Scopes on the .44 Magnum

[Doug M.]

My recollection, which might be poor, is that as a gun magazine reader in the late 70s/early 80s, the reports ere not favorable for scopes on handguns as the recoil impulse (at least on bigger calibers) was pretty harsh compared to being mounted on a rifle. Since I am not a physicist, my understanding might be really wrong.

 

[jake1945]

I have a Leopold 2x on my 7 inch Ruger Redhawk. Yeah, it's heavy!

 

[stansdds]

My recollection, which might be poor, is that as a gun magazine reader in the late 70s/early 80s, the reports ere not favorable for scopes on handguns as the recoil impulse (at least on bigger calibers) was pretty harsh compared to being mounted on a rifle. Since I am not a physicist, my understanding might be really wrong.

Your recollection is just fine. Scope movement and durability were problems in the early days of scoped, heavy recoiling handguns.