I will go out on a limb here; I will say without any reservation, that the 981t is the most accurate bolt action 22 you can get, until you step up to at least a cz. Now then, you need to do a trigger job on them; and they can also stand a aluminum tape/bedding job down around the action/receiver area, so they are supertight and snug down around the stock. And also you can replace the synth stocks, with wood or synthetic if you like; I like to be able to beat them up a bit , so the synth stocks are fine for me. And of course, being a boltie, you can also fire longs through them, for extra quietness, and shorts, and Aguila super colibris, for backyard shooting-- shorts can be a bit of a pain after a while, as they will leave a shortened carbon dirt ring inside the chamber. But if you shoot just longs or colibris, you don't have to worry about that at all; and if you are real lucky, they will accurately shoot the Aguila sniper sss rounds; a 60 grain massive chunk of lead.
For scopes, I recommend Leupold and nikon fixed or small power rimfire type scopes, though they are more expensive. the nikon should be under 100 bucks though. If not these two, then my two fave rimfire scopes are old all steel Weavers, 4x fixed power, which means they will never lose zero, the reticles will never jump around on you, and they are nice and lean and small, and do not over power the rifle with it's size. Other than that, get a nice adult rated, spring piston rated, air rifle scope. This is because centerfire scopes are usually not prllax free until 100 yds, air rifle scopes are prllax free usually at 10 feet or 7 yards. Also air rifle scopes are usually small, and have an adjustable objective, even on a small scope. they usually come in 4x power, or 3x9, which is all you will ever need on a rimfire scope. Also spring piston rated scopes, are also very tough, and can handle any recoil, because spring piston rated scopes, have to handle massive 2 direction recoil, which will usually tear up even 1000 dollar centerfire scopes.
My fave rimfire / spring piston, break bbl rated scope is this one;
http://www.opticsplanet.net/tasco-3-9x44-titan.html
allthough I am kinda diggin on this one a bit;
http://www.opticsplanet.net/leapers...mating-mil-dot-red-green-illuminated-sco.html
this is what I mean about the Weavers, the old ones, that are all
steel, and say, El Paso made on them;
you can bid on the old weavers on ebay and other gunsites, and usually pick up a pretty nice one for 40 bucks or less.
One more thing; you may get all kinds of opinions on all types of scopes;
avoid these two at all costs-- NC Star, and BSA. Trust me on this one...
