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Swift Audubon 804 HR/5 sn95*****restoration project .
Hi thanks...A little update on the HR/5 posted in the Historical review of the HR/5..here..https://www.birdforum.net/threads/historical-review-of-swift-804-audubon-binoculars.42944/page-17#post-4432819. I will post a few pics of the current state of the bins -
Swift Audubon 804 HR/5 sn95*****restoration project .
Edit:The Objective tubes are metal. -
Swift Audubon 804 HR/5 sn95*****restoration project .
One thing that is very surprising is how much plastic was used in this model..As i sais its a sn 95****,supossedly from 1995(?).The Swift logo button is not blue plastic like other units of this model i remember(?)but golden and looks metal. When I took apart the eyepieces i noticed the socket... -
Swift Audubon 804 HR/5 sn95*****restoration project .
A few things about the process .First of all these binoculars are so easy to take apart ,to a point at least..Removing the eyepieces and objectives is as easy as unscrewing a jar of pickles..Surprisingly the insides are cleaner than expected with most the dirt on the eyepiece exterior... -
Swift Audubon 804 HR/5 sn95*****restoration project .
Hello..I just bought an old Swift Aududon HR/5 out of a local second hand internet site..It was not a local sale but it was national,and the price was not bad, although with shipping and insurance i paid +/- 40 euros.Thats not much ,but..the binocular is quite dirty..grimmy outside ,lightly...