Thread: Cheap Scope

Airguns are worse on scopes than large calibre centrefire. We tried to scope up a Webly dominator 1350 and it took 10 shots for a properly made AIRGUN scope to start to fall to pieces. The recoil is not so much of the problem but it is the vibrations of the spring that continue for a few seconds afterwards that shake the living bejesus out of anything attached to the rifle. If it is a decent powered springer, eithe use open sights or buy a decent airgun scope designed to "handle the jandal". Nikko Air kigngs are one of the better value ones that cope well that we have come across...

Originally Posted by timattalon

Airguns are worse on scopes than large calibre centrefire. We tried to scope up a Webly dominator 1350 and it took 10 shots for a properly made AIRGUN scope to start to fall to pieces. The recoil is not so much of the problem but it is the vibrations of the spring that continue for a few seconds afterwards that shake the living bejesus out of anything attached to the rifle. If it is a decent powered springer, eithe use open sights or buy a decent airgun scope designed to "handle the jandal". Nikko Air kigngs are one of the better value ones that cope well that we have come across...

its the whiplash effect. normal rifles recoil in one direction only wheres sprig airguns recoil backwards with recoil then kick forwards and backwards from the spring. complete scope killers.
i had a scope that served me well on a 308 that was destroyed in one afternoon on a high powered gamo air gun