I picked this up and not sure what it is from ,if its just part of a large optic or a stand alone item , Has anyone seen one of these before ? thank you for any help
I picked this up and not sure what it is from ,if its just part of a large optic or a stand alone item , Has anyone seen one of these before ? thank you for any help
Interesting item, all I can tell you is Ross made a lot of sights for naval guns.
Don't know exactly but it is clearly a monocular by Ross of London who have made many opitics for the British military (all branches) for a very long time.
Some monoculars are hand held "Dismounted" equipments used for spotting etc but I don't think this one is from the pics (an indication of size would help rule out hand held usage) and it incorporates a power unit suggesting an illuminated graticule. In older technology this would make it somewhat heavy for a portable hand held item although I get the impression of a small overall size here from the scale of lettering and screwheads etc. Also an educated guess suggests to me that the 'G' in G.737 (clearly a model / pattern number) indicates "Gun" so this is perhaps a ancillary equipment for an artillery piece or similar?
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."
Thank you for your input , its 7cm in lenght so small in size so could be hand held , it has a cross hair in it going from 0-30 and has the filter that slides across from using the handle , i have looked at all sorts of gun sights online but cant find this anywhere
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