BPOC 12x42 & 7x30 Military Tank Commander Binoculars By DerSasquatch.

Greetings to you good folks. Several years ago I purchased from you a set of BPOC 10X42 Military Commander's Binoculars to use for hunting. I also have a set of West German Carl Zeiss 8X30 BGA Olive Safari Glasses that I've been using to good effect for the past nine years; however, while the West German Zeiss glasses are certainly "World Class" in every aspect of their construction and performance. They certainly do not beat-out the Russian glasses in the performance field. Furthermore, when one considers that the cost ratio difference between the two set of binoculars is 8:1 and the fact that I'm getting a better twilight factor with the Russian glasses without giving up the crisp, superb color resolution, this is absolutely extraordinary.

This leads me to admit that the Russian optics industry is certainly more than capable of competing against us, the Europeans and Asians.

If the Russian optics industry would take a page out of what Europe's industry has done for the American market, they could very easily dominate that import market, especially with an average cost ratio difference of between 4:1 to 8:1. As is the case with my binoculars. In fact, had I had these excellent Russian glasses available to me at the time I dropped $875.00 on the West German Zeiss glasses, I venture to say that I would never have spent this kind of money on the German product. Especially, given the fact that I'm actually getting slightly better field performance with my Russian glasses.

Being an ardent student of world history and Russian history, now that Russia has come through a millennia and more of bloody struggle to become a free democratic country, I for one, would certainly like to see their long-suffering people prosper more.

While slight retooling may prove to be an inconvenience, it would certainly be only a momentary inconvenience that would in the end, yield great dividends for them. In closing, I thank you for your time. I would be honored if you could forward this letter in it's entirety to the appropriate Russian Production Managers. I sincerely wish them well and look forward to seeing more of their extraordinary products in use here by serious American shooters and hunters...DerSasquatch...Out.