I have decided to keep it.

It isn't free DM. I spent about $200 at the NWTF banquet. I will be spending $700 for the Leupold scope. I will be spending $100 to have the scope mounted and lens caps installed. I will be spending $100 for a decent gun case. I will be spending an additional $100 on a gun sling, ammo and target time at the range. All told the "free" rifle will cost me a cool $1000 (not counting the money I spent at the NWTF banquet) to make it usable to me in the field. I hope I love this rifle because it will probably be the last one I get in my lifetime.

Overall I have been unhappy with the performance of my scoped model 94 rifle. It is probably more me than the gun but I haven't been terribly successful with it. Perhaps I will get along better with it without a scope. To be honest I am more of a bow person than a gun person anyways. For some reason it seems alot easier to miss with a gun than a bow.