[Milsurplus] NOS Periscope sextant

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi breck:

How do you hold it?  I could not hold it in my hands and also work the knob.
The only way would be to have some type of overhead mounting.  I checked with 
some aircraft grave yards and they wanted a small fortune to remove the mount 
from a plane.  http://www.prc68.com/I/S5807.shtml

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.precisionclock.com

> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:09:45 -0400
> From: "B. Smith" <smithab11 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] NOS Periscope sextant
> To: "MILSURPLUS" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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> The periscopic sextant is still quite usable for the amateur navigator. It 
> allows marine students to make shots day or night as it has an artifical 
> horizon(bubble). Other wise if the student is using the typical marine 
> sextant -the student has to be on the water  or create an artifical horizon 
> on land which is a very long explaination.  Fair has had these sextants for 
> years.  cheap.
> 
> 73 breck k4che