RE: Good scopes?
Cabela's sells a series called pine ridge. I've got one on my 06 and it's worked pretty well (I had a simmons go bad too). They sell for around 80-90 for a 3-9 I think and should be a decent scope for a while. You bein from connellsville and the great mo-town I just happen to know there's a cabela's close by haha. (I work there while I'm in school)
Hope that helps, I'd take a look at it
Chad