Cosmetic scope repairs

[ftsefund]

the "black" on scopes, air cylinders, rifle actions all vary in shades and texture with different manufacturers and its very difficult finding the right shade of "black" - the birchwood casey pens in gloss isn't too bad a match for the edguns I find. would be great if each manufacturer would sell touch up paint like you see with car paint. To the OP - minor crimp marks aren't too bad if the scope is mounted as then you can't see them but elsewhere could be annoying if you have ocd like me...

[Frog]

Krylon flat black camo paint was excellent but I think nolonger available.

[Saxmaniac]

I use Birchwood Casey Aluminium Black to touch-up tiny spots of worn anodising on scope turrets and other areas.

Scope mount ring marks on the tube will often polish out with Brasso Duraglit Wadding, but it will make a matt finish more satin, so you need to polish the entire tube to keep the anodised finish even. A couple of tips, polish lightly and avoid polishing any painted-on numbering or lettering, as the wadding may remove it!

[StellaArtois Sr]

I use the Birchwood Casey paint and it is ok on small areas. One thing I do use a lot is a black permanent marker pen on little digs and edges which have small marks on.

[Saxmaniac]

I use the Birchwood Casey paint and it is ok on small areas. One thing I do use a lot is a black permanent marker pen on little digs and edges which have small marks on.

Black marker pen works well around the ejection port of my Benelli M2 shotgun, I hate that the recoiling bolt and ejecting shells wear the anodising.

I like to keep my guns shiny and new

[Neil54]

I use black acrylic paint. Drys more matt than the original paint but hides small scratches.