Down the rabbit hole

Thanks. So if not magnum, air rifle rated scope won't be easy to be ruined by piston rifle?

You also mentioned that your umarex is heavier than your friends Gamo. Use the extra weight that your Umarex has to your advantage. A heavier rifle will generally shoot more accuratly than a lighter rifle for target shooting. You will get used to the weight.

Edited by Billbobnz - 02 Feb 2023 at 3:20pm

It's great that there's lots of activity here guys, but just a word of warning not to imply or suggest self defence as a reason to use our airguns. I'm sure any gun related forum is monitored, and so please stop and think before posting.

Really enjoying all the talk though.

Do you spend any time researching stuff?
A rifle scope has moving parts in it.
Those moving parts are made to take recoil (you know the unbelievable recoil of your umerex)
In a powder rifle they are made to take a backwards recoil, because that is all a powder rifle has, backwards recoil into your shoulder.
In a spring or gas ram air rifle there are two types of recoil, a forward one as the piston hits the end of the cylinder and the backwards one like a powder rifle has.
As a powder rifle scope is only made to take the backwards recoil and not the forwards recoil, this means if you put a powder rifle scope on on a spring or gas piston rifle everytime you shoot it, it will get a jolt forward as the piston hits the end of the cylinder, which the scope has not been made to take. This will eventually shake the moving bits inside and they will come loose. When this happens the the cross hairs will move and won't be where you set them too. You won't hit where you are aiming because they have moved.
In an air rifle rated scope they know that there is a forward and backward shock to the scope, so they make the moving bits in the scope to be able to take the forwards and backwards jolt that happens in a spring or gas piston air rifle. This means that the moving bits in the scope don't shake loose and the scope stays on target.
Thats a very basic description.
Get on the Internet and look it up.
Guns like the gamo magnums have a very heavy recoil and are known to break (shake the moving bits loose) scopes that arnt well made even if they are for air rifles .
Before you ask, an air rifle rated scope can be used on a powder rifle.
It is not a good idea to use powder rifle scope on an air rifle.
Pcp and pump up air rifles do not have to use a air rifle rated scope as they do not have a big heavy piston crashing into the end the cylinder when firing a shot. So that don't have the a big forward jolt like a spring or gas piston.

Probly not a silly idea. A spare scope is always handy in case one fails.
I kept my gamo scope, and are using on 1322 till I can afford another one, after the gamo killed the $300 gun City air rifle rated one I put on it.