Weaver handgun scope

[454 casull]

Anybody have any luck with these? Poor simmons I had on my 454 sr couldn't take it.

[bloodhounder]

Weaver makes a decent pistol scope but I'd suggest spending a tad more cash and get a Nikon or Leupold for the 454.

[dbd870]

I have had good luck with them. Have a 4x fixed on my 12" 44mag Encore and a 2.5-8x on my 15" 30-06 Encore. (handgun obviously) No problems.

[mwezell]

The Weaver's not bad, but when it comes to picking a scope for a hard recoiling handgun, I'd look at a Burris with the posi-lock feature.
http://www.burrisoptics.com/tech.html
---Mike Ezell

[454 casull]

Got a Nikon Monarch 2.5x8. Tried it out this evening and found out the hard way the guy that mounted it did a pretty sorry job. It shot all over the place, crosshairs were cocked, scope moved back a good 1/4 inch. Took it back and let another guy try it, he seemed to do a pretty good job. But I ran out of shells and am waiting on the tumbler to load some more up. Was really hoping to get it zeroed this evening since I have only 35 bullets and I can't find anymore 300 gr xtp mags anywhere, much less 2400 powder. Got some h110 but don't care for all the flash it puts out. I'll try again next week.

[454 casull]

About the burris, I had a Pentax made at the time by Burris, on a m77 220 swift. After about 3 years one of the lens came loose, called pentax they said call burris ,they said they did not honor the warranty. Pentax quit making scopes so I was out of luck. Will never ever buy anything that says burris on it or pentax for that matter.

[mwezell]

You bought a Pentax and had a Pentax warranty, not a Burris warranty. I don't understand why you'd be upset that Burris didn't warrant a Pentax scope.

http://www.pentaximaging.com/support/customer-care/

http://www.burrisoptics.com/warranty.html

I'm a huge fan of Nikon scopes, and you may well be happy with it. On a 454 Casull handgun, I would buy the best scope with the best warranty I could get, and become friends with someone in their warranty dept.--Mike Ezell

[454 casull]

This was about 12 years ago, Burris made the scope for Pentax. There was a brief period of time Pentax quit selling scopes, the time frame when my tore up. How would you like to buy a 300 dollar scope with a lifetime warranty and nobody own up to it?

[454 casull]

I'm a huge fan of Nikon scopes, and you may well be happy with it. On a 454 Casull handgun, I would buy the best scope with the best warranty I could get, and become friends with someone in their warranty dept.--Mike Ezell[/QUOTE]
Actually the recoil is not as bad as you would think. Finished lining it up today everything seems fine. Sighted in 2 inches high at 75 yards, just a little over a inch at 100.

[mwezell]

I'm a huge fan of Nikon scopes, and you may well be happy with it. On a 454 Casull handgun, I would buy the best scope with the best warranty I could get, and become friends with someone in their warranty dept.--Mike Ezell
Actually the recoil is not as bad as you would think. Finished lining it up today everything seems fine. Sighted in 2 inches high at 75 yards, just a little over a inch at 100.[/QUOTE]


Oh, I've shot em'.:) Recoil is relative to the shooter, but not to the scope. Handguns put more lateral forces on the internals of a scope than a rifle does. A scope that may be fine on a 338 Win mag might be junk in a little while on a handgun with similar recoil energy.(such as a 454 Casull):eek:. That's why I recommended the Burris with the posi loc. The posi-loc supports the erector tube inside the scope, and the rest of the Burris handgun scope is built like a tank. What I don't like about the Burris is that it's less tolerant of eye (mis)alignment than the loopy or nikons are. Good luck.---Mike Ezell

[C.L.Button]

I ended up puting a Leupold 2x on my 44Mag. The others didn't last long. :rolleyes: