#IronSights
Fudd Friday: Are Iron Sights on a Hunting Rifle Obsolete?
These days, hunting rifles usually sport as clear and crisp optics as a hunter can afford. The vast majority of hunting rifles now sold either don’t come with iron sights or have no provision for mounting them. For most hunters and hunting situations, a magnified optic provides more precision, a clearer, closer picture of their quarry's vitals, and aids in continued target verification (though initially finding and identifying one’s quarry is always best done with binoculars or a spotting scope).