I INTENSELY dislike the forward-mounted "Scout"-type scope. That Picatinny rail was removed about forty seconds after I opened the box.
After fifty years of using receiver-mounted scopes, I find they are lightning-fast at lower magnifications, and are LESS restrictive on my field-of-view. Try any decent sight with a lower-end of 1.5X or thereabouts, and WITH PRACTICE, it's like looking out your picture window.
Also, the forward-mounted sight badly affects the balance and handling of the rifle.... and it's painfully ugly, as well.
On my GSR, because of advancing age and diminishing visual abilities, I went to a new Redfield/Leupold3-9X mounted in the Ruger rings on the receiver. Ten years ago, with better eyesight, it probably would have been a 1.5-4.5X of some decent make.
The new Redfield works well, and at 3X it is quite capable at close range.