Author: Rancid Coolaid
Subject: Scope covers
Posted: September/17/2015 at 07:56
My response will be worded a bit more strongly: Butler Creeks are garbage. I've owned too many sets to count and, over the past few years, they have become intolerably flimsy. The last several objective covers have all snapped at the hinge, and not due to significant force. A few of the ocular covers have failed in similar fashion, but the objectives fail almost immediately - or my last few have. If you compare a new objective cover to a 10 year old cover, the difference in plastic is obvious: BC has chosen to go with a much weaker, probably less expensive material, and it shows. Old BC covers are great, new one are pure garbage.
If you decide to buy Butler Creeks, I advise you do the following:
1. Open packaging.
2. Throw contents directly into trash can.
3. Eat packaging.
4. Cover scope lenses with piece of aluminum foil or similar.
As for the more expensive ones, most of my rifles were the Aadmount covers. They are expensive and they work very, very well.
If I didn't want to spend what they cost, I would probably stick with bikini covers.
I would not, I will not, I do not give any more money to Butler Creek.
Subject: Scope covers
Posted: September/17/2015 at 07:56
My response will be worded a bit more strongly: Butler Creeks are garbage. I've owned too many sets to count and, over the past few years, they have become intolerably flimsy. The last several objective covers have all snapped at the hinge, and not due to significant force. A few of the ocular covers have failed in similar fashion, but the objectives fail almost immediately - or my last few have. If you compare a new objective cover to a 10 year old cover, the difference in plastic is obvious: BC has chosen to go with a much weaker, probably less expensive material, and it shows. Old BC covers are great, new one are pure garbage.
If you decide to buy Butler Creeks, I advise you do the following:
1. Open packaging.
2. Throw contents directly into trash can.
3. Eat packaging.
4. Cover scope lenses with piece of aluminum foil or similar.
As for the more expensive ones, most of my rifles were the Aadmount covers. They are expensive and they work very, very well.
If I didn't want to spend what they cost, I would probably stick with bikini covers.
I would not, I will not, I do not give any more money to Butler Creek.