Oh, I got a few scopes, none over 10X, and I have couple night vision capable Eo-Techs. But for general day time shooting of targets and critters I have always used iron sights. They almost never get knocked out of zero, they don't need batteries, and they never drift. When I shot lots of Prairie Dogs I had optics. In 3-gun matches and IPSC rifle matches I have always shoot in the limited division, although I have shot irons in tactical. One large match I went to shoot, the entire limited division was chalk full of newer shooters so I had them switch me over to the optics division and ended up 3rd over All in that division using my iron sights. There is a great sense of personal pride in taking an iron sight rifle and whipping up on the scope guys.
As for rests and bipod/tripods etc. I'm not opposed to them at all, but I have found that way too many people can't shoot very well without them. I couldn't even begin to count the amount of critters that have walked off while people try to get ready and steady to shoot when all they had to do was just shoulder the rifle and press the trigger. Most people don't understand that with a little practice iron sights can deliver astonishing accuracy. I can usually hold MOA out to 400 or so. Optics help in seeing but not the shooting. I will also leave you with this, and I know many of you won't believe it but, nothing beats iron sights up close lets say out to 25 yards or so for speed and accuracy. No red dot, no optic, no nothing.
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