Use of rifle scopes on TC pistols

[Kens]

Is anybody using rifle scopes on TC Pistols?  If so, with what brand/model and with what cartridge.  Please include info about eye relief of the scope.

[Reed1911]

All my T/C rounds that don't recoil are equipped with rifle scopes. (.22 Hornet, .22 Reed Express, .17 Remington, and 7mm TCU). The brands are all different and size/magnification are all different. Pick a scope that will be comfortable for you and pick a caliber that is not going to send the scope into your face.

[wheelgun]

I have used rifle scopes on my 22 hornet,6.5 tcu,7mm supermag,223 rem.
I still have one on the 7mm sm but I have to really watch and not get too close.Scopes were different brands and power but they all worked well.I have had them hit my glasses a few times made me alittle nervous. :shock:

[xphunter]

Have also used rifle scope (though on rear grip MOA  & XP's).  Cartridges were 6.5-284, 284 Win., and 260 Rem.  Also have used rifle scopes on a 17 Mach IV and a rear grip 338 Lapau Improved (not my Specialty handguns)

[jeff223]

you guys are talking regular rifle scopes?the ones with 3 to 4 inches of eye relief?it must take some getting use to

[Kens]

Xphunter

You mention using rifle scopes "(though on rear grip MOA & XP's)."  What do you mean by on rear grip?

cknight98

You said, "i love the extra FOV a riflescope gives you...and once you get used to shooting that way its really nice."  What is the best way to hold and steady the pistol with a rifle scope?

[Bullseye]

I have tried it on 22 Lr's and 17 HMR.  It worked okay, actually delivered some great groups.  I just could never get comfortable shooing the gun like that.  And that 22lr is plenty loud when hunting when it is that close to your ear.  I switched all mine back to handgun scopes.  Personal preference I would say.

[xphunter]

The three SP's I have shot or owned that were rear-grip are:
MOA Maximum in 260 Rem.  The MOA can only be configured in a rear grip.  The 17 Mach IV was an orginal solid bottomed XP (dog-leg bolt handle) that had been fitted with a rear-grip stock.  The third rear grip was a heavy barreled BAT action with a Jewel trigger and 18 inch barrel that was built specifically for 1k competition, chambered in 338 Lapua Improved.  The 17 wasn't braked but the other two barrels are.  The reason I mentioned them as rear grips is that MY XP's are all center-grips.  A center grip is easier in that the ocular is closer to you than with a rear grip.  It is a different feel to shoot a high mag rifle scope on a handgun and in my opintion it is easirer with a center-grip, but you can do it with a rear grip like a MOA or a Contender/Encore.  I would get whatever rifle scoe that you already own and play around with it and the best way it works for you.  Get up close and get your full field of view then back off far enough to MAKE SURE you don't get kissed.  Weight of SP, cartridge, and whether or not it is braked will determine how far you need to be away from it.  Leupold has one of the longest ER's in the high mag scopes.  Sightron makes a 24x that has LER for a rifle but it's relief picture falls off quickly as you move back whereas Leupold is a gradual reduction in sight picture.
I'm going to shoot this May in a specialty handgun seminar and one of the rigs I will use for doing primarily all field shooting @ unknown ranges from field positions at steel targets the size of big games vitals out to about 500 yards will be a XP-100 with a 6-24 Burris Black Diamond with the Ballistic Mil-Dot reticle.  I have put several 100 rounds through this XP already with other rifle scopes, but this will primarily be field positions.  XP is chambered in 284 Winchester.

[sageman]

i've used a rifle scope on a 270 max rpm xl    it was braked so all the recoil was into yourhand  so the worst it would do is glance off your glasses.