See the thing is this was my fathers hunting rifle and it means a lot to me to be able to hunt it as well.  I am not crazy about the thirty inch  barrel.  The sights are terrible in the woods.  He did shoot deer with it but they must have been in and open field.  I probably will go with and S&K mount for a scope for it.  I really don't think I would go and look for one to buy as the appeal is the fact it was my fathers.  I have a gun cabinet full of good hunting rifles.