My memories of old Tasso scopes are all bad.

The way I test those old Tasco scopes is put it in the freezer for an hour then set on a table at room temp for 15 minutes, if does not fog on the inside you have a good one.
Recoil on the socom is about the same as a 20ga... so the scope can handle the recoil.




note: GREENCOUNTYPETE always gives good advice about gun stuff.

Theres your answer.Go buy another .22 to put that scope on.

After the last couple of ammo shortages I have gone right of the 22LR ... I have a 10/22 because everyone should have one of them and a Colt Woodsman and thats it as I roll my own, I do my plinking with .223 these days and fill em back up

I have an a Tasco scope that I got on a trade for some traps. I was after another scope that I also received but the guy had to even it out and the scope looked pretty nice. Anyway, I have not put it on a gun and was wondering where to figure out some info on it. It is a 6-24x40. On the reticle it says W624x40, Tiawan, AT-97 7, Pats Pending. It is by far the nicest piece of glass I've handled that was made by Tasco. I figured it had to be some of the older stuff they made because most of their stuff now is not very good at all. I'll try to get some pics up later

I have put it on the rifle and will put a few rounds through it tomorrow and se if it holds up and if it does, it should make a passable hunting rig for around here

40 rounds later my shoulder said that it was enough and the scope is still on. Who would have thunk it. The irony is that just trying it out O probably spent more on ammo than the thing is worth

Good deal.Glad it worked out for ya.

Just filled those 40 back up and found 50 empty 30-30's and while I was at it did those as well. Can't have empty brass littering the place up lol

I would not put my trust in an old Tasco. They were cheaply made entry-level scopes, at best. Not wishing you any bad luck, but I doubt you will get dependable performance. There are no "free lunches" in the optics market place.

Charles this was a free lunch as it sat on a rifle I got from a customer ( M1 Carbine ) and that was just wrong on so many levels. So I put the original sights back on that and had this thing sitting in a draw. Previously I have not even been in the same room as a Tasco scope and know nothing about them. All I know is that the glass on this one of pretty clear right to the edge, it has non critical eye relief and now sits on a quick detach mount on my 458 SOCOM that is my truck gun and brush hunting rifle. If it scatter, I'll flip the thing off and use the flip up sights that are dead on as well. My other scopes are Leupold, MTC Nikon and a Schmidt & Bender. And a Zeiss that is currently without a job.
As this one was made in Japan and not China and that in itself is rare these days I was curious about the brand. That and the weird magnification of 2.75 peeked my interest.