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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SeldomPerched" data-source="post: 3840987" data-attributes="member: 146041">To add to the other responses, what I have read - and it makes sense to me, is that the market for 32 is very sensitive to size and weight.  For this reason as well as bearing in mind that the 42 HTs have already been gone a year I don't think there's any likelihood of a 32 HT model in 8 or 10... and similarly (now I voice this I expect I'll be proved wrong soon) I'll go a step further and dare to say there won't be a 32 SF either. The 42 SFs already have very long barrels and that's just with S-P optics, which is what they'd need to put into 32s presumably.Having said that I think the 8x42 HT I have from Troubadour is a damn fine instrument and easy to hold steady despite all the comment to the contrary. So if you get one it won't be the worst mistake you've ever made... I imagine the 10s are not going to be much different in character.TomREADING BACK AGAIN I SEE MOST OF THIS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE. MODERATORS/ADM. FEEL FREE TO DELETE IF NECESSARY...</blockquote>