Maintenance & First Aid for Hunting Optics

SHOW NOTES • The backcountry is hard on optics • All brands and types of optic can and occasionally will fail • User-induced failures • Properly mounting riflescopes for ultimate toughness • How scopes get knocked off, and how to re-zero them • Protecting lenses against grit, grime, water, and ice • Sideways impacts to scopes, and related weaknesses • When you fall on your scope • Something you need in the backcountry: Enough ammo to re-zero a scope • Iron sights can save a hunt • Fogged lenses, and how to avoid them • Snow clogs and snap shots • Scope covers, and how to pick one • When binoculars go south • Cleaning lenses without causing damage • BONUS MATERIAL: Ammunition corrosion and reliability issues