well i bought my rifles new, as i,m planning on keeping mine for life and not chopping and changing all the time. all mine are sako's, tried quite afew different makes and realy liked them and in my price range, i,ve got meopta scope on my deer rifle which is more than good enough for my needs, i don't shot enough deer to pay 2.5k on optics(but would love one) you would get 10 more mins of light out of one at the top end but i,m no pro so meopta all the way for me.
saying that i,m just saving for a zeiss for my foxing rilfle as this is used week in week out,
my local rfd will not let you waste your money or sell you something you don't need so that heps me save abit,
just buy the basics rifle scope and bullets then just build your kit round it, hope this helps.
stav