If you shoot critures under 100 yds put the scope on if you can't understand how open sights work. Too me its like putting a scope on a bow. I have a Marlin 336 30-30 . It is actually designed a saddle rifle not a sniper unit.
It was never a saddle rifle in my world. I've seen hundreds of leverguns in the woods since I started hunting and the next one I see riding in a saddle will be the first. And they aren't bows and they're capable of killing a lot farther out than a hundred yards.
