GuyM, nice rifle!!! The local emporium had the same rifle on the wall, NIB, a special order from someone who then passed on it. It languished on the wall. The proprietor sold it to me for $630. I still have not scoped it. It has the new Remington trigger. My concern is that it will be so effective on game in Virginia that I will have no need for anything else... I have acquired the Talley ltwt rings... just pondering which scope... I am thinking of shooting 120 grain Nosler Partitions and 120 grain Swift A-frames on everything... which for me would be white tails, perhaps a black bear, perhaps a hog, perhaps a coyote... I believe I will settle on a Leupold 6x36.