First Attempt At Scope Covers

[ade]

I cleaned my rifle few weeks,and discovered my scope lens were filthy.

So i decided to make some scope covers,basically i was playing around with my left over off cuts of leather.

These are pain to make,and the Pythagoras formula doesn't work on leather.

I ended up using vitamin and tablet containers as forming lasts,sorry for the poor photograph.

Edited February 1, 2012 by ade

[Ferg]

Looks good to me and sounds like a good idea. One caveat, make sure you don't allow the leather to touch the lens.

ferg

I cleaned my rifle few weeks,and discovered my scope lens were filthy.

So i decided to make some scope covers,basically i was playing around with my left over off cuts of leather.

These are pain to make,and the Pythagoras formula doesn't work on leather.

I ended up using vitamin and tablet containers as forming lasts,sorry for the poor photograph.

[Northmount]

You could try wet forming too. Use dowelling and a hole drilled in a block. If you can't find right size dowel (or price), carve or turn your own dowel.

[benlilly1]

That's a cool idea! They look good.

[glockanator]

Why would it matter if the leather touched the lens?

[Reaper]

sweet!

Liking those allot...

Leatherwood at one time had a set of Leather Scope Covers for their skinny tube Sharps scopes. They had a thong going between the two so you kept them in a pair when not on the scope.

[Ferg]

If the leather hasn't a soft side such as suede, it will rub nasty little marks in the lens.

ferg

Why would it matter if the leather touched the lens?

Edited February 2, 2012 by 50 years leather

[Reaper]

Why would it matter if the leather touched the lens?

because it would have a good chance of screwing with the coating and also leaving blemishes on the lens.

[ade]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I think I've come up with a solution,to stop the leather touching lens.

Electricians tape.

Job finished.

[Ferg]

That wouldn't be my solution since electrical tape has a nasty habit of leaking adhesive if it happens to be exposed to heat, that is like "Sun Shine".

Just cut a piece of suede to fit the inside of the closed end.

ferg

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I think I've come up with a solution,to stop the leather touching lens.

Electricians tape.

Job finished.

[ade]

That wouldn't be my solution since electrical tape has a nasty habit of leaking adhesive if it happens to be exposed to heat, that is like "Sun Shine".

Just cut a piece of suede to fit the inside of the closed end.

ferg

Thanks for the advice Ferg,no "Sun Shine" today 28f cold.

I Promise at the weekend I'll open the gun safe,and dig out suede and contact adhesive.

If jobs worth doing,it's worth doing right.

Ade

[Northmount]

If your leather across the eyepiece is stiff, and the lenses are usually recessed (set back in the retaining ring), there should be little chance of the leather touching the lens.

But definitely keep leather off the lens coating. Most leathers likely have some chemicals left in them from tanning (else they would be tough dried out like rawhide), and you don't know how they will react with the lens coating.

Note a lot of lenses are being produced from plastic now. They can just stamp them out in high volume at low cost. Even plastic lenses for regular eyeglasses are stamped out instead of ground. The only grinding is to fit the frames. So now there is a combination of plastic plus lens coatings to improve the refractive index.