i have a leupold 3x9x40 vari x 2 that is setting there doing nothing...im thinking it would work on my 22 hornet barrel,is anyone using a riffle scope on a low recoiling handgun out there?(i figured id ask before i let it crack my head )

YUP! I have a Weaver V-16 on my XP 100 in 221 Fireball. Works great. I had a 3 to 12 Burris on it, and it worked good. The varying eye relief was tough to get use to. With the Weaver I seem to be more consistent with my hold due to the stable eye relife while changing power.

The first time I pulled the trigger I was wondering if contact would be made with my cranium, but none so far. The gun jumps back some but not that much. I sure wouldn't want to try it on a big boomer!!!

Ditto Tigger's comments.

I have a 2-7 Leupold on a 10" 22 Mag Contender. It works great and I find it is often easier to use than a pistol scope.

A17Shooter

been using a 4x12 simmons rifle scope on my 14" .223 contender for a while now. i had to tame the recoil just a tad for it to work with this setup. i'm using a nosler 40gr bt, pushed by blue dot powder. chronys around 3100fps at 13.5gr of blue dot, and will shoot 5 shot 1" groups.

i first tried this as an experiment, and couldn't put out the extra funds for a more expensive handgun scope at the time. just had the rifle scope sitting there, and heard people talk of using that type of setup, so i figured i'd try it out. with normal .223 loads, i whacked myself in the nose a couple times. then larryinsd turned me on to the blue dot loads, and i had also seen them mentioned by others. the blue dot in the .223 works great, as muzzle blast, and recoil are greatly reduced.(not reduced pressure)
after using the gun from the bench, and packing it on a field outing, and testing from field positions, i've decided to keep the riflescope mounted indefinately. i like it, and it works great for me. i'd say it's not for everyone, but well worth a try on the light recoiling guns. especially if you have that oddball scope just layin around.

jim257, i bet it'd work great on that 22hornet. try her out, and let us know how ya like it. the leupold may be more forgiving in eye relief, and make the task even easier.

actually, i have 2 setups with the riflescope. my 14" 22lr match barrel has a BSA 4x16x40 riflescope mounted. i like this setup as well.

thanks for the input fellers,im going for it! jim257

I HAVE A 12 TO 20 RIFLE SCOPE ON MY 223 REM
A 3 TO 10 ON MY 7MM TCU(WHICH IS THE BEST BARREL EVER MADE FOR THE CONTENDER)
A 3 T0 9 ON MY 22 HORNET
AND A 4 TO 12, ON 22LR
JUST HOLD THEM DOWN, AND DON'T LET IT CATCH YOU IN THE EYE

I have had a 6.5-20 Leupold on a 284 Win XP and a 6-24 on a 22-250AI and a 260 Rem which were both on my MOA Maximum. I went through about 100 rounds or so with my XP with a load of 59.0 H-4831 with 140 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip exiting the muzzle @ 2750 FPS.