If you have a dovetail mount I believe a one piece mount will help reduce the likelihood of scope failure.All scopes fail eventually. Magnum air rifles tend to hasten their demise.
From researching old threads and reviews, it appears that any moderately priced (under $150) scope can fail when mounted on a springer.Is this just a roll of the dice or are there specific mounting procedures that can reduce the chances of failure?Are some guns just scope killers (magnums, some Gamos)?Is warranty/customer service a top priority for springer scopes?I would like to put a basic mil-dot scope on my RWS 45. (without breaking the air gun budget)I was hoping the Hawke HD IR 2-7x32 would hold up to the task.
Cheap scopes are well just cheap scopes and sometimes you might get a good one, even barska hits the lottery once in a while. Odds are against getting a cheap scope that holds 10k rounds, it just never happens. All things man made break, and the high quality scopes will always last longer than the cheap O's. Thing about the cheap O's is the shipping for warranty service exceeds value of the cheap scope, lose-lose situation. You get what you pay for, no 100 $ scope will equal or out perform a 1K $ rifle scope, both will eventually break, but they'll never be equal.
Quote from: Lost on May 26, 2015, 11:08:30 AMFrom researching old threads and reviews, it appears that any moderately priced (under $150) scope can fail when mounted on a springer.Is this just a roll of the dice or are there specific mounting procedures that can reduce the chances of failure?Are some guns just scope killers (magnums, some Gamos)?Is warranty/customer service a top priority for springer scopes?I would like to put a basic mil-dot scope on my RWS 45. (without breaking the air gun budget)I was hoping the Hawke HD IR 2-7x32 would hold up to the task.One of the issues with putting a scope on a springer is the fact that some will simply zero the scope without consideration of actually optically centering the scope and then mounting it in an adjustable mount or simply bending the barrel the the poi is within about 1/2" of the aim point at 30 yards.The scope crosshairs are mounted in an "erector assembly" so if the airgun barrel has a lot of "droop" and only the scope turrets are used for zeroing the erector springs on one side of the erector can be stretched to the max leaving the opposite spring with almost no tension. This unbalanced spring tension situation can cause the erector assembly to get "slammed around" by the recoil of a piston gun leading to early failure.IMHO.....first center the reticle so there is equal spring tension on the erector and then use an adjustable mount (or bend the barrel) to bring the poi within 1/2" at 30 yards.......then the fine adjustments are done with the turrets. Anywhoo......I bend the barrel of my R9 whenever I change a scope mount or mount a new scope if needed. LOL....here is my high tech barrel bender to be used when needed.........Uploaded at Snapagogo.comUploaded at Snapagogo.comhttp://www.snapagogo.com/uploads/source/1092015/1429531441_1717310339_CDTBarrelBender4.JPGUploaded at Snapagogo.comAnywhoo....when I was shooting about 10,000 shots per year with my .177 R9 I've had even good scopes fail in a few years. Fortunately good scopes have good warranties so I've come to expect sending a scope in for repair every few years!
Quote from: condor22 on May 29, 2015, 05:55:28 PM Cheap scopes are well just cheap scopes and sometimes you might get a good one, even barska hits the lottery once in a while. Odds are against getting a cheap scope that holds 10k rounds, it just never happens. All things man made break, and the high quality scopes will always last longer than the cheap O's. Thing about the cheap O's is the shipping for warranty service exceeds value of the cheap scope, lose-lose situation. You get what you pay for, no 100 $ scope will equal or out perform a 1K $ rifle scope, both will eventually break, but they'll never be equal. So there is my dilemma, put a $1K scope on a $150 rifle??I've been knocking down elk with a $350 Leupold but I just want to hit a squirrel at 30yds with an air rifle.Do I need more glass investment than my elk scope??I'm hoping not.