Deadeye47,
The barrel is drilled and tapped just like the other Handi rifles, the only exception is that it also has the dovetail up front for the front sight mount. In my case, it used to have that dove tail. I had used the scope base off my 7mm-08 for the BC. I just recently installed a Leupold Vari-X II 2.5x8 on this. I'm still playing with the idea of a scout mount, ala Haywire Haywood, and a red dot sight, but that's still in the pondering stage.
Don