@Jofootballo - wow, this is still going. What did you get?
I was a poor college student once...and frugal for a long while there after. I bought rifles with iron sights because they work and I didn’t have (or wasn’t willing to spend) the scratch for good glass. Out to “normal” hunting distances of 300 yds or so, if you’re not getting it done with irons it isn’t the sights that are to blame.
What to do then, on your budget? Go to the CMP website, download the forms, fill them out, and let the CMP mail you an M1 Garand. It’ll never be a precision bolt gun, but it will be a fun target gun and more than capable of critter slaying (two legs or four).
I was a poor college student once...and frugal for a long while there after. I bought rifles with iron sights because they work and I didn’t have (or wasn’t willing to spend) the scratch for good glass. Out to “normal” hunting distances of 300 yds or so, if you’re not getting it done with irons it isn’t the sights that are to blame.
What to do then, on your budget? Go to the CMP website, download the forms, fill them out, and let the CMP mail you an M1 Garand. It’ll never be a precision bolt gun, but it will be a fun target gun and more than capable of critter slaying (two legs or four).