Originally Posted by
CalHunter
I'm not a muzzle loader shooter but I think you received some bad advice. I know I wouldn't put an airgun scope on any of my centerfire or even rimfire rifles.
If you think about the physics involved in a spring airgun, scopes are designed for the 2-way recoil generated by the spring and have their optics anchored for recoil going both ways. There are different levels of airgun scopes designed to handle different levels of spring recoil (some airguns have more) and you usually pay more for increased capability.
I think you ought to take the scope back to that gun shop and tell them it didn't work as advised. IMHO.
Going to agree with the above. Airgun scopes are designed differently because the recoil is different. They are specially designed for airguns for a reason.
Plus, what did you really expect out of a scope that cost less than $50? Quality optics cost what they do because they are worth it. Cheap optics are just that, cheap. I notice you didn't actually say what the brand is, rather you simply said
a famous maker airgun scope "." Tasco and Simmons are both "famous makers" but I wouldn't put either one on a gun I want to hunt with. Somehow I don't think we're talking about Leupold, Nikon, Baush & Lomb, Zeiss, Swavraski etc... are we?
You learned a valuable lesson for $50. Don't go cheap and buy the right scope for the job.