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I’d guess we all feel our choice has good reasons for hunting. My wife has a 4x scope on her 30-30 because her abilities with iron sights is not as good as with a scope. But she doesn’t carry a rifle for quick shots. She doesn’t carry a rifle to be handy. She takes long deliberate shots.
If you believe that others like iron sights because of museum, like looks, I believe that you’re mistaken. I for one like how handy and quick to the shoulder lever guns offer me. Having a scope on a lever gun screws up the handling characteristics, again in my opinion.
I can imagine that for a person sitting in a stand the advantages of a scope outweighs the disadvantages. In a stand you can take careful somewhat timed shots. I don’t ever hunt that way. If I’m carrying a lever when I still hunt, a scope is a rather poor choice for me.
I don’t give a rip on museum like looks.

I’ll admit that I can’t hit hand thrown cans like I can with open sights. However, at 1 to 1.5 power on the scope, on a rifle that fits properly, hitting a jumped deer in timber is no different than with irons and I can hunt in much darker conditions than with irons. If the sights are unusable……speed with irons doesn’t count for much! 😉 memtb

To each his own

I agree that a low power scope is as quick as irons. It’s just that I don’t think a scope belongs on a lever. If I want or need a scope, I carry a bolt action.

Deer hunting for me stopped being worried about killing a deer a long time ago. I use lots of rifles now for reasons other than absolute effectiveness and pass up 25 deer for every one I shoot. So, I carry a lever a lot for the hell of it and enjoy its advantages like how well they carry and all that while living with their shortcomings.