Has anybody here had any water transfer printing done on their firearms or optics?

Hey George, One of my buddies had it done to his Rifle and stock(not on the Scope). It looked OK at first, but tended to scrape off rather easily when fighting through briers.

Perhaps there was a "Curing" step that was Bypassed on his, but what he got wasn't worth his money. I'd encourage you to ask for References of people who live near you and go see their rifles.
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I had a Teflon Coat done to a rifle that gets Hunted hard and sees the same Briers the above rifle went through. The only thing on it that looks a bit worn is a "Burnish Mark" on the bottom of the Bolt where it rides atop the Chrome Follower when the rifle is empty.

And of coures the Teflon came off the back of the Bolt Lugs and the Bolt Face due to the heavy rotational pressure. But otherwise, it looks as good as the day I received it.

Best of luck to you.

Well what I actually want to do is have my barreled action plus rings cerakoted. Then have the stock itself WTP'd in a prairie ghost or mothwing camo pattern. As far as the scope goes I was just a little curious since I see there is a waiver you have to sign. It looks like they have to disassemble the scope itself in order to print on the tube.

Hey George, There are a few old threads on here about "Painting Stocks" and some really came out looking great. I can't remember if it was Lawndart who showed a bunch of flicks, or who it was. You could do a search on it and see what pops up.

A few of my stocks have various kinds of camo paint jobs and are no problem at all to Touch-Up. And the paint adheres real well if done properly using a good Primer.

Just looked and I'd guess if I was going to sell any of them, I'd do a quick Touch-Up in a few spots with a Q-Tip and a dab of paint, but the paint on mine does not scratch off easily.
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I've heard excellentthings about cerakote, but have not had one in my hands.

The vast majority of my Scopes are matte Black and I've never had a problem with them that I'm aware of.

I did try wrapping a rifle in Plastic Vine once long ago. It did break the outline and I just positioned the Plastic Leaves so they did not interfere with working the Bolt or being where my hand carried the rifle. Only problem was I had to remove it to give the rifle a proper cleaning - every day - and that was an additional task I didn't need.

Trebark does firearms and just about anything else with water transfer printing but only their own camo patterns. They call it "Second Skin" and they do most if not all of the factory camo guns.

They first spray an auto paint undercoat, apply the transfer and then spray it with a dulled clear coat. I've had 2 stocks done and it has been pretty durable because of the clear coat.