Re: am I the last person using a compass?
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I carry 2 everytime I go in the woods.
The new silvas are junk. Mine had a huge bubble after 1 season, not the quality of the old swedish made ones. The 2 that I like are the suunto mc2g and cammenga lensatic. The suunto is a great map/sighting compass. It can also be had with a non global needle that is a little less expensive. The cammenga is a nice heavy duty sighting compass with no liquid to worry about bubbles and locks the needle when closed. I believe they are still the current military compass supplier.
Brunton makes some nice compasses but their declination adjustment is a pain. If that's not an issue they are a good option.
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Re: am I the last person using a compass?
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I have a really cool one. But no one ever taught me how to use it! Be expert with map and compass book by Bjorn kelstrom is worth reading or you tube like someone else mentioned. Imo Using a compass is an essential skill if you spend much time in the field. Your compass looks a lot like a cammenga. If it is there is no better lensatic out there imo.
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Re: am I the last person using a compass?
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Love em. Great feeling having one along. I have two of the better Silva compasses, my two Eagle Scout sons seem to have found more need for them than me. I have a “get by” compass I carry, just have to remember to look for a new Silva for myself.
Back in the day used to see all kinds attached in different ways to gun stocks. I have a few on guns still, remember those?
Osky Wouldn't the steel in the barrel and receiver effect the compass? I just looked and I have two first year Remington 721’s that have compasses in the wood stock. They both read pretty tru standing in the gun room. Not very scientific I know but that’s all I can say? Osky
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Re: am I the last person using a compass?
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I use a brass pin on compass from Tru-Nord out of Minnesota.Its real brass,like the old Marbles pin on before Marbles got bought out and went chinese
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Re: am I the last person using a compass?
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Absolutely not! I will not go into the woods without one. I realize cellphones have a compass but a lot of the places I go do not get reception. There is no way I would walk into a spot without a real compass. Daylight is one thing but nighttime is a whole new ballgame!
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Re: am I the last person using a compass?
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I always carry one in my boats. In the event the fog rolls in and your electrical navigation systems fail, it very well could be the difference between life and death.
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Re: am I the last person using a compass?
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I learned orienteering in public school.then I became proficient using those skills when I worked as a timber cruiser for a couple summers in High school. If you want to go several miles into the bush to a place and come back out where you went in you better know how to use a map and compass.
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