Rossi Single Shot Rifle

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Anyone have experience with Rossi single shot rifles. I'm looking to upgrade my varmint gun from the .22 mag I have now to a .223. I had my low budget choice down between NEF & the Stevens 200. I went to Dick's today and they had a Rossi heavy barrel .223 with a Simmons (not my choice of scopes,) 6-28X scope. I can't find the scope anywhere on the Simmons web site and I can't find any reviews on Rossi rifles. Any advice would be appreciated.