Please guys! I'm a newcomer to airgunning. While I have known for years about the peculiar recoil that destroys scopes, I still see myself befuddled. Without any predilections toward a favored brand, can anyone provide a true advice on which scopes can really withstand the 'magnum' springer rating?
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But I like Bushnel Elite (10 yards parallax and service is great, well in NL anyways), or Leupold EFR ( rocksolid and guaranteed)...
just my 2 cents
But I like Bushnel Elite (10 yards parallax and service is great, well in NL anyways), or Leupold EFR ( rocksolid and guaranteed)...
just my 2 cents
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O bytheway, Bushnell Legend 5-15x40 has been doing well on my to-heavy pumped up Theoben eliminator (it does have build-in damping mounts tho)
oyeah, SWFA supersniper seems solid as well, at least to my experience, and paralla free from 10 yards or so
lots of choices
oyeah, SWFA supersniper seems solid as well, at least to my experience, and paralla free from 10 yards or so
lots of choices
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It may not just be your scope but if you have two piece mounts then your scope might be exorbing to much recoil. If you get a one piece mount then that should help exorb most of the recoil going to the scope, therefore it shouldn't brake.
Leo
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The stand outs to me are the two brands that are made at the same factory in China. Centerpoint is the Crosman badge and Leapers/UTG/Accushot are the house badges. They learned to make very good scopes because they were selling them to a Japanese Co that was fraudulently marking them "made in Japan". They got away with it for a long time. Hakko was the maker of the Beeman Blue Ribbon series scopes that had a lifetime warrantee. The lifetime warrantee on Hakkos & Beeman Blue Ribbon glass ended some years back when Hakko went bankrupt and the brand was acquired by a newly formed firm called Japan optics.
The Centerpoint 4-16X40 is the scope we have sold hundreds of and we never see them break. A lot of people call it the wally world 4-16 but it is clearly marked Centerpoint. They are so popular the factory cannot make them fast enough and we are waiting now for a new batch to arrive in May. Pretty much all the glass this factory turns out, that I have tried, is extremely rugged.
I also like Luepold, Bushnell Elites, Bushnell Trophy and Legends, & Hakkos badged as Tasco, Fontaine, Millett, Marksman and RWS
TimmyMac1
The Centerpoint 4-16X40 is the scope we have sold hundreds of and we never see them break. A lot of people call it the wally world 4-16 but it is clearly marked Centerpoint. They are so popular the factory cannot make them fast enough and we are waiting now for a new batch to arrive in May. Pretty much all the glass this factory turns out, that I have tried, is extremely rugged.
I also like Luepold, Bushnell Elites, Bushnell Trophy and Legends, & Hakkos badged as Tasco, Fontaine, Millett, Marksman and RWS
TimmyMac1
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My Beeman Blue Ribbon went belly up years ago. It was first purchased in the mid 80's and I put on one of the original Beeman R1's in 20 cal. I resurrected the gun about two years ago when I decided to start shooting again and installed a Vmach kit and it started shooting like it was new again but I could not hold any kind of group at even 35 yards. About two weeks ago, with the Blue Ribbon scope mounted and the gun on a rest, I tapped the scope housing and the reticle started vibrating and moving about. I took it off and installed a UTG Accushot. Now Im consistently hitting Empty beer cans at 50 yards. Magnum springers will damage a scope.
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Personally, I would go with either the Vortex Diamondback 4-12 AO or Sightron Sii Big Sky 4-16. Keep in mind that there are two versions of Sii, the Big Sky is made in Japan (better, more forgiving optic,) and the standard Sii in China. I dought you'll ever regret getting the Big Sky, it's way light for the type of performance you get.
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Nathan wrote: Personally, I would go with either the Vortex Diamondback 4-12 AO or...
I was not aware that any Vortex was rated for bi-directional recoil or high forward bolt impact as well, but I could be wrong.(relying on my recall)
Vortex are great, but be sure about the springer issue. The SWFA was mentioned a few posts back- they are bullet proof and (bonus) are First Focal Plane. Not cheap by the average airgun scope but great bargain for the glass and FFP - it's mil spec stuff.
You've got some researching to do.Enjoy
I was not aware that any Vortex was rated for bi-directional recoil or high forward bolt impact as well, but I could be wrong.(relying on my recall)
Vortex are great, but be sure about the springer issue. The SWFA was mentioned a few posts back- they are bullet proof and (bonus) are First Focal Plane. Not cheap by the average airgun scope but great bargain for the glass and FFP - it's mil spec stuff.
You've got some researching to do.Enjoy
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great info..tnx guys Well, Jama is right. I do have some researching to do. My quandary is this though; since all scope manufacturers seem to claim their scopes are "fogproof" "shockproof" and able to withstand the occasional asteroid hit, I don't think I trust anyone except the guys here on this forum. What I truly need is to hear from a few who have personal experience and can tell me.."don't buy this, or do buy that, 'cuz they either do or do not withstand the heavy springers really well. I'm already wondering though why I didn't go pcp.
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Afterthought/clarification understanding the old bromide "you get what you pay for" (not always true) I offer as clarification: Having entered the airgunning field a bit of a novitiate, I opted for not exactly top of the line rifle.(understatement) Well, I very much like the rifle, but the scope that was bundled with it gave up after 50 rounds. OK, I don't mind paying for a better scope. I do want it to be something I won't have to go buy again because it wasn't any better than the last one.I am willing to pay the cost of the rifle in order to get a scope that I can trust will hold up and not force me to buy yet another because I trusted the manufacturers claims. Hence, if the scope costs 300 or so, OK. As long as I can believe it will outlast my springer. A new rifle I can always get, but I am not willing to lay out megabux for scopes that aren't worth the time it takes to zero them. Thanks again for your info, your understanding, and mostly, your help.
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UTG, busted all my scopes but this one. Get the "tru strenght" platform. Holds well, and good price. I put one on my 308 riffle too.
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Straight Shooters list scopes under medium and heavy recoil.
http://www.straightshooters.com/airgun-scopes-selection.html
I do not have any connection with them, have never used them; but the information and advice they and other stores give is surely bankable when they admit to knowing the problem of recoil and advise upon such.
Centrepoint scopes may be popular (with manufacturers, such as Crossman, who include them as a package with a rifle for kids?), but they have a generally poor reputation in the UK (have seen two, both broke, not impressed by standards) and their reviews on the internet are average/poor.
http://www.straightshooters.com/airgun-scopes-selection.html
I do not have any connection with them, have never used them; but the information and advice they and other stores give is surely bankable when they admit to knowing the problem of recoil and advise upon such.
Centrepoint scopes may be popular (with manufacturers, such as Crossman, who include them as a package with a rifle for kids?), but they have a generally poor reputation in the UK (have seen two, both broke, not impressed by standards) and their reviews on the internet are average/poor.
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Or swaf ss will also definatle hold up i hear great things about utg Leapers and stuff but I believe u get what u pay for and always buy best I can afford is cheaper in the long run as opposed to buying three cheap ones
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