I looked at that same scope the other day at a store and was really impressed with it. I even said to the clerk that it would be my choice for a muzzleloader scope if it could take the abuse from the rifle. He then said he had the same scope on his .243 and so far there has been no problems (whether that was a sales pitch I have no idea... he seemed sincere).

On the low power it was as clear as it was on the highest power. The only thing I noticed was the scope had to be cranked real hard to move from one power to the other, but that is not a bad point in my book. I thought that on low power in the cedar groves that would really be the ticket.

I am sure you can see the front sight with a low mount scope ring. All I would do is practice with it a little and learn to get used to it. If all else fails, and you are not going to use the sights, have them removed...

Good luck with the rifle and scope. I will be interested to see how well it holds up to the shooting of stiff loadss......