MRO Lens Cover(S)?

[gaijin]

Lens covers are for those that don't actually shoot, and like a pretty gun with no scratches and perfect anodizing to post on Instagram.

You will be fine. The lens will be fine. In the rare chance you do scratch it, you won't even notice it anyway. It's a $500 red dot sight, not a $3500 precision optic.

The MRO will be used on an AR at my ranch. I have good luck with a dot scope, on an AR for close to moderate shots on coyotes in the pastures, usually running shots.

It is common to go weeks, if not months, with no measurable precipitation.
Driving on the section roads, field roads and pastures for any length results in an incredible accumulation of built up, micro fine dust/sand.

I use open vehicles at the ranch with a double, vertical long gun carrier bolted to the floorboards. Those rifles/shotguns are covered with dust is short order.
Attempting to "blow" 1/16" of accumulated dust from an objective lens, when you need the rifle now, is pointless.
Further, "blowing" the dust out does not remove all of it; it must be cleaned, brushed and wiped out, to see clearly through the optics- without scratching the hell out of the lens coatings.
I tape muzzles, close dust covers and have taped magazine bodies to magwells- in an effort to keep dust out and weapons functioning.
I am a fan of maintaining my equipment so it functions when needed. The price of that equipment is irrelevant.

[Primus Pilum]

The MRO will be used on an AR at my ranch. I have good luck with a dot scope, on an AR for close to moderate shots on coyotes in the pastures, usually running shots.

It is common to go weeks, if not months, with no measurable precipitation.
Driving on the section roads, field roads and pastures for any length results in an incredible accumulation of built up, micro fine dust/sand.

I use open vehicles at the ranch with a double, vertical long gun carrier bolted to the floorboards. Those rifles/shotguns are covered with dust is short order.
Attempting to "blow" 1/16" of accumulated dust from an objective lens, when you need the rifle now, is pointless.
Further, "blowing" the dust out does not remove all of it; it must be cleaned, brushed and wiped out, to see clearly through the optics- without scratching the hell out of the lens coatings.
I tape muzzles, close dust covers and have taped magazine bodies to magwells- in an effort to keep dust out and weapons functioning.
I am a fan of maintaining my equipment so it functions when needed. The price of that equipment is irrelevant.

Amazing how those hundreds of thousands of M4's with ACOG's and M68's survived 15+ years being thrashed around without scope covers in worse conditions. If a Soldier or Marine doesn't need it, no one does.

[GH41]

Amazing how those hundreds of thousands of M4's with ACOG's and M68's survived 15+ years being thrashed around without scope covers in worse conditions. If a Soldier or Marine doesn't need it, no one does.

Not with you often but I am on this one. His ATV wouldn't make to the hunting grounds and back if it was as bad as he says it is. It is probably easy to shoot running dogs when they have to run through 3 feet of dust! The front lens of an RDS runs fine with a solid cover on it. What will a little dust hurt?? I smell something.

[thmpr]

For those individuals who flip optics because of the next best thing -> for resale value - yes, protect it as much as you can. I for one like to shoot the hell out of it.

[JulyAZ]

Amazing how those hundreds of thousands of M4's with ACOG's and M68's survived 15+ years being thrashed around without scope covers in worse conditions. If a Soldier or Marine doesn't need it, no one does.

Do you live in a city?

[Primus Pilum]

Do you live in a city?

I live in some of the harshest and remote terrain in CONUS. -20 winters and 90+ summers, lots of sand, snow, rocks and sun.

This is downtown Attachment 38283

[ScottsBad]

The MRO will be used on an AR at my ranch. I have good luck with a dot scope, on an AR for close to moderate shots on coyotes in the pastures, usually running shots.

It is common to go weeks, if not months, with no measurable precipitation.
Driving on the section roads, field roads and pastures for any length results in an incredible accumulation of built up, micro fine dust/sand.

I use open vehicles at the ranch with a double, vertical long gun carrier bolted to the floorboards. Those rifles/shotguns are covered with dust is short order.
Attempting to "blow" 1/16" of accumulated dust from an objective lens, when you need the rifle now, is pointless.
Further, "blowing" the dust out does not remove all of it; it must be cleaned, brushed and wiped out, to see clearly through the optics- without scratching the hell out of the lens coatings.
I tape muzzles, close dust covers and have taped magazine bodies to magwells- in an effort to keep dust out and weapons functioning.
I am a fan of maintaining my equipment so it functions when needed. The price of that equipment is irrelevant.

Just get a box of cheap rubbers, not lubricated. Just kidding, but it almost sounds like the best solution for you for now would be to sew a fine woven piece of cloth into a pouch with some elastic or a draw sting to keep it closed. Maybe something like that that you can just pull off?

- OR -

Personally, I'd build a custom box, that is only open on one end and put a hinged door on it so I could pull the rifle out fast. And then I'd mount it where I could grab the rifle quickly from outside the vehicle. Some 3/4 pine, glue and some finishing nails would probably do it. Unless you want to put felt on the interior.

[RHINOWSO]

I live in some of the harshest and remote terrain in CONUS. -20 winters and 90+ summers, lots of sand, snow, rocks and sun.

This is downtown Attachment 38283

Yet your expensive bolt gun has lens covers.



Hilarious, IMO.

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[Primus Pilum]

Yet your expensive bolt gun has lens covers.



Hilarious, IMO.

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LOL the irony wasn't lost when I was posting it. In all fairness I did put that caveat in my first post stating its NOT a high end precision optic. That is Steiner Germany Glass, which ain't cheap Or as forgiving as a RDS should the glass get scratched up. You wouldn't be able to tell on the RDS, on the Precision optic, if the coatings get trashed, your image clarity, resolution, color ect will all take a nose dive under magnification.

[RHINOWSO]

Yeah, it was too good not to pass up.

But I still fail to see why a $25-50 lens cover on a RDS makes someone "not a shooter".

Grunts in the military don't pay for their optics so if it gets f-ed up, they get a replacement.

But maybe we are counting cool points here these days...