I've always liked military arms. My dad bought a 303 british 8 years ago. Unissued and in the cosmoline. My opinion is if you really want one, buy the unissued one. Warning though for the one that is unissued if you buy it. Take it completely apart and make sure all the cosmoline is truly cleaned out. My dads is a shooter, but he wants to keep it orginal. So I don't know about the scope part. I have a Springfield M1 30-06 and I just bought the Russian Mosin Nagant 7.62 x 54R. Havn't shot it yet though. Spent almost a complete day cleaning it. Would love to buy a Mitchel K98 Mauser.