Rifle Scopes Will A .308 Destroy a Rimfire Scope?

[srwatters]

I've built a new 6.5x47 bolt rifle and transferred my Razor Gen I there, which of course has drained the fun $ fund so I'm wondering if I mount my Nikon 3x9x40 Prostaff EFR on the trusty old .308, will the recoil destroy the poor thing? Eventually I'll upgrade the new rifle to the Gen II Razor (or something else), then return the Gen I back to the .308, but in the meantime, I have plenty of hand loads still to have fun with and wouldn't mind the practice. Opinions? Bad idea?

http://www.nikonsportoptics.com/en/nikon-products//riflescopes/prostaff-target-efr.html

 

[Hairy Biker]

A spring air rifle will destroy a scope. The 308 should be OK but how much shooting do you expect to do?

 

[srwatters]

Not a huge amount. I probably have a couple hundred rounds in the safe. I only shoot once or twice a month and will shoot the new 6.5 more I expect.

BTW, that scope is specifically made for air and rim fire rifles. I had it mounted on my Anschutz for a while until I went back to peep sights.

 

[Hairy Biker]

The difference is more related to the parallax point - this is closer in for a rimfire/air rifle than for a centre fire scope.

Use it.

 

[plong]

A spring air rifle will destroy a scope. The 308 should be OK but how much shooting do you expect to do?

So very true..! I've had folks poke fun at me for asking if a certain scope was air-rifle rated... only tells me they've never owned one . If you want to find out what a scope is really made of, give it a run on a magnum springer... If it holds-up there a .308 center-fire will be no problem. Its the bi-directional recoil you get with a springer air rifle that does in allot of mediocre scopes that would've held-up just fine on an average center-fire.