Air Rifle scopes are stronger than firearm scopes?

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I want to hear the opinions on this matter! Apparently scopes that are made to withstand the strong spring recoil of an air rifle are very, very strong and scopes that were designed only for firearms cannot last on an air rifle. Since I got to air gunning two years ago, this information kept surfacing. I gotta look out for scopes that are air rifle strength if I really want a durable scope.
 
I don't think they are necessarily stronger but build differently. Air rifles give more of a whiplash recoil compare to a firearm. Scope for firearms are just not built for this type of recoil. You need to get a scope designed for air rifle and not just a "strong" firearm scope.
 
I personally don't know a thing about air rifles or their scopes...

that being said, I can't see how in the world an air rifle produces more destructive shock/forces than a magnum rifle...
 
An air rifle usually jerks forward or just bounces. The scopes usually have to be very light, and therefore mounting a riflescope on an air rifle won't work properly. Air rifle scopes, however, are not stronger than riflescopes, they're just built differently. Try making a $50 Canadian Tire scope work on a .300WM.

-Rohann
 
The recoil is generally different. A lot of airguns recoil forward, due to the spring. Plus airgun scopes are set for parrallex at airgun ranges.
 
ton45 said:
I want to hear the opinions on this matter! Apparently scopes that are made to withstand the strong spring recoil of an air rifle are very, very strong and scopes that were designed only for firearms cannot last on an air rifle. Since I got to air gunning two years ago, this information kept surfacing. I gotta look out for scopes that are air rifle strength if I really want a durable scope.
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You only need a quality scope when you are shooting PAL rated magnum type spring powered air rifles.

Some of these rifles shoot over 1000 fps and are quite violent during the firing cycle.

If your springer is shooting less then 600 fps a cheaper scope will survive, but you can get air rifle approved models for around $100.00 so how cheap do you really want to go?
 
I wouldn't underestimate the recoil shock of a spring air rifle...I have a RWS model 52 that does a number on mounts that would handle the recoil of my 375H&H rifles
 
The forward recoil of a powerful spring piston air rifle damages the reticle or a scope designed for the rearward recoil of rifle scope. A friend has an Anchutz 1000 fps air rifle that he uses professionally for pest control and he can't keep a scope of any kind on it for long. The best life he got with any scope was with an ancient Weaver 3X.
 
Air rifle scopes are designed for pos and neg G loads. rifle scopes are usually designed for pos G loads no matter the price. Any rifle scope designed for muzzle brake or BMG rifles should work just fine on an air rifle.

An air rifle scope designed for 'light' loads/pellets would not likely survive a heavy unbraked magnum as the pos G load is higher then what it was designed for.

Jerry
 
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