RE: New gun
I own the exact gun that you have, except mine is blue/walnut, It is a great gun, very versatile, I use mine for groundhogs in the spring and whitetails in the fall. Before I got into reloading, I shot 115 gr winchester ballistic tips for whitetail, or 117 gr Sierra gamekings, both grouped very well. I only had problems with 100 gr remington cor lokts, they gave me alot of flingers, and would not group for me. I personally have a Simmons Aetec 3-12 power scope on mine, I like the higher power scope on it, especially for ground hogs the only problem was, that scope is a 44mm objective, so I had to change rings, if you go with a 40 mm scope you should be able to use the rings that came with the gun. Its really a personal preference for scopes, but if you see yourself possibly taking 250-300 yard shots with it, (which it is very capable of doing) I would try to get a higher power scope. If you reload and would like my data I have gathered shoot me an email and Ill share what i got.
hope this helps!!!!!