Re: good deal or not?
As others have said, dump the scope, the dealer probably won't split them up and even if it would, I doubt he'd knock too much off, you'd do better selling it on your own. That said, the M70 Stealth's are generally good shooters, and assuming it is in decent condition, $700 is a pretty good buy for the rifle alone, the bipod and anything you can sell the scope for is just icing on the cake. Even if it turns out that it will not shoot up to your expectations, it would be a good rifle to have re-barreled. I have Stealth's in .308 and .22-250, the .308 is a great shooter, and I just picked up the .22-250, I'm confident it will be a good shooter once I find a load it likes.