Thread: Swaro Alumina style caps

Originally Posted by kokako

It might have been back in 1908, but 280ai would be a better way to go.

Only if you are worried about keeping up with the in crowd, the deer won’t know the difference

And Brenneke is cooler than Remington

Just like the people that say the .375 Ruger is so much better than the H&H, I know which one I would buy again

I can recall reading about ejection issues with 85's and a recommended remedy was to use the next height up rings. Can not confirm or deny!
As for the cap hitting your glasses because i'm still wearing a kiss from "Your" Leupy and CZ from last years Big Bore Shoot!

Originally Posted by Fireflite

I can recall reading about ejection issues with 85's and a recommended remedy was to use the next height up rings. Can not confirm or deny!
As for the cap hitting your glasses because i'm still wearing a kiss from "Your" Leupy and CZ from last years Big Bore Shoot!

Just as well it wasn't a big gun or it might have been a little more than a kiss

To be fair that rifle has drawn a fair bit of blood.....its a little nasty.....

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

.................................................. ................Anyway back to my rant, every time I fired the rifle the eyepiece cap flew around under recoil & smacked me on my glasses.....quite annoying...

Neither of them appear to lock back like those the Leupold Alumina caps, they just flop about under spring tension...have I missed something here...????

Must have been designed by the same guy who designed the useless lens covered on their bino's I'm already on set number 2 of them and I have barely used them in anger

Originally Posted by mikee

Must have been designed by the same guy who designed the useless lens covered on their bino's I'm already on set number 2 of them and I have barely used them in anger

Mine get pulled open every time I pull them out of my bino bivvy, sometimes they get pulled right off, drives me bonkers. Lucky the glass is worth it

I have lens caps on my Swarovski scopes and I've never had any issue with them coming around to meet me, although I must admit I'm using a lighter calibre than you.

Have you tried putting them at different clock positions?

I have a Carbonlite in 260 which ejects fine but still has the same long throat issue. Annoys me as well so it's getting a new barrel chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. Well, that's my current plan anyway, I have contemplated starting fresh but I do really like the action, trigger and mag set up and the stock. Mine has a crappy Leupy on it, currently without scope caps so there's no issues there at the moment...

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Mine get pulled open every time I pull them out of my bino bivvy, sometimes they get pulled right off, drives me bonkers. Lucky the glass is worth it

Why even bother with the caps when using a bino bivy. I never put the one's that came with my Leica HD-B's on the bino's since I'm using a Kuiu bino bivy

Originally Posted by The Claw

I have a Carbonlite in 260 which ejects fine but still has the same long throat issue. Annoys me as well so it's getting a new barrel chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. Well, that's my current plan anyway, I have contemplated starting fresh but I do really like the action, trigger and mag set up and the stock. Mine has a crappy Leupy on it, currently without scope caps so there's no issues there at the moment...

That sounds like a great plan. Are you going 22" - 24"?

Originally Posted by kokako

That sounds like a great plan. Are you going 22" - 24"?

Yep, that's what I'm thinking. Might split the difference and go 23"

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Originally Posted by The Claw

Why even bother with the caps when using a bino bivy. I never put the one's that came with my Leica HD-B's on the bino's since I'm using a Kuiu bino bivy

Because sometimes I take a look in the bivvy (also a kuiu) and discover leaves and sticks and all sorts of nasty little lens scratching things

I have one of the badlands magnetic bivvys (Not a fan as they open up from time to time) but I quite like that the caps are always removed when I pull the binos out. I want to look thru them after all.

Caps pop but stay fixed to the binos. Never had them come completely off.

And yeah I wouldn't not use caps in a bivvy as I have seen a few lenses marked by stuff in the bottom.

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Well given what Swaro stuff costs I would have thought decent lens protection would not be too much of a big ask but apparrently ...................... it is

Originally Posted by mikee

Well given what Swaro stuff costs I would have thought decent lens protection would not be too much of a big ask but apparrently ...................... it is

Definitely have a point there.
4k worth of binos and 50c worth of lens caps

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Originally Posted by kokako

It might have been back in 1908, but 280ai would be a better way to go.

Almost same diff but took the yanks 100 years to catch up...