Over the weekend some of us were lucky enough to spend a few day paddling on the Thames thanks Rich
During our trip one of the things that came up was judging distance and how accurate some people were and thought they were!
i got to thinking could you buy a small device that was robust didn't need batteries and that you could sight through and get a distance reading? this lead onto me thinking could you fashion something when out and about that could help you judge distance?
now I've seen fairly complex mechanical range finders for gunners on ships but i want a better bushcraft version something maybe a middle ages sailor would have had
Having had a bit of a Google around and not found much here's the question.
Has any body got any ideas designs about non electronic basic hand held simple range finders
in the historical record or that can be bought or that could be made by hand out of materials that could be readily found or recycled in the great outdoors?
James
During our trip one of the things that came up was judging distance and how accurate some people were and thought they were!
i got to thinking could you buy a small device that was robust didn't need batteries and that you could sight through and get a distance reading? this lead onto me thinking could you fashion something when out and about that could help you judge distance?
now I've seen fairly complex mechanical range finders for gunners on ships but i want a better bushcraft version something maybe a middle ages sailor would have had
Having had a bit of a Google around and not found much here's the question.
Has any body got any ideas designs about non electronic basic hand held simple range finders
in the historical record or that can be bought or that could be made by hand out of materials that could be readily found or recycled in the great outdoors?
James