Those old scope of yesteryear had one thing going for them and that was they were aesthetically better looking and they were mostly sleek in design and mounting. Other than that I actually don't like them much. The mounting systems of yore just weren't as reliable or mechanically stable either. Today we are spoiled with wonderful optics and extremely rigid sight fixtures. Blessed I suppose is the most proper term.
One downside of all the new choices and developments in optics is that there's not the choice in iron sights as there were up until perhaps the 1960's. I really like finding wonderful old iron sights and enjoy putting them to use, but the days of them dominating the hunting market are long gone. A shame really because a proper rifle set up with irons, quick mounted optic and red dot is a wonderful tool. Trifecta
