Rifle scope on a handgun?

[Okiecruffler]

Guilty as charged, but I am a bit proud of that one. 90% is the barrel, it could do alot better with a better shooter behind it.
I will say this, not sure if I'd go with a rifle scope on a 30 Bellm, that's a 30-444 wildcat ain't it. You'd have to back off quite abit more. There is also a fella who can turn (don't quote these numbers, I'm trying to remember something that I learned more than a week ago) a 36X rifle scope into a 24X LER. But it ain't cheap and he can only do luepy's I think.
I've got a .308 Striker that could use more X's, but I haven't been brave enough to go the rifle route with it yet.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Never mind, I was thinking 308 bellm, the 30 is the shortened 444 case, right? That could be a neat little package. Recoil should be very managable, especially in that larger Encore frame.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

How many rounds in that group, O-C? I can't tell 3, 4, or 5.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Just 3 in that one. One more shot and I would have blown it. Since then I've gone to one shot groups, easier to measure and no fliers.

 

[Markbo]

Oooooooo... 24X LER... now you're talkin'!


p.s. good shooting!

 

[Doc S]

Some people do...

Here's a link for Specialty Pistols.
I've seen folks there mount rifle scopes on thir Encores and other pistols...

http://specialtypistols.infopop.cc/eve/forums

God Bless,
Doc S

 

[Markbo]

I'm a member/lurker there as well. I don't post their much... just learn a lot. And I have learned the more I lurk the more detremental it is to my wallet!

 

[Geno]

I used to use a T/C 2.5-7 pistol scope and a 4-12 Burris pistol scope on my Contender pistols and Encore pistols.

Believe me, you still lose eye relief even with a pistol scope. That, however, is not the greatest difficulty. In my experience, pistol scopes are more susceptible to errors in eye position relative to the crosshair (consistency). The second greatest problem is paralex. Both of these problems are greatly reduced by using a rifle scope (with great caution).

Of late, we have been simply using reddot sights for close-in target shooting and hunting. My daughter now thinks she wants a 4X fixed power pistol scope.

Doc2005