Silva Sighting Compass

This is the compass that I use. It looks like a plain old base plate compass, and it dosen't even have a sighting mirror.

The key feature that make this a great compass to take sightings with is its direct sighting system. Look throught the lens on the side of the bezel, line up the black line with the object you are sighting one, and read off the bearing. Getting a bearing that is accurate to one degree is easy.

Unlike most sighting compasses, this one works great as a base plate compass too. So it's easy to plot a bearing on the map.

Alas there is one potential down side. You can't adjust this compass for declination. So, all your bearings are magnetic. I'm in the camp that thinks you should not adjust your compass anyway, so this is no problem for me.

Specifications:

4.9"x2.4"x0.6" / 1.4 oz.
1 degree graduations
direct sighting compass
1:25,000,1:40,000 & 1:50,000 scales
lanyard
luminous points
map magnifier