lens cover for a scope ?

rebs · March 22, 2013, 11:27 AM

What are you guys using for lens covers for your scopes ? Is the preferred one the bikini type or separate caps ?

Doyle · March 22, 2013, 11:34 AM

All my scopes wear Butler Creek flip-up caps. I can walk into the woods before dawn when it is all wet and wait until it is light before flipping the caps up. Or, if it starts raining I can flip them down again without compromising my hunting ability.

Ridge_Runner_5 · March 22, 2013, 11:35 AM

Flip caps here

AllenJ · March 22, 2013, 02:20 PM

I like the flip ups and use them on my Leupold's. The last scope I purchased though was a Zeiss and it has a ring on the eye piece that won't allow a tight fit using flip ups so I use a bikini on it.

Lucas McCain · March 22, 2013, 03:09 PM

Bikini cap, take it off put it in your pocket until you need it. Amazon has some great deals on them.
I've used flip ups but they get damaged to easy, because they flip up to easy when you don't want them to. They are quite expensive an are a PITA to get one that fits the scope correctly.

wogpotter · March 22, 2013, 03:24 PM

Another vote for the Butler Creek flip up's.

DeerSlayer86 · March 23, 2013, 03:55 PM

The butler creek flip ups are nice and work well. Depending on what kind of scope you have there are screw in flip ups, a little more $, do the same thing, just a little better fit. I have a the butler creeks on mine, they work.

jmr40 · March 23, 2013, 04:11 PM

I prefer the bikini covers. The flip up's often don't have enough clearance if the scope is mounted low, which all of mine are. They are cheap, work just as well and are not specific to only 1 scope so I can use them on several different guns as needed.

dmazur · March 24, 2013, 12:58 PM

Quote:

The last scope I purchased though was a Zeiss and it has a ring on the eye piece that won't allow a tight fit using flip ups...

I got a Zeiss Conquest (3-9x40) and had the same problem. However, I found that the rubber ring would come off and then the Butler Creek flip-up fit just fine.

A little nerve-wracking, taking stuff off of a brand-new scope...

WWWJD · March 27, 2013, 07:30 AM

I've been through two sets of Butlers on my .308; the hinges are junk. This last time around I said to heck with them and went back to the bikini that came with the scope.

cvc944 · March 27, 2013, 09:22 AM

I never cared for the flip-ups. I use an older type that is basically 2 caps connected by a big, flat, black rubber band. Similar in concept to the bikinis but much nicer. Butler Creek and Uncle Mikes used to make them.

March 22, 2013, 11:27 AM	#1
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	lens cover for a scope ? What are you guys using for lens covers for your scopes ? Is the preferred one the bikini type or separate caps ?

March 22, 2013, 03:09 PM	#5
Lucas McCain Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2013 Location: Callaway, MN Posts: 361	Bikini cap, take it off put it in your pocket until you need it. Amazon has some great deals on them. I've used flip ups but they get damaged to easy, because they flip up to easy when you don't want them to. They are quite expensive an are a PITA to get one that fits the scope correctly. __________________ If you have time to do it twice, then you have time to do it once right and put your name on it

March 22, 2013, 03:24 PM	#6
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	Another vote for the Butler Creek flip up's. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

March 27, 2013, 07:30 AM	#10
WWWJD Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2011 Location: Central KY Posts: 552	I've been through two sets of Butlers on my .308; the hinges are junk. This last time around I said to heck with them and went back to the bikini that came with the scope. __________________ *~Mark* NRA Endowment FTW

March 22, 2013, 11:34 AM	#2
Doyle Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2007 Location: Rainbow City, Alabama Posts: 7,167	All my scopes wear Butler Creek flip-up caps. I can walk into the woods before dawn when it is all wet and wait until it is light before flipping the caps up. Or, if it starts raining I can flip them down again without compromising my hunting ability.

March 22, 2013, 11:35 AM	#3
Ridge_Runner_5 Senior Member Join Date: February 8, 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,925	Flip caps here

March 22, 2013, 02:20 PM	#4
AllenJ Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,766	I like the flip ups and use them on my Leupold's. The last scope I purchased though was a Zeiss and it has a ring on the eye piece that won't allow a tight fit using flip ups so I use a bikini on it.

March 23, 2013, 03:55 PM	#7
DeerSlayer86 Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2011 Location: Tx Posts: 117	The butler creek flip ups are nice and work well. Depending on what kind of scope you have there are screw in flip ups, a little more $, do the same thing, just a little better fit. I have a the butler creeks on mine, they work.

March 23, 2013, 04:11 PM	#8
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	I prefer the bikini covers. The flip up's often don't have enough clearance if the scope is mounted low, which all of mine are. They are cheap, work just as well and are not specific to only 1 scope so I can use them on several different guns as needed.

March 27, 2013, 09:22 AM	#11
cvc944 Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2013 Location: Lenhartsville, PA Posts: 164	I never cared for the flip-ups. I use an older type that is basically 2 caps connected by a big, flat, black rubber band. Similar in concept to the bikinis but much nicer. Butler Creek and Uncle Mikes used to make them.