Scope shockproof questions

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genericAGuser

genericAGuser

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I have 3 air rifles and I want to get a small, light, lower cost, but usable, scope to share between them. This will be target or pest under 50yards. One of them is a RWS 460 mag .22 that is supposed to be hard on scopes. It kicks for an airgun, but affordable scopes used to be able to handle a .270 Winchester field model, sited in back in the 80's, and dead accurate today, with its spring loaded quick release. I do not remember recoil being on the radar when I bought scopes back in the day. Even the reviews of supposedly shockproof scopes can be horrible. Is shockproof a fluid term now? Are springers worse on scopes than high cal bolt actions? BTW how can Umarex, in Germany, from Hammerli, make a .22LR all metal M4 that sells for $289, but I have to get a $2500 Steyr airgun to be as durable, well built and reliable?



I digress, I read the posts here and see y'all are high up Hawke, and 2-7x32 are on sale for $90. Any other durable small and/or light scopes I should research? I accept that no matter how many reviews I read, or the price I pay, I may get a less than stellar unit.
 
I have 3 air rifles and I want to get a small, light, lower cost, but usable, scope to share between them. This will be target or pest under 50yards. One of them is a RWS 460 mag .22 that is supposed to be hard on scopes. It kicks for an airgun, but affordable scopes used to be able to handle a .270 Winchester field model, sited in back in the 80's, and dead accurate today, with its spring loaded quick release. I do not remember recoil being on the radar when I bought scopes back in the day. Even the reviews of supposedly shockproof scopes can be horrible. Is shockproof a fluid term now? Are springers worse on scopes than high cal bolt actions? BTW how can Umarex, in Germany, from Hammerli, make a .22LR all metal M4 that sells for $289, but I have to get a $2500 Steyr airgun to be as durable, well built and reliable?



I digress, I read the posts here and see y'all are high up Hawke, and 2-7x32 are on sale for $90. Any other durable small and/or light scopes I should research? I accept that no matter how many reviews I read, or the price I pay, I may get a less than stellar unit.
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If you think you need a 2500$ steyr to have a reliable airgun you need to do more research.
 
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I have 3 air rifles and I want to get a small, light, lower cost, but usable, scope to share between them. This will be target or pest under 50yards. One of them is a RWS 460 mag .22 that is supposed to be hard on scopes. It kicks for an airgun, but affordable scopes used to be able to handle a .270 Winchester field model, sited in back in the 80's, and dead accurate today, with its spring loaded quick release. I do not remember recoil being on the radar when I bought scopes back in the day. Even the reviews of supposedly shockproof scopes can be horrible. Is shockproof a fluid term now? Are springers worse on scopes than high cal bolt actions? BTW how can Umarex, in Germany, from Hammerli, make a .22LR all metal M4 that sells for $289, but I have to get a $2500 Steyr airgun to be as durable, well built and reliable?



I digress, I read the posts here and see y'all are high up Hawke, and 2-7x32 are on sale for $90. Any other durable small and/or light scopes I should research? I accept that no matter how many reviews I read, or the price I pay, I may get a less than stellar unit.
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If you think you need a 2500$ steyr to have a reliable airgun you need to do more research.
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That was an exaggeration, but with a certain amount of truth. At what price point, or even which model would you suggest, that will be out of the box reliable, accurate, well made and last 10's of thousands of rounds with cleaning only In almost all examples? I'm mostly talking about PCP's.

Money is no object really, but $2500 is Honda NSR50R money, and I'd rather race miniGP, that's why I stay in the under a few hundred range.
 
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