Marking Pen / Paint Pen for scope diopter/levels/cheek piece

[littlepod]

I want to mark the current height of my cheek piece off the chassis, so on the metal bolt so when I adjust it for cleaning, I can get it back to the same spot.

I also want to mark the diopter setting on my binos and my scope.

And then I want to mark the level on my scope in case I ever bang it and it gets off alignment.

At the same time if I ever sell/adjust any of these settings I want to be able to safely remove this marking w/o stripping say the paint off my Vortex Razor AMG.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[A.Huggy]

A silver sharpie works great. Wipes off with a little isopropyl alcohol. Sometimes I use a mechanical pencil for the same purpose but that almost wipes off too easily.

 

[Trigger Monkey]

I've been using the Elmers Paint Markers for years on AR's and bolt guns with no complaints. I've even used the matte black pen to touch up dings on my scopes haha.

 

[asus611]

+1 silver sharpie. It will come off later with a littl elbow grease encouragement also

 

[jackinfl]

@littlepod
Try this. Take your cheek piece to your local hardware store. Find plastic washers or spacers that fit the 2 posts. Buy a bunch. Go home, and try stacking the washers until your cheek height is perfect. Then you have a perfect return to height. You can tape them together or just be careful when you remove the cheek piece.


I have this on my AI chassis. I do prefer the C- clip/lock ( I know thats not the correct name for the part) that @Terry Cross uses on his loggerhead cheek piece. I have 2 stocks with that and it works as designed.

Hope this is helpful.

 

[littlepod]

@littlepod
Try this. Take your cheek piece to your local hardware store. Find plastic washers or spacers that fit the 2 posts. Buy a bunch. Go home, and try stacking the washers until your cheek height is perfect. Then you have a perfect return to height. You can tape them together or just be careful when you remove the cheek piece.


I have this on my AI chassis. I do prefer the C- clip/lock ( I know thats not the correct name for the part) that @Terry Cross uses on his loggerhead cheek piece. I have 2 stocks with that and it works as designed.

Hope this is helpful.

Thanks for the tip, I was going to do that for my ACC/Manners, but the ARC Xylo cheek is a bit different.. just going to sharpie the edge so if I don't see it it's too low, and if there's a gap, then it's too high.

 

[M8541Reaper]

@littlepod
Try this. Take your cheek piece to your local hardware store. Find plastic washers or spacers that fit the 2 posts. Buy a bunch. Go home, and try stacking the washers until your cheek height is perfect. Then you have a perfect return to height. You can tape them together or just be careful when you remove the cheek piece.


I have this on my AI chassis. I do prefer the C- clip/lock ( I know thats not the correct name for the part) that @Terry Cross uses on his loggerhead cheek piece. I have 2 stocks with that and it works as designed.

Hope this is helpful.

I use really small PEX pipe for cheek piece sleeves on the AICS (see pic). Works perfectly and you’re only dealing with two sleeves rather than a stack of washers.

I want to mark the current height of my cheek piece off the chassis, so on the metal bolt so when I adjust it for cleaning, I can get it back to the same spot.

I also want to mark the diopter setting on my binos and my scope.

And then I want to mark the level on my scope in case I ever bang it and it gets off alignment.

At the same time if I ever sell/adjust any of these settings I want to be able to safely remove this marking w/o stripping say the paint off my Vortex Razor AMG.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

I second the silver sharpie. I’ve been trying to find a fine-tipped white paint marker but haven’t had any luck. I thought about the fine tip white out but the sharpie has worked just fine. I use pencil for indexing during mounting and then sharpie to witness mark everything once finished. Try going to staples/Office Depot. They have a huge selection of random markers on the test board. Bring your mount or optic and see what shows the best/what you like and buy it. Then just use alcohol to clean off your test marks.

 

[littlepod]

Thanks everone. It looks like I'm going to go with -

https://amzn.to/2UIZ3PC

 

[Army First]

Not my idea read it somewhere else. Maybe here.

Put these on adjust the riser and lock them down. These will not help with your diopter

Scroll to the bottom of the page or select anything you like with the proper I.D.

Amazon.com : Clamp-On Shaft Collars

These in 3/8 or 1/4