The freedom line is a slight upgrade from the VX-1 & 2s. I don't know how recoil proof they are but I heard that Leupold has a testing machine that produces the recoil level of a 375 and each scope line used to get tested with the equivalent of a thousand rounds on this machine. Might be worth a call to Leupold.

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli