Hertel & Reuss Binoculars? - 02/19/12
Anyone here familiar with Hertel & Reuss binoculars?
The reason I ask is I headed over the Continental Divide yesterday and took in the Hamilton, Montana Gunshow and found a pair.
The binoculars are marked:
Hertel & Reuss
Optik
Kassel
Binocular
7x35
Wide Angle
Made in Germany
I have never seen a pair of these before and in the confines of the darkish Ravalli County Fairgrounds Pavillion I tried to put them through the tests I could conduct therein.
They focused fine, and down to a fairly close distance - I did set them up on a pillar and checked them for collimation at about 150 feet - they appeared to be quite close in their collimation.
Anyway I beat the seller (he was selling off an estate) down a fair amount from the asking price of $65.00 and headed home with them - for better or for worse.
The drive home (135 miles) was mostly in snow squalls and white out conditions so I did not get to check them out til this morning.
They do seem to offer a bright and undistorted image and the collimation at 650 yards is right on.
The binos came with a quality black leather form fitted case.
Anyone familiar with this company or their binoculars?
Any chance of repairing them if they should need it?
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
The reason I ask is I headed over the Continental Divide yesterday and took in the Hamilton, Montana Gunshow and found a pair.
The binoculars are marked:
Hertel & Reuss
Optik
Kassel
Binocular
7x35
Wide Angle
Made in Germany
I have never seen a pair of these before and in the confines of the darkish Ravalli County Fairgrounds Pavillion I tried to put them through the tests I could conduct therein.
They focused fine, and down to a fairly close distance - I did set them up on a pillar and checked them for collimation at about 150 feet - they appeared to be quite close in their collimation.
Anyway I beat the seller (he was selling off an estate) down a fair amount from the asking price of $65.00 and headed home with them - for better or for worse.
The drive home (135 miles) was mostly in snow squalls and white out conditions so I did not get to check them out til this morning.
They do seem to offer a bright and undistorted image and the collimation at 650 yards is right on.
The binos came with a quality black leather form fitted case.
Anyone familiar with this company or their binoculars?
Any chance of repairing them if they should need it?
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy