It still got called fancy.

Ken wrote:
> 
> "mr.art" wrote:
> >
> > All right, it got called fancy.
> 
> Not necessarily. Many of the modern scopes are manufactured with brass
> mechanisms. Brass is easily machined and is a very stable material
> dimensionaly of a broad temperature range. This is important where the
> scope may be used for accurate measurment work. Although they may not
> appear to be made of brass this is only because they apply chrome plating
> and black paint to them for packing purposes only. Under the fancy
> paint and plating they are still brass for the most part.
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

-- 
Mr. Art

"Often the appearance of reality is more important 
than the reality of the appearance."
Bill DeWitt 2000

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