I started deer hunting with a hand-me-down Savage 99 with a buckhorn sight and killed some deer with it. When I got enough money together, I bought a used Model 70 30-06 with a 4X Weaver on it and never went back to iron sights. Fast forward several years and got an itch for another lever action with iron sights.
I'll have to admit it was fun working with a lever again, but the process evolved.
336-C 30-30
Williams aperture
The end.