Factory Buckhorn easier than aperture?
Guys, I've been through at least 3 Skinner purchases trying to avoid using a scope on my 45-70 guide gun. It's nothing about the Skinners - I esteem these sights as high as it gets. It's me. Last time I tried was in 2015 when I gave up and mounted a Leu fixed 2.5X on board. As far as scopes go, I think it's pretty well-suited to my hunting purposes. Low power, lower profile, not as likely to snag and quick sight acquisition.
But I can't get iron sights out of my mind. I see an eye doctor early next month and I'm going to ask him for a solution, if possible, to dial in for 30" (about the distance to my front post) and yet still be able to see reasonably well at distance.
Now the weird question. Do any of you guys (most especially guys with aging/aged eyes) find factory buckhorns easier to deal with than aperture sights? I can pick up my son's great grandpa's old, octagonal barrel 38-55 with it's little buckhorn and as with all these sights, my sight acquisition is so much quicker and beyond, somehow, the alignment of the post in the narrow archway of the rear sight with the target, just feels more natural to me. I find both eyes open in either peeps - or, this is weird - scopes, brings on all kinds of issues and eye strain with much sustained time on the range at all. I don't find that with Buckhorns and find that weird.
Let me add I grew up on lever guns and hunted with just the factory sights all my young life. I was a good and quick shot. I had great eyes, which helped. But now my eyes are just old and tired. Toying with taking off the scope and, now that I have the load locked in, getting to the range and trying to sight-in and shoot with just the factory open sights. But I fear another round of "dang. Have to scope...."
Your $0.02?