So I have a M76 ordered from AWO but wont have it until June.

I did order an extra scope mount and just got it in the mail. I have seen people modify the mount with a piece of pic rail to have extra flexibility for optics. That being said the rings take 1in scopes. Has anybody had any success mounting scopes in the original mount?

I was looking at the Trijicon Credo or Huron or maybe something from Vortex.

I messed around with a Nikon 3-9x. I eventually went back to the ZRAK ON M76 scope.

ETA: Nit because the scope was bad, it lives in my 18" Grendel beater, but because I wanted the original scope back on it. It's a 2-3 MOA rifle and the 4x is good. A little hard to zero,  but works well when it is.