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1. June, 2020Handgun scopes

2. GENERAL FEATURES OF HANDGUN SCOPES
•Similar to standard riflescopes in design but much smaller and more compact;
•Long eye-relief (30, 40 or even 50 cm),
•1-inch tube,
•Small size/mass,
•Fixed or variable magnification, fixed is more common,
•Parallax fixed at somewhere from 25 to 50 m,
•Generous eye-box,
•Shockproof, durable.

3. MOUNTING OF HANDGUN SCOPES
 Handgun-specific rings,
 These scopes are most often mounted on revolvers, sometimes even on a pistol with
an installed Picatinny rail,
 Handgun scopes can be mounted on scout rifles, even though scout rifle users usually
go for a scout scope.

4. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HANDGUN SCOPES AND
SCOUT SCOPES
•Handgun scopes have parallax fixed at somewhere from 25 to 50 m, whereas scout
scopes have it fixed at around 100 m.
A handgun scope mounted on a revolver (source: sightmark.com)

5. WHY ARE MANY HANDGUN SCOPES SILVER?
•Aesthetic reasons – handgun scopes are most commonly mounted on silver revolvers.
A revolver with a silver crossbow scope (source: burrisoptics.com)