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I have 3 USGS National Geographic maps of 36C. These are of the rain proof plastic ish material. 1:30,750. They cover Sasabe north to Kitt peak. Including Alhambra Valley, Coyote mountains,Saucito Mountain, Solano and Redondo wash, and Contraras and Sabino canyons. $20. shipped.

Sell the 10s and 15s and buy the 12s!

Great one with 21" douglas barrel and real synthetic stock and pentax scope fs on gunbroker for only 650! Get it!

I just returned from an "orientation" trip on friday. Visibility was terrible due to fog. I will be there on the 22nd for the second season. Anything I can do to help? Contact me If you wish. Rest assured, I will let you know in the unlikely event I come across him. Was he last in the South Peak area or?

I've owned 2 different 15x56 swaros and had them in my pack while the 8.5 EL were around my neck for scanning or on tripod at first light due to their great exit pupil. Also a range finder and a leica 77 or 62 in the pack with an outdoorsman tripod. OK for truck hunting and short 1-2 mile hikes. I do 1-2 true backpack hunts a year and became tired of all the weight in optics. Recently bought the 12x50 ELs and am so impressed with the optics I need to tell it! Has enough extra zoom to prove the 10x not powerfull enough and close enough (but certainly not the same) as the 15x> The brightness and flatness is so much better than the 15x and the field of view is no longer "looking thru straws" but expansive. I looked thru both side by side for 3 hunt days and felt the 15x had more reach to look far or under and thru trees but not by enough to offset the clarity, brightness and field of view of the 12x. These are painfully expensive but think you should consider them especially if you tend to carry 2 binoculars. These are easily a bino harness weight. Perhaps I would not advise you to sell your 15x but if you're shopping the 12x is easily the better jack of all trades. FWIW

Great White Buffalo gets my point. All binoculars are more effective on a tripod. No matter the magnification. 15x56 are a pack glass for most people but you can hand hold them also. The point is the 12x50 els are a ONE binocular tool. The field of view is like all the smaller binos unlike looking thru straws as in the 15x56. The clarity, exit pupil, field of view, and ergonomics are without peer! You need to ask yourself if while glassing, do you spot most animals due to peripheral vision and movement (wide field of view)or not. When your glassing for bedded bucks from 10 to 2, the higher magnification of the 15s will allow you to look thru trees with more magnification and spot animals by pieces. 10s and 15s are a great combo but the 12s alone will make life simpler and your pack lighter. I just sold my 15s just to let you know my preference. 12s and 15s together doesn't make any sense to me. When I had 8.5 els and 15s, the 8.5s were used from straps while walking but always went on a tripod when given the chance.

The 15s are still a better specialized tool. But I would not feel at a disadvantage using the 12s and they can be used to "scan" from the straps. Even 8s work best with a tripod! 12 els are the best all around and their clarity (and the 10x50) are a slight step up from the slc. I'm going to be pissed if they come out with 12x50 rfs though!

They have both the 10x50 and 12x50 el. Introduced about 3 months ago.