good choice for a inline. For a cheap scope you could try a tasco pronghorn 3x9 ,i got a used tasco prong horn for 15.00 at ebay best deal i ever got on ebay.When i first got my inline i found it was kind'da hard to load so i poured up a few dozen big maix balls and greased then up and shot them up and it helped alot .The most powerfull load i used so far is a 451. 300gr bullet ,black sabot and 120 gr powder load but thats with my rifle,it also has great accuracy with 451. 200gr xtp hollow points and 90gr of powder they do some real damage on broadside shots on deer.The only bad thing i have found with using the light bullets is they run out of steam after a 100 yards or so.