I think some folks, probably folks that have not shot a buffalo at 5 or 10 feet, forget that the scope will place the bullet too high at that crucial point in your life and may very well end up in your demise...
I first noticed this as a youngster when I tried to put the coup de grace in some deer and kept missing the spine or shooting a horn off, or missing the whole damn deer at 5 yards. Remember the scope plane and the muzzle plane are a couple of inches off up real close...irons are not and you besides can point shoot an iron sighted rifle very easily, but not so a scoped rifle..I have never aimed persay at a close charging animal, I have always just point shot him and to date I am still on this side of the dirt!
What better option can beat that.:)
