Recoil shock isolator for scope

[jajbellsouthnet]

I am having scope trouble with two of my rifles. They won't hold a zero for more than five shots and one became a tube full of loose parts. I'm thinking that maybe I can put thin rubber sheeting between the scope and the mount to absorb some of the punishment. Yeah, I know that I could buy a "heavy recoil" scope for $400, but I am not willing to gamble that much. Any thoughts on the subject?

[ZOOBEAR]

It wont work. Spend the money. ;)

[DM]

The last poster is correct...

Spend the $$ and get a high quality scope like a Leupold... It will last a lifetime, and with Leupold backing it your kids will be useing it after your gone...

You can buy one for a lot less than $400.00 depending on what power your looking for.

DM

[dannistim]

I've had a $20 4x32 bsa I bought at walmart mounted on my .30-06 carbine for 4 years now and it still holds zero. this gun also has tritium iron sights. I paid 3x more for the sights than I did for the scope LOL! ;D I do have a leupold on one of my other rifles and I can honestly say they are worth their money but if you don't have the money that doesn't matter.

The next best thing to buying a good scope is to buy one so cheap that you don't care if it dies. Better yet, buy several mount them all on QD mounts zero all of them and you have a ready to go spare when needed. :D

My contrarian advice is to look for a cheap scope designed to be used on a spring piston air rifle. The back and forth vibrating recoil of a spring piston air rifle is many hundreds of times worse than the single impulse of a firearm and will reduce a regular scope to and expensive baby rattle in no time.