if your eyes are still good sure open sights are fine but for me a scope is much more accurate at my age. I like marlins a lot, I own a couple of Winchester too but do not care for them.i now have purchased 2 browning BLR`S 308 WIN. AND A 300 WIN. MAG both are scope the 300 mag has a 4.5-14x50 leupold that 300 mag should be capable of 500 yard shots off some type of rest.the great thing about browning BLR`S are they have a clip and bullets don`t get deformed like when schells are put in the tube holder.the other great thing about browning BLR`S is you can get a more powerful cartridge in a lever gun.
