I just put a scout mount on my M44 and love it. It's taken 3 hogs already. I bought the scope and mount from UAG on Ebay. it was only $55 after shipping (scope, rings, and mount). Yeah, I know it was cheap, but it still works. The mount is good, and I can upgrade the scope later. Though I did use some low weaver rings I had because the ones supplied were too tall. The other day a friend took me out to his range that he's setting up and we place some more targets (out to 400yds so far) and did a little shooting. The M44 was scoring hits at 280yds and a few at 340. But these were not kill shots. I'd trust mine out to 200yds on just about any game animal in North America. It's surprisingly accurate. I joked that my entire rig cost less than the trigger on his remington .308 and I was still hitting steel at 340yds...though not quite as accurately.