Have owned and used plenty of rifles with open sights both through work and for hunting. Currently on my 470NE I'll happily take a shot on pig sized game out to around 80m with express sights. My longest shot with this outfit so far is around 100m. I also subscribe to the 9 inch kill zone accuracy theory and use cardboard box plates as my practice targets. I have recently acquired a 404 Jeffrey with open sights and will be carrying that on a fairly frequent basis chasing game. I've got plenty of scoped rifles but the challenge/ fun factor isn't there when walking them up on foot.