RE: Best way to clean a scope lens?
I use canned compressed air (you can get it at Walmart in the electronics section) to blow dust and grit off the lenses and then I use Zeiss lens cleaning solution on a cotton eyeglass lens cloth. I think the key, though, is not to clean your scope lenses too often. Less is better because no matter what care you take, you're going to scratch the surface to some degree every time you clean.