Airgun scopes on powder firearms

[airgunnationtz]

I have a dusty collection of old airgun scopes I'm trying to make use of before getting rid of the rest

I did some brief research and realized that airgun scopes are capable of handling the recoil from powder firearms due to the unique recoil nature of airguns being somehow rougher than a traditional powder firearm?

For a 22LR it makes sense, but has anyone tried to push this concept further?

 

[dgeesaman]

How heavy of a firearm and what scope?

Generally yes the recoil of a firearm is fine with airgun scopes. But I wouldn't put a precious scope on a 338LM or a 300 Win Mag hunting rifle without doing a little more specific homework.