Glare in scope from stainless barrel?

[Intell]

I’ll cover the barrel with something the next time I shoot that scope at the same position and see what happens. I have another 50x scope and it doesn’t have the issue, same place same time.
I’ve had a NF 8-32 and a Vortex GE do the exact same thing in the AM when the sun should be high enough in the sky to not make it go blind. It’s not just mirage, I can at least see through a scope with mirage present
I’ll try some experiments . Thanks guys.

 

[Ray123]

I was shooting yesterday with a new 6 BRA build 28” stainless barrel out to 1000 yds.
I have a Khales 10-50 on it and noticed my image was so washed out I could barley see above 20x.
It was a beautiful day, bright sun and I was blaming that at 10 am.
As the day went on and the sun was higher in the sky, I was still getting a very bad image even with a sun shade on.
on the way home I was thinking I need a different scope, but last night I got to thinking that it’s possibly the bright stainless barrel that’s causing the glare. I had this issue with another scope it was a NIghtforce 8-32. I saw the same thing on a different rifle with both scopes mentioned, it was bright stainless also.
i don’t use a mirrage shield on my barrel, maybe I should be, or paint them black?
I hate to think this is a scope issue with the sun so high in the sky. I’m sure some of you guys have experienced this, what are your thoughts?

I use Brownells flat black alumahide on some of my stainless barrels...or choose to shoot from a concealed position back in the cool darkness of the shade.