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How To Hunt Big Game
Open sights. yes or no
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<blockquote data-quote="Hespco" data-source="post: 1603212" data-attributes="member: 109476"><p>A Rem 700 I bought new in 1964 came with open sights as rifles did back then. I took time to sight in the open sights first before the scope was mounted... Three years later on a back country hunt , first morning out I slipped on a frosty Aspen log . Me & the scope hit the ground hard. The eye piece of the scope struck the Aspen log & bent it down & broke the rear lens. The scope was junk. Way back in with no scope fix available I finished my hunt with open sights. As it turned out it was a successful hunt. Without open sights it would likely have been a ruined season. Most all my rifles have open sights. I would feel unprepared to hunt without them now. </p><p>A couple years back a younger hunter said he did not want to spoil the lines of his rifle with open sights. Since my rifle to me is a tool that I depend on I was surprised to hear such a comment. Are there others that put looks ahead of function?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hespco, post: 1603212, member: 109476"] A Rem 700 I bought new in 1964 came with open sights as rifles did back then. I took time to sight in the open sights first before the scope was mounted... Three years later on a back country hunt , first morning out I slipped on a frosty Aspen log . Me & the scope hit the ground hard. The eye piece of the scope struck the Aspen log & bent it down & broke the rear lens. The scope was junk. Way back in with no scope fix available I finished my hunt with open sights. As it turned out it was a successful hunt. Without open sights it would likely have been a ruined season. Most all my rifles have open sights. I would feel unprepared to hunt without them now. A couple years back a younger hunter said he did not want to spoil the lines of his rifle with open sights. Since my rifle to me is a tool that I depend on I was surprised to hear such a comment. Are there others that put looks ahead of function? [/QUOTE]
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