any raeson not to use a "speciality scopes" on a regular old rifle

[erickrschaefer]

I see a lot of companies are now marketing scopes labeled specifically for shotguns and muzzle loaders. The one in particular I was looking at was the Nikon Omega and the Nikon Slug Hunter. I see the shotgun scope has parallax adjusted at 75 yards instead of 100 but other than that they seem like they would be just as good on top of a bolt gun. For the hunting I do here in Maine the 1.5x6 in either model seems like it would be just as effective on my bolt gun as either the smoke pole or the shotgun.

[gr8ful]

A scope is just an aiming device and contrary to popular belief you don't need a 6-18 X 50mm scope on a deer rifle especially if your shots are gonna be under 100 yrds, the wider field of view on a low powered shotgun or muzzle loader style scope would probably better serve anyway, also most lower powered scopes have better light transmission.

[ironglow]

Erick;
  I live in the wooded hills of western NY..probably with ranges you are dealing with.  My Marlin 336 30/30 has a 2.5X  shotgun scope mounted for about 5 years and it works well.  Being a scope designed for shotgun slugs, it seems to take recoil well.. and of course 2.5X is enough, because a deer kill-zone is volley-ball sized.
       Looks like the web photo below.

[jjas]

I recently purchased a Nikon Omega 1.5-5x36 scope that I put on a  .357 magnum handi rifle for my son  (this will probably be the scope's permanent home)...  I had no problem mounting it on the weaver base that came with the rifle (as it had multiple slots). 
On a bolt action rifle you might run into mounting issues (if the gun is a long action) as the scope is a bit shorter than a typical 3-9x40.  Not saying it can't be done, it just might require special mounts to do so.

A friend of mine mounted his Omega on a Ruger 77/44 w/standard medium height Ruger rings and it worked out fine. It was a bit close, but it worked.

Hope this helps.
 
 

[Lloyd Smale]

a typical scope with a 100 yard paralex adjustment will be tough to focus out past about 350 yards so i would guess that a 75 yard focus would cut that to 250 or so. So as long as your not planing on shooting out past 300 yards i wouldnt worry about it.

[yellowtail3]

I live in the wooded hills of western NY..probably with ranges you are dealing with.  My Marlin 336 30/30 has a 2.5X  shotgun scope mounted for about 5 years and it works well. 

Ironglow, a fellow Marlin owner? My heart is warmed!

So far as 'shotgun' scopes go... work fine. I've got a Bushnell Trophy 1.75-4x32 which I bought for my muzzleloader about 8 years ago. I put it on my Marlin for a while, then moved it back to the ML CVA after getting a Nikon for the Marlin. I believe the Bushnell was labeled a 'shotgun' scope; I was hopeful that meant it would stand up to the recoil of heavy conicals. So far, it works fine (took a nice 8pt with the CVA LAST season)

[eye shot]

The only thing to watch for is some with 5-6" eye relief have alot less FOV.