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Silva Guide Graphite Compass 426

This folding compass with full-size sighting mirror floats if dropped in water.

Sighting mirror lets you take cross bearings of your surroundings to plot exact position

Declination correction scale allows for quick adjustment of map bearings to field headings

Red/black orienting arrow and lines and red "N" at 360-degree mark allow for an easy needle match

Features inch and millimeter scales for measuring and a lanyard for easy carrying

2-degree graduation lines are accurate and easy to read

Accurate from -40 degrees to +140 degrees Fahrenheit and up to 20,000 feet

Swedish steel needle with sapphired jewel bearing for smooth needle swing Two-degree graduation lines are accurate and easy to read; accurate from -40 degrees to +140 degrees Fahrenheit and up to 20,000 feet. Swedish steel needle with sapphired jewel bearing for smooth needle swing.

Are you interested in learning more about compasses and land navigation? It's one thing to own a compass and another to know how to use it. Compasses aren't just for pointing north. Check out a great presentation from our friend Kevin Estella, a survival instructor at the Wilderness learning Center:

Land Navigation With Map And Compass

View more presentations from Kevin Estela.

SHIPPING TIMES:

Most, but not all orders leave our warehouse within 1-7 business days. Allow time from the day we ship for UPS or the USPS to deliver it to you from Upstate NY. Please call for rush orders before 2:00 Eastern time. That means that some items, to some locations could take two weeks or more. Remember, we're a 50 year old family run business, so feel free to call us for a rush. We can get most of our items out the same day and use next day air and get it to you tomorrow, but you need to call before 2:00 Eastern time.

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