Break barrel air rifles are notorious for destroying scopes. Scopes are designed to withstand the recoil of a rifle. The ignition of the cartridge propels the bullet out the barrel, with the hot gas and physics of the reaction, sending the rifle and scope back into the shooter’s shoulder.

Break barrel air rifles on the other hand, are not firearms. Instead, a compressed spring is released, pushing a piston forward into a cylinder, sending compressed air and a lead pellet to the target. The rifle and scope experience two recoil impulses one after the other in opposite directions. This back-and-forth voilence shakes scopes in directions most were never designed to move.

Discovery Optics ED line of premium budget scopes claims to be durable enough to withstand use on a break barrel. I put that claim to the test on my Benjamin Trail Nitro NP2 rifle chambered in .22 caliber.

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SPECS

ED-AR SFIR

Magnification: 1-8x

Objective Lens: 24mm

Reticle Plane: First (FFP)

Tube: 34mm

Length: 11.4 in/290mm

Weight: 24.2 oz/687 g

Click Value: 0.1 MRAD

Elevation Adj: 38 MRAD 

Windage Adj: 22 MRAD

Parallax: 5yrds–Infinity

Eye Relief: 4 in 

FOV @ 100 yd 1x: @ 133.6 ft 

FOV @ 100 yd 8x: 15.7 ft

Exit Pupil 1x: 15.6 mm / 8x: 3.0 mm