ORIGINAL: LebeauHunter
Uncle Matt,
On a few of the shotgun models like Leupold there is no mention that the scope has been designed to handle more shock.
Just from what my shoulder tells me, I think a 300 WSM, 300 Weatherby, or even 7mm mag kick as much or more
than most 12 guage shotguns or muzzleloaders (I only shoot 100 grains though).
I believe that a quality scope can withstand the abuse of large magnum calibers, ML or shotgun without being specifically designed for ML of shotgun. The Nikon Pro-Staff is half the price of their "muzzleloader" scope and for me it was not worth the extra money for the muzzleloader.
Lebeau, it has not so much to do with how
hard the gun recoils, but the
duration of recoil. With a rifle you get the recoil (kick) as
BANG! With a muzzy the recoil is more of a
K A - P O W !