Scope covers?

[jager]

Was curious to what AND why you guys/gals use to keep your scopes lenses clean and dry during inclement weather.
I just cant see wiping moisture off the lenses of high dollar optics with my shirt!

These are pretty sweet but hard to see thru without taking the cover off 

Guess it would help if I posted the link! http://www.scopeshieldalaska.com/

[carpsniperg2]

I use a blizzard scope cap when hunting in poor weather conditions. It has a see threw lenses that I can use if the weather is not bad. If its wet I can just flip it up and use the dry lense.

[addicted]

I use the butlers sometimes but not too often. Having them cover the ends is nice.

Now i get ahold of the clear stretch on caps that come with a lot of high end german optics. They give a good cushion against shock along the edge of the tube and they are clear so when i'm pirsching in the rain they keep the water off the glass. Havent had a problem with them fogging which i think is because of the plastic they are made out of.

[huntnphool]

Was curious to what AND why you guys/gals use to keep your scopes lenses clean and dry during inclement weather.
I just cant see wiping moisture off the lenses of high dollar optics with my shirt!

These are pretty sweet but hard to see thru without taking the cover off 

 The Butler Creek flip up covers work very well, I generally walk around with my sling on my shoulder so the front cap is closed while the rear is open, not likely to get wet facing the ground.

 Ideally you won't be looking through it unless you have already spotted an animal, at that point its only a second to pop open the front cap as you bring up the gun. Most hunters will find they have plenty of time to get a propper rest and open a cover. Seldom do you have to shoulder the weapon, target the game and fire without taking your time.

[jager]

I know the Butler creek covers have been around "forever" I thought there may be something out there thats better 

[addicted]

lupy makes the alumina ones. pretty pricey.

[SkookumJeff]

I use the Butler Creek covers and Leupolds Alumina flip back screw on covers on my Leupold scopes, which most of my scopes are Leupolds.  These are pricy but they work well.

Skook

[addicted]

for awhile i really liked having the neoprene cover on the scope because it kept it dry and i felt it protected it  while giving it cushion to protect it's zero. Once i realised how tough the level of scope i was using is, I stopped worrying about zero bump.

[Firing Pin]

I used the Leupold Aluminas (screw in type) and love them.  They keep pretty much everything off the lens and just pop open with a flick of your finger.  They run $40.00 each.

[jager]

I really like the leupolds...The claim to only work with their same brand, I have Zeiss...do you know if they will work?

[addicted]

I really like the leupolds...The claim to only work with their same brand, I have Zeiss...do you know if they will work?

maybe if you could find the thread measurments you could check.

[SFD2015]

I use the Butlers but have busted my rear one every year. Since I am looking at getting a new rifle AND scope (What, you can't expect me to put an OLD scope on a NEW rifle... it might mess up the mojo) I have decided to just wait and spend the $5 bucks a year. Looking at a Leupold scope and just using their covers. A friend of mine has them for his rifle and scope and swears by them.

[rosscrazyelk]

I have bought two sets of butler creek covers and everyone of them has broke

[MtnMuley]

Leupy's are far superior if you have the right scope.  I've lost and broke many of the Butler Creeks, but they've been worth every penny many times. Very universal also to meet nearly every scope.

[SkookumHntr]

I have the blizzard proof caps on all my scopes!

[Dbltime]

NW Scope Shield!

[elksnout]

Butler Creek flip up's all the way. How are you guys braking them?

[jager]

All the online review I've read, that is the biggest complaint...

[dylanb]

went white tail hunting last year in colville was about 10:30 so we got in the truck to go back to camp and pop, i hear my scope cover break  ok not that big of a deal and 5 minutes later i hear DEER when we were driving down a logging road so i jump out and load my gun my freind goes its a spike so i throw my gun up and i cant see anything it was fogged          bye bye mr deer only clear ones for me now

[allboy]

Anyone remember the old Butler creek covers with the rubber band between the covers? Those worked very good. Why did they stop making these? The story I was told that someone has an eye injury and it was lawsuit time.

[MtnMuley]

Weren't they Uncle Mike's?  I have several sets.

[allboy]

That's them. Simple and quiet

[6x6in6]

Anyone remember the old Butler creek covers with the rubber band between the covers? Those worked very good. Why did they stop making these? The story I was told that someone has an eye injury and it was lawsuit time.

I have a set of those on my back-up gun I take with.  Wished they still made them. 

[6x6in6]

A little different than they used to be.  Looks like "cups" instead of caps.
http://www.butlercreek.com/products/scopes_bikini.html

[arees]

I break the butler creek flip ups all the time.  Right now I just have the broken remains of the ones I bought last year.  The alumina looks interesting.

[huntnphool]

 I have never broken a Butler Creek cover and have had them on several of my rifles for years, what are you guys doing that gets them broken? I would think you would be having scope issues as well, I find it hard to believe they are breaking just by flipping them open or closed.

[lokidog]

I have never broken a Butler Creek cover and have had them on several of my rifles for years, what are you guys doing that gets them broken? I would think you would be having scope issues as well, I find it hard to believe they are breaking just by flipping them open or closed.

 

Mine have been on my rifle for about twenty years.

They also make a clear flip up front sight so that if you don't have time to flip it up you still can see through it.  They used to anyways....

[MtnMuley]

I have never broken a Butler Creek cover and have had them on several of my rifles for years, what are you guys doing that gets them broken? I would think you would be having scope issues as well, I find it hard to believe they are breaking just by flipping them open or closed.

 

Mine have been on my rifle for about twenty years.

They also make a clear flip up front sight so that if you don't have time to flip it up you still can see through it.  They used to anyways....

When you put hundreds of foot miles on every year, 12 months a year, they break quite regularly.  Hanging up on brush, constantly being opened closed, rubbing on or in your pack.

[huntnphool]

When you put hundreds of foot miles on every year, 12 months a year, they break quite regularly.  Hanging up on brush, constantly being opened closed, rubbing on or in your pack.

 Thanks for clearing that up, i'm not likely to have that problem since all I do is road hunt from my vehicle then.

[whacker1]

Someone asked about the Uncle Mike's - see the below information on Michael's of Oregon

Michaels of Oregon is renown world leader within the hunting, shooting and law enforcement product categories with its wide range of top hunting and law enforcement brands - Uncle Mike's, Uncle Mike's Law Enforcement, Hoppe's, Stoney Point, Butler Creek, Gun Mate, Blackwater Gear. Michael's of Oregon is now a part of awesome family of Bushnell Outdoor Products.

[jager]

I ended up getting the Butler Creek Blizzard covers (see thru). We'll see how they work.
Not the most robust construction. But I probably wont be leaving them on unless the weather is crappy.
I do like them though...

[TheHunt]

 I break the red thing by fighting through wet side dog hair brush patches.   I make the push my son gets to shoot.  But this year I am hunting alone as he is off to WSU. 

[Mongo Hunter]

Leupolds Alumina flip back screw on covers for me, expencive but SOLID. I have used the buttler creek ones before and have lost and broken them, but they are not expencive.