I have a Nikon ( IIRC, 2-6X) on my 6" PowerPort 629. Used it to take two warthogs, one shot each.
It is optically very good, typical Nikon glass, and seems mechanically up to the thumping a .44 Mag
gives a scope. And reasonably priced, too. Good solid scope, not cheapest and not cheaply made.
Today, they have 2.5-8X in variables and 2X in fixed.
Al, handgun scopes. I get the idea that they are "crazy", BUT....
I put an old Bushnell handgun scope on a .22 Ruger in about 1978, because the gun was so
accurate that it just
deserved it. It is still there today, and the gun is still super accurate. Like
just under 5/8" for 5 shots at 25 yds multiple times with top grade RWS pistol target ammo.
I didn't imagine that scopes and red dots could be
quick until the IPSC Open Class guys started
running them.
Holy Chit, man! Fast AND accurate. The early ones were very bulky, but the
current "Carry Optics" class is down to really small red dots, set down into the slides and
they are a little bit obtrusive, but they sure do work well and shoot quickly. A friend who
shoots the class points out that tall, cowitnessed iron sights are a huge help, as you go for
the sight picture with the irons, this red dot just floats into the screen and you put it where
you want a hole, and pull the trigger.
Bill