I'll add my woe to this discussion. Was using a Win 1886 w/ buckhorn sights this year and shot over a deer from a tree stand at about 60 - 70 yds (fortunately it was a clean miss - no blood found on snow). I grew up w/ iron sights and like the lean look of rifles, especially old models, w/ the iron sights. But, as I get older (I'm 57) I guess I better use a scope if I want to make clean kills... damn. BTW, I wear trifocal (varifocus) glasses too.
Mike
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