209 Primer fouling getting on the bottom of my scope?

[gbrownlee]

I'm sure some of you have seen this, but when I shoot my Traditions Pursuit, the 209 blows out the top of the breech plug and gets fouling all over the bottom of my scope. It's a negligible amount each time, but after 10 shots or so the white fowling is very visible.

My question is, can this effect/hurt my scope? If so is there anything I can do for this?

Thanks!

Greg

[cayugad]

It can eat the paint off some of the less expensive scopes. I have a Bushnell Banner that has no paint on the bottom of it. A simple fix is take some duct tape and made a scope bikini that covers that area. At the end of the day, take the bikini off, and wipe it clean. The scope stays perfect in shape.

[sabotloader]

gbrownlee

It is possible that it could marr the scope, really depends on the temerature of the blow back.

I think there still are a few commercial scope bra's avaiable for the protection of a scope. I have used every thing from a piece of tape to making my own scope wrap.

You can see a home made wrap on this rifle....

[gbrownlee]

Originally Posted by sabotloader

gbrownlee

It is possible that it could marr the scope, really depends on the temerature of the blow back.

I think there still are a few commercial scope bra's avaiable for the protection of a scope. I have used every thing from a piece of tape to making my own scope wrap.

You can see a home made wrap on this rifle....

Thanks Man! I just bought this scope last week and got it sighted in and noticed the fowling. I will make one of your scope wraps tonight, Kansas season starts Monday so I want to get it on ASAP.

Thanks for your help!

Greg

[sabotloader]

gbrownlee

Here is a pattern you might try... Underclocked patterned this and posted it along time ago... When I did mine I just attacked and hope for the best...

Might try it and see how it works for you....