If anything, when you have a cheaper gun, you're gonna be less preoccupied with worrying about banging up a more expensive rifle.
Also note: Avoid Nikon. They discontinued their riflescopes. I sent mine in for repair (mine was old enough to still have their lifetime guarantee), and they were like, we can't fix or exchange this, here's a $150 certificate that you can spend on things from us that aren't rifle scopes.