Hi George and welcome to the forum,,,, nice to have you with us....
As for the spring,,, well, they do break sometimes although I would think you should've gotten more life out of it than that.. What kind of pellets were you shooting ??
As for getting the best performance out of the gun,,,,,,, you could always have it tuned,, that would certainly do wonders for it, or if you have a spring compressor and feel confident you could always do a home tune and lube yourself which would also make the rifle much nicer to shoot.
As for the scope.... not sure what specific scope you got,,, is it the "golden antler" air rifle scope ?? If so then they are decent scopes for the money,,, I have several and they work fine although I personally don't like the exposed adjustment turrets.
Well, once more Welcome to the GTA.... lots of nice folks here who are always willing to help out a fellow air gunner.....
Jeff