This gun will mostly be carried on the nasty days when a scope is basically useless. I have 2.5-8x36s on pretty much all my rifles. But there's a few days a year when you might as well stay home if you have a scope...I spend a lot of time still hunting and tracking so keeping a scope clean in rough conditions is about impossible. And those are always the best days for me... action can happen quick and up close and personal..messing with caps hasn't worked well for me.
Nice days I have a couple 7600s and a Kimber Montana all with 2.5-8s on them.
