How are you going to mount it? The standard mounting holes, if there, will be too far forward to give the proper eye relief. The rifle itself deserves a good scope, one that's worthy of it's potential accuracy. Period scopes will be along the lines of a Redfield or a Parker Hale. Both bloody expensive, or if you are as rich as Croesus a Unertl.
Here's one of mine.
or, with an earlier scope, an old Lyman 25x.
If you don't have to give up your car because other people commit crimes in their cars, why should I have to give up my firearms because other people commit crimes with their firearms?