Ironically however, you could put a $1000 swarovski rifle scope on an air rifle and the pellet gun would tear it up in under 50 shots. Air rifles recoil in the reverse direction of powder propellant rifles, and rifle scopes are not made to withstand that direction of recoil.

Otherwise, the difference is the parralax setting. Rimfire, rifle, and shotgun/MZ. There are some reticle and magnification settings as they are marketed for different buyers, but functionally they should still hold up to the recoil.