Hi Bencw, thanks for replying to me, ill just keep checking about i suppose. Thanks again
Sean: I have LONG been a fan of Swift--at least before Humphrey died. However, the only Swift Trilytes I knew in 7x50 were just chum for a plastic-eating shark. In addition, the plastic was soft, and the product was at the lowest end of their product line.
The 7x35 roof--which I THOUGHT carried the Trilyte model name--was a VERY good instrument, optically and mechanically.
Apparently, I was wrong. I couldn't find the model under the photo sections of Google--only the stuff that wore the trilyte name after the company sold.
Help me out, Ed.
Bill
Hi Bill,
It's very confusing. Swift Instruments, Inc. sold Mk I, II, and III Trilytes starting about 1969 in 7x35 and 9x35 configuration. By 1974 there was an 8x40 and 7x25 (CF). By 1975 there was an 8x20. By 1981 there was an 8x22, 10x25, and armored 9x35. There was also a 7x42, 8x56, and 12x30 (of all things) and several variants of the above at unknown dates. In 2000 (the last catalog year) there were 10x42, 8x42, 8x21, 10x25, 8x42, and 10x42...
BUT — no 7x50 !!.
So, we need proof of the roof, ... preferably with a model number. Otherwise, the OP's Dad is going to be disappointed.
Ed