A couple of days after getting back from the range last time I noticed that my scope objective lens had a lot of dirt and muck on it. I had covered it up with the flip up before sticking it in the bag. By the time I opened the lens cover again it had dried. Last range trip involved some prone shooting in the rain, lying in the grass with some gravel and mud. The only way I can understand it is that my no name over the counter muzzle brake accelerated dirt so that it bounced up into the scope lens.
I didn't get around to cleaning it until last night and man was it a heart break. It was no use to start off with a brush so I used lukewarm water just so dissolve the dirt so the grains of sand could come loose and run off. After a million careful steps with a brush, lens cleaning solvents and bellows I finally got the lens clean, but there are tens of little spots that light up like a starry night when you shine a light on it.
As far as practical performance, I'm sure the scope will be fine, and any invisible damage to the coating can probably be rectified by Kahles if I ever send the scope in for service, but it sure is a disappointment. Yeah I know I look like an idiot, I'm sharing my story so that others may spare their scopes from idiocy.
Be wary of shooting prone in sand with an aggressive muzzle brake mounted on a relatively short barrel on a rifle with a giant scope with no sunshade or killflash.
I've since placed an order for a suppressor and I'm contemplating wether to get a sunshade, a beehive killflash or both.
I didn't get around to cleaning it until last night and man was it a heart break. It was no use to start off with a brush so I used lukewarm water just so dissolve the dirt so the grains of sand could come loose and run off. After a million careful steps with a brush, lens cleaning solvents and bellows I finally got the lens clean, but there are tens of little spots that light up like a starry night when you shine a light on it.
As far as practical performance, I'm sure the scope will be fine, and any invisible damage to the coating can probably be rectified by Kahles if I ever send the scope in for service, but it sure is a disappointment. Yeah I know I look like an idiot, I'm sharing my story so that others may spare their scopes from idiocy.
Be wary of shooting prone in sand with an aggressive muzzle brake mounted on a relatively short barrel on a rifle with a giant scope with no sunshade or killflash.
I've since placed an order for a suppressor and I'm contemplating wether to get a sunshade, a beehive killflash or both.