How Will A Scope Standup To Recoil?

[Max Owner]

Hey all.

How does one determine if a scope will stand up to the recoil of a rifle?

Is there a website or somethin that will state this?

How does one find out?

 

[CZ_Brno]

Well, let me put it this way. I put a Leupold VX-3 on my 375 H&H rather then a $50 Bushnell.

 

[Levi Garrett]

here are some
http://www.straightshooters.com/navagationpages/ssproductsandfeatures.html

 

[Max Owner]

Thanx Levi.

 

[Max Owner]

Well, let me put it this way. I put a Leupold VX-3 on my 375 H&H rather then a $50 Bushnell.

Guy wanted to put a $51 scope on a Marlin 45/70. Turns out the scope was for a rimfire.

 

[Baldrick]

Thanks Levi

 

[SandRoad]

Guy wanted to put a $51 scope on a Marlin 45/70. Turns out the scope was for a rimfire.

Actually it depends on the scope. Say if it was a Bushnell, they are all airgun rated, so would (should) stand up to recoil, (but I probably wouldn't trust the cheapest ones).

The biggest difference with a rimfire labelled scope is that parallax is adjusted to a closer distance, often 50 or 60 yards rather than the 100+ yards of a CF scope.

I have an older, low end Bushnell on a magnum springer air rifle. It hasn't broken yet, however it is one of the made in Japan scopes. It is a 1.5x4.5-20 and the glass on it is really quite good and I wouldn't hesitate putting it on a shorter range, heavy recoil, hunting rifle.

 

[Max Owner]

Well that put a confused look on my face.

Thanx Sandroad.

 

[SandRoad]

Well that put a confused look on my face.

You mean the part about "parallax" ? (think focus)

Also, all Leupold scopes are airgun rated.

 

[Max Owner]

The air gun rating thing.

 

[SandRoad]

The air gun rating thing.

Spring airguns have a very significant 2 way recoil (especially the magnum springers) that pounds scopes to pieces far more than most rifles.

First, the scope is going one way and then it instantly reverses and gets pounded the other way because of the spring. There is a significant notch in the rear aluminum scope ring where the stop stud is embedding itself into the ring. If the stop stud wasn't there, the scope would quickly be pounded back off the rail.