Below is the worlds first scout rifle in the bottom of the photo, it called a Winchester 30-30 Trapper Model and has a 16 1/2 inch barrel. Forgive me, no insult intended "BUT" you can't shoot a ladder test with a Ghost ring sight and a big honking white bead front sight. Sorry but there is just too much room for sighting errors, scope your rifle, test your ammo, remove the scope.

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Below is a 50 yard group fired from a 66 year old No.4 British Enfield with PH-5C Parker Hale target sights that have a very fine front blade sight and an adjustable aperture.

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Because I'm 61 years old and have chronological gifted eyesight I have to cheat even to shoot the group above.



The No.4 Enfield had a flip sight designed for quick minute of man shooting and when extended it was capable of shooting past 1000 yards.

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You have a scout rifle designed for fast shooting and not bench rest accuracy with iron sights.
(below a British Enfield "scout rifle"