I appreciate your sharing the journey.
The RWS does look handier with the shorter barrel but I like the cocking leverage of the longer barrel too much to cut mine.

Are you going to leave the Hatsan naked for a while or put the scope back on?

For plinking on the farm sights are ok but I like the scope for distance!

"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them.
You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
Isak Dinesen