It really is a simple paint job. I bought the HS Strut camo paint kit. It comes with the colors grass (light brown), brown,green and black and a fern stencil. The easiest way to do it is to take a metal coat hanger and put the hook end through your sling swivel. Then just hang it upside down (after you cover all the parts you don't want to get paint on). Do a light base coat (I chose grass as my base) and let it dry. Then use the same color and do a good covering of your rifle. DO NOT spray too close or you'll get "pooling" on your gun and it looks horrible.
After you let that dry put the stencil (or whatever you want) against the stock and randomly do quick sprays directly at the pattern. I used a sort of cheese cloth like material for the brown stripes that you see (it was something different) and then I went with the green and sprayed the fern pattern. It's OK and even encouraged, to go over some of your previous stencil with another color so that it gives it the blending effect. You can use any type of spray paint and use any color. I am going to buy some olive drab as my next color.
Not bad for a twenty dollar kit! The best part is that they sell a solvent that won't destroy your gun when you remove it. I'll probably put a winter camo pattern on it this coming winter when I am hunting coyotes. It's real simple to do...just remember to let it dry first before you apply more colors!
Oh yeah there's enough paint in the cans for several guns. I have already done three and I still have plenty left.
As far as the scope goes, I'll tell ya after I shoot it to see if it's any good

!! I just put it on today. I will tell you it has a variale power from 6.5-20x44mm.