I grew up shooting irons on bb guns and .22s, although I have to admit that I never shot irons much on center fire rifles until I was in my 30s and bought a couple cheap Yugo Mausers and 900 rounds of surplus 8 mm. It was then that I learned how well one could shoot at range with irons. I now shoot irons quite a bit and have killed several deer with irons. The rifle I have shot most over the last few years is a Ted Williams 30-30 with a Williams receiver sight.
Don't get me started scopes nowadays. Most people think that irons aren't useable past 50 yards and that you need a 14x to shoot a white tail buck at 300 yards.
