model suggests these appeared in 1941 and were in service with the RN until the mid to late '80s.

    They were never date marked but this is an early set indicated by the extending "spray guards" on the front optics.

    They don't have a graticle, ships have better methods, but they do have three coloured filters inside which are controlled by the two knobs on the inner body in front of the eye pieces.

    Like so many things that a lot of us have in our collections these are a mile away from my core collecting interests but one of those "one look must have" items. As soon as I saw them I could hear myself calling out "submarine on the surface" "action stations" "all ahead full" etc etc like a big kid (we've all done it right? )

    They are in very good order and really tactile, just a nice thing to have

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    Regards

    Mark
    "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

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    Ooh! Is that spray guard made from sprung steel blades? They twist down to lay curved?
    Ooh, that’s luuvly!
    What a splendid design.. I do like stuff like that.

    A little over-excited now.
    (It’s the designer in me).

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    Quote by Kohima View Post
    Ooh! Is that spray guard made from sprung steel blades? They twist down to lay curved?
    Ooh, that’s luuvly!
    What a splendid design.. I do like stuff like that.

    A little over-excited now.
    (It’s the designer in me).
    Yes mate, plus plus plus they appear to be copper AND zinc coated so as to cope with salt air and avoid the need for any kind of lube yet they slide like socks on glass. Talk about over engineering but yes I agree fab aren't they

    This is a feature that was deleted I think around the mid-war point probably for ultilitarian reasons such as ease/speed of manufacture as well as cost and material saving then they never went back to it after the war

    Regards

    Mark
    Last edited by Watchdog; 05-04-2020 at 04:42 PM. Reason: Typo
    "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

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    Marvellous.
    A set of those have just squeezed themselves into the upper end of my wants list!

    Thanks mate,
    Take care,
    Bob

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    Quote by BrodieBartfast View Post
    Nice set. Do the binos have a rangefinding reticle?

    B.B.
    Not that I can see & the lenses are clear with this set.
    Last edited by reneblacky; 05-05-2020 at 12:52 AM. Reason: added pic

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    Rene, there is no end to your junk pile is there mate?

    Oh and by the way, nice bino's!

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