Significant new military contracts, led to Barr and Stroud ceasing binocular production in early 1972. Increased competition from the Far East during the 1960s, coupled with the failure to win any Optical rangefinders, produced their first binoculars in 1919.ĭuring the 1930s the company became the preferred supplier of binoculars to the Admiralty, a position The large yellow arrows on the barrels on the binocular denote government ownership and were placed there to prevent pilfering.īarr & Stroud CF 41, 7 x 50 Naval Binoculars & Caseīarr and Stroud, founded in 1888 by Archibald Barr and William Stroud to develop and manufacture The CF 41 was the British Naval binocular during WW2, they came into service in 1935 as the 1900A patt The mechanisms all work well including the filter operations and eye pieces. Lovely pair of Barr & Stroud Naval Binoculars with SARD case.ħ x 50, very clean and sharp lenses no fog.
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