Rifle Scopes Cerakoted Scopes

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Hey yall, I am looking to get my Trijicon 5-25x50 Accupoint Cerakoted, i know someone who does cerakoting, i asked him if he has to take apart the optic and he said he doesnt have to, he said he just tapes off his optics. Is this the propper thing to do? If not, please point me in the right direction to where i can get it done!!! I want my optic to match my rifle.
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- Sierra
 
#2
Never actually been there when they did my scopes, but all mine that came back cerakoted looked to just be taped off and coated whole. Works just fine and dandy.
 
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i just taped off what i didnt want to paint and the lenses. Nice coat of desert sand and fde on the turrets rings and caps. If u want the turrest in the same color just tape of the indication marks and off u go.

let us know how it came out. I'll be doing the next one shortly

gr collin
 

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Let's list all the advantages of non-factory Cerakote scope job:

1) It looks cool, it matches your stock, and all your buddies will oohh and ahhhh over it.


Now let's list the disadvantages of a non-factory Cerakote job:

1) It costs money usually better spent on ammo, or more reloading components, or LR shooting lessons.

2) It may devalue your scope. I know I will offer less for a used scope that has been non-factory Cerakoted.

3) It may reduce the retail value of your scope to NIL if the gun butcher you select to do the job screws the pooch. It will most certainly void the warranty in any event if the damage is caused by the coating process.

4) There has been reports of some Cerakoted scopes slipping in the rings, often the same owners have had the rings Cerakoted to match as well which tends to lower the coefficient of friction. YMMV..

5) Cerakoting is more fragile than anodizing and nothing looks worse than a flaky scratched finish. Obviously "looks" are important or why else would you paint a perfecting good scope?? This does not apply to folks that actually use their rifles on a two way range. For them a good rattle can job is not done for aesthetics...


In short, very few advantages, and a heap of disadvantages. But it's your money spend it as you like......
 
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The guys that whine about people painting scopes should watch one of the hundreds of videos of people frying eggs on their driveway, or go hunting once.

Last summer, I got my grey truck bumper at 173 degrees. My black rifle was 180 something. My tan rifle was 130 something. Go ahead, tough guys, grab 16 pounds of 185 degree steel, press your cheek against the riser and wrap your hands around the grips. Now hold on for hours of shooting. No big deal, right? Your hands are much tougher than eggs, so you'll be fine!!

There is no reason for a gun to be black except to look cool. It serves no purpose.
 
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The guys that whine about people painting scopes should watch one of the hundreds of videos of people frying eggs on their driveway, or go hunting once.

Last summer, I got my grey truck bumper at 173 degrees. My black rifle was 180 something. My tan rifle was 130 something. Go ahead, tough guys, grab 16 pounds of 185 degree steel, press your cheek against the riser and wrap your hands around the grips. Now hold on for hours of shooting. No big deal, right? Your hands are much tougher than eggs, so you'll be fine!!

There is no reason for a gun to be black except to look cool. It serves no purpose.
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You need to go fry an egg on your scope, cause for the last 50 years I've been shooting I never hauled by rifle around by it's scope. If your worried about your black scope getting too hot you can use no-mar tape on it....Oh wait, that camo's it too without permanently altering it. What a damn concept.....

Now a fiberglass or plastic stock paint the damn thing whatever you want however you want, so pay attention now, we're not talking about stocks or barrels or actions being painted. We are only talking about precision optics....

And for the record, I didn't whine about people painting scopes, I just listed the pro's and con's... It's called offering advise, take it or leave it, I could care less. Like I said it's your money and your choice....
 
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AFAIK, no manufacturer tests their scopes at the temperatures they would routinely be at if I owned them and failed to paint them a non-useless, non-black color.

I just checked Nightforce. They say they test at 160 degrees. That's 25 degrees colder than my use. Pretty stupid to have a black Nightforce, then.

Steiner says the operating temp of their military line is up to 145 degrees. That's 40 degrees cooler than routine. Surely it'd be a great idea to exceed operating temperature by 40 degrees.

Black is stupid. Black is for Call of Duty mall ninjas. I understand that you care more about looks than guys that paint their scopes, but we want to use this stuff, so we'll do what is necessary.
 
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Twinsen said:
AFAIK, no manufacturer tests their scopes at the temperatures they would routinely be at if I owned them and failed to paint them a non-useless, non-black color.

I just checked Nightforce. They say they test at 160 degrees. That's 25 degrees colder than my use. Pretty stupid to have a black Nightforce, then.

Steiner says the operating temp of their military line is up to 145 degrees. That's 40 degrees cooler than routine. Surely it'd be a great idea to exceed operating temperature by 40 degrees.

Black is stupid. Black is for Call of Duty mall ninjas. I understand that you care more about looks than guys that paint their scopes, but we want to use this stuff, so we'll do what is necessary.
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You really have a reading comprehension problem. No where did I say you should keep your rifle scope black. In fact, Bushnell, Schmidt and Bender, Vortex, Leupold, among others all make scopes that are NOT in fact black. US Optics has all kinds of Cerkote options available with their scopes. And those are the exact factory Cerakoting I was speaking about.

Further I recommended No Mar type tape. See, for a whole $15.95 you can change colors as the seasons change. So even if you live in hell, which apparently you do, you can cool that stupid black scope down without spending $100. to do so.

So even your stupid Nightforce doesn't have to stay black forever. See, there's no need you get your panties in a twist because I think painting a Precision optic that cost more than $2000. is a foolish idea just to be doing just for the sake of fashion. But again it's your money. Do what you want with it.....


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Now now fellas! We are all here for one reason! Gaining and exchanging information to help eachother out! We are all brothers of the bullet! We all aim to do the same thing, shoot long range, and if you're really into it "camouflage and remaining undetected", we mustn't argue! I made this thread so I can hear everyone else's experiences with cerikote on their optics so I don't waste my money or turn my 1400 scope unto garbage, 1400 is alot of money, maybe not to most long range shooters, but to someone who doesnt have lots of money it is, I am also a beginner and came here to seek guidance to help me on my long range shooting journey, like I said...do not fight we are all brothers here just share useful info!
 
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Sierra317 said:
Hey yall, I am looking to get my Trijicon 5-25x50 Accupoint Cerakoted, i know someone who does cerakoting, i asked him if he has to take apart the optic and he said he doesnt have to, he said he just tapes off his optics. Is this the propper thing to do? If not, please point me in the right direction to where i can get it done!!! I want my optic to match my rifle.
Thanks
- Sierra
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The way to Cerakote a scope is to tape off the lens and turrets, then using a "Scotchbrite" (red) lightly scuff the scope, optics are baked @ 150- 180 F, 2 hrs depending on the series of Cerakote, that's about it.

Here's an RDS I did , the "TV" screen was a PIA, scopes are easy.

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I have cerakoted a few scopes with good results. I always use C-series air dry cerakote as I don't bake optics. Mask, scuff with scotchbrite pad and spray. Having said that I often try and talk my customers out of it if it's an expensive optic. As stated above the color you chose is your color and if you ever try to sell it chances are the cerakote job will de-value the scope. Now cheap ass $100 scopes on hunting rifles no problem. But if someone asks me to coat their Nightforce or S&B I'll usually pass. If you want it to match that bad then do a rattle can job on it. You can get that crap off with acetone and not hurt the scope. If it works in the sand box it will work here too.
 
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