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Title: Scope covers?
Post by: jager on August 30, 2011, 08:38:37 PM: 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 :chuckle:

Guess it would help if I posted the link! http://www.scopeshieldalaska.com/ (http://www.scopeshieldalaska.com/)
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 30, 2011, 09:05:41 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: addicted on August 30, 2011, 09:13:57 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: huntnphool on August 30, 2011, 09:15:26 PM: Quote from: jager on August 30, 2011, 08:38:37 PM
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 :chuckle:

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. :twocents:
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: jager on August 30, 2011, 09:39:35 PM: I know the Butler creek covers have been around "forever" I thought there may be something out there thats better :dunno:
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: addicted on August 30, 2011, 11:29:31 PM: lupy makes the alumina ones. pretty pricey.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: SkookumJeff on August 30, 2011, 11:39:42 PM: 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
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: addicted on August 31, 2011, 08:23:28 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: Firing Pin on September 02, 2011, 10:18:29 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: jager on September 02, 2011, 10:22:48 AM: I really like the leupolds...The claim to only work with their same brand, I have Zeiss...do you know if they will work?
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: addicted on September 02, 2011, 10:50:53 AM: Quote from: jager on September 02, 2011, 10:22:48 AM
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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: SFD2015 on September 04, 2011, 07:26:39 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: rosscrazyelk on September 08, 2011, 07:38:13 PM: I have bought two sets of butler creek covers and everyone of them has broke :bash:
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Post by: MtnMuley on September 08, 2011, 09:15:57 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: SkookumHntr on September 15, 2011, 04:23:50 PM: I have the blizzard proof caps on all my scopes! :twocents:
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Post by: Dbltime on September 15, 2011, 04:29:43 PM: NW Scope Shield!
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Post by: elksnout on September 15, 2011, 07:25:10 PM: Butler Creek flip up's all the way. How are you guys braking them?
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Post by: jager on September 15, 2011, 07:46:51 PM: All the online review I've read, that is the biggest complaint... :dunno:
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Post by: dylanb on September 16, 2011, 05:44:40 PM: 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 :bash: 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 :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: bye bye mr deer only clear ones for me now
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: allboy on October 06, 2011, 11:03:06 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: MtnMuley on October 06, 2011, 04:01:44 PM: Weren't they Uncle Mike's? I have several sets.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: allboy on October 06, 2011, 08:21:19 PM: That's them. Simple and quiet
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: 6x6in6 on October 06, 2011, 09:19:23 PM: Quote from: allboy on October 06, 2011, 11:03:06 AM
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. :(
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: 6x6in6 on October 06, 2011, 09:24:58 PM: A little different than they used to be. Looks like "cups" instead of caps.
http://www.butlercreek.com/products/scopes_bikini.html (http://www.butlercreek.com/products/scopes_bikini.html)
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: arees on October 09, 2011, 09:14:18 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: huntnphool on October 09, 2011, 09:45:30 AM: 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. :dunno:
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: lokidog on October 09, 2011, 09:52:17 AM: Quote from: huntnphool on October 09, 2011, 09:45:30 AM
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. :dunno:

:yeah:

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....
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: MtnMuley on October 10, 2011, 04:19:54 PM: Quote from: lokidog on October 09, 2011, 09:52:17 AM
Quote from: huntnphool on October 09, 2011, 09:45:30 AM
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. :dunno:

:yeah:

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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: huntnphool on October 10, 2011, 04:55:22 PM: Quote from: MtnMuley on October 10, 2011, 04:19:54 PM
Quote from: lokidog on October 09, 2011, 09:52:17 AM
Quote from: huntnphool on October 09, 2011, 09:45:30 AM
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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: whacker1 on October 10, 2011, 05:05:22 PM: Someone asked about the Uncle Mike's - see the below information on Michael's of Oregon

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Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: jager on October 10, 2011, 05:16:17 PM: 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...
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: TheHunt on October 10, 2011, 05:48:52 PM: 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.
Title: Re: Scope covers?
Post by: Mongo Hunter on October 13, 2011, 02:43:52 PM: 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.