Not all scopes work?
So I’m in the market for a nice scope and decided to stop at a local shop. I was told that I can’t use a gun scope on a air rifle because of the recoil. Is that true?
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Which is why I don’t even consider owning a springer.
Heavy, underpowered, eat great scopes, difficult to hold and shoot accurately.
Regards,
Roachcreek
Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated!
Springer airguns have the two way recoil, and if a scope isn’t built for it, it can be damaged. Even extremely nice scopes can be damaged, just because they aren’t designed to handle it. If you are shooting a springer, you need to find a scope specially designed for airguns, so you won’t have any trouble.
If you have a PCP airgun, everything is fine. Use any scope you want. 🙂
Absolute rubbish. All of my air rifles have scopes. So long as you use a decent quality optic you should have no problems. However, some air rifles have a harsh two way recoil, different to a powder burner, that can damage cheap scopes.
I use Bushnell scopes and Nikko Sterling.
Make of air rifle is up to you, but any PCP will have little or no recoil. If you get a spring gun then go for quality, Air Arms, Weihrauch, or a Theoben gas-ram. Others on here will have different experiences, this is just my offering based on 40 years of air guns, but in the UK, where our power is restricted. (Only one scope failure in that time, on a .22 Anschutze semi auto with Tasco 4x40AO).
A specialist air gun shop will point you in the right direction, I often find gunshops that sell everything regard air as a poor relative and don’t offer decent advice. Hope this helps a little.
Bob
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Heavy, underpowered, eat great scopes, difficult to hold and shoot accurately.
Regards,
Roachcreek
It depends. I had a remington genesis, amazing stock, loved the way it felt and balanced. But it vibrated like crazy, was EXTREMELY picky to how it was held, and actually broke a scope. I also had a gamo cfx, which was much nicer. Wasn’t too picky, didn’t vibrate much, and it was just as powerful. But PCP is definitely better. 😀