Thread: Weather proofing your rifle.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

Because it's got scratchy stuff in it.

Maybe because the companies making the lenses do not make and sell tissues? They do however make fancy cloths for the lenses for a lot more cost to you.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Maybe because the companies making the lenses do not make and sell tissues? They do however make fancy cloths for the lenses for a lot more cost to you.

I don't think I have ever brought a fancy cloth. Every time you buy optics or glasses you get a free one. I have a pile of about 20 in my hunting gear that I use and then wash regularly.

But if wiping it with TP make you happy and you don't believe the great google then carry on.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

I don't think I have ever brought a fancy cloth. Every time you buy optics or glasses you get a free one. I have a pile of about 20 in my hunting gear that I use and then wash regularly.

But if wiping it with TP make you happy and you don't believe the great google then carry on.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

I don't think I have ever brought a fancy cloth. Every time you buy optics or glasses you get a free one. I have a pile of about 20 in my hunting gear that I use and then wash regularly.

But if wiping it with TP make you happy and you don't believe the great google then carry on.

The cost of the cloth is built into the overall price

Originally Posted by Gibo

The cost of the cloth is built into the overall price

So free then as in "free education". When you buy a $600 pair of glasses they throw in a "free" 20c cloth.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

So free then as in "free education". When you buy a $600 pair of glasses they throw in a "free" 20c cloth.

How has this turned into a cost thing? I was only after proof that t paper/tissue damages lenses, so far I have none. And if you guys are so adamant that micro fibre cloths don't damage lenses show me that proof, until then boot it

PS: I use a lens pen when home or range and whatever I can when hunting

Toilet tissue paper does indeed damage lenses, whether it be photographic telescopic or rifles scopes. In the old days of soft glass, it would actually etch the glass itself, leaving ""çleaning marks"" being tiny scratches. With modern harder lens glass it will wear off the chemical coatings on the lens, that reduce glare and increase contrast. The best thing to do with your lenses is simply not to touch them. But hunting being what it is, use a very soft cloth, and dab material off, dont scrub it.