The stock cost me nothing to have dipped, so Krylon would have been the more expensive route, putting me in he hole $2.97

I had 2 scopes dipped. The first to kinda "test" the waters......err dip rather. It was a Simmons Pro 50. Came out perfect w/ no problems. The second one was a Leupold Vari-X II 4-12X40AO, same thing...came out looking great never had any problems w/ it.