If a man is determined to scope his rifle, I'm all for helping him out. I think if I were hell bent on that approach I would go with the Lightfoot mount and whatever modern glass tripped my trigger.
The little bit of pronghorn/mule deer hunting I did out there in the big wide lonesome, I did with a 1½-4 Weaver on a .257 Roberts, and never felt handicapped. (Even though most of my kills were 50 yards and less, stalked, there was one kill shot at 300± yards.)
For the gent who is up for the challenge of mastering iron/aperture sights with middle aged eyes, there are ways to do it that work with a minimum of fuss. Getting back to "the basics", as it were, has proven to be very satisfying to me. YMMV.
