Lot's of good answers here. Since you say you plan to travel and hunt I'd opt for something that isn't smokeless. Something 209 primed will do well enough for you. The Knight Rolling Block looks interesting. The Omega's ok too. If your bargain hunting some of the older Knights like the Extreme and Disc are very reasonable these days.

Whatever you get put Warne bases on it and Warne Quick release rings. Make sure whatever scope you buy will let you leave the sights on so when you hunt states that don't allow scopes you can pull the scope and have the sights on and ready to go. There's still a few backwards states that don't allow optics.