Shooting offhand is MUCH easier with receiver sights or a very low powered scope. Even plain old open sights are much superior to even a moderately powered scope offhand a hundred yards or so.
I got a Uberti 1866 Winchester in .44 Special this last year and it is almost like shooing a BB gun. No recoil and a looping trajectory. That said, I can put slugs offhand in a deer sized target out to a little more than a 100 yards almost as fast as I can work the lever and pull the trigger.
