revhard Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 I have a 3x9x40 Thompson Center Hawken. Its black and in good shape. Used it for one season on my Omega. Shoot me a pm with an offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Check double drop's post here http://www.realtree.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63860, looking to buy a 3-9X40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Wrong kinda scope different recoil. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Wrong kinda scope different recoil. Steve You saying you cannot use a scope that was on a ml on a rifle because of the name . Just because the scope is called a ml scope does not mean it is not able to be used with a rifle. Never heard anything like that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 The scope cannot handle the recoil of a rifle ... absolutely ... also there is an eye relief factor a ML scope has a medium eye relief a rifle scope does not. You simply wouldn't want to have a medium eye relief with a rifle scope. There is a reason that they sell ML/Shotgun scopes and rimfire verses rifle scopes ... really I promise. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Guess I learned something different here today Steve. Seems kind of common to hear concerns for using rifle scopes with muzzleloaders due to recoil. Never have heard this the other way around, would have thought muzzleloader scopes especially with the magnum loads being used now would be designed to handle as much recoil as a centerfire rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad6639 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I would think any rifle scope would work on any muzzleloader. I know ussually the bigger problem than recoil is the parrallax (sp?) setting. a lot of rifle scopes are set at 100 yards, most small rimfire scopes are set for 25, and most mls are probly somewhere in between. I do know that a pistol scope needs to be built the strongest due to the extremely high recoil. Im just using a 30 dollar tasco 3x9x40 , and its on my ml and Ive shot deer out to 226 yards with it, and its been on there for 4 years now. I have an identical scope on a deer rifle, and Ive yet to have a problem with either of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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